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We need to reconsider mandated parental consent abortion laws
Minors should have the right to have an abortion without parental consent or notification because teens who choose not notify their parents before having an abortion likely do so for very good reasons other than privacy or shame.
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Respect and autonomy for students requires access to reproductive care
Removing the barriers to accessing safe and timely abortion is an economic justice issue.
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Lizz Winstead on the new SCOTUS case taking on Crisis Pregnancy Centers
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard the first oral arguments in a crucial case targeting Crisis Pregnancy Centers. Lizz Winstead of Lady Parts Justice explains why this case is so important.
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January 31, 2018 | Lailah Berry |
Education
Inaccurate information about abortion shouldn’t be allowed on college campuses
The kinds of tactics politicians use to create and pass abortion restrictions are also used by anti-choice groups on college campuses.
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Why the Roe v. Wade anniversary matters more than ever this year
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Roe v. Wade case. That decision, made 45 years ago, gave women the legal right to have an abortion.
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June 29, 2017 | Maddy Rasmussen |
Feminism
This Teen Created An Abortion Map To Tackle Accessibility
Abortion. It’s a word that historically has not been spoken very loudly, but rather quietly murmured from one woman to the next. Over the years, however, these murmurs have turned into yells; wo...
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Filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos Puts Women First in Her New HBO Documentary on Abortion
The trailer for Abortion: Stories Women Tell, award-winning filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos’s new documentary, opens on a hall full of people with boundless energy. We catch a glimpse of a low-hanging “Mi...
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How Young People Can Best Fight For Reproductive Justice
Post-Women's March, I've noticed that many of my friends feel like they're fumbling around for activist motivation. They're trying to find a way to keep the momentum going, but are failing to find way...
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January 10, 2017 | Micaela Elizabeth Canales |
Feminism
After A Year of Anti-Choice Attacks, This Young Texas Latina Is Fighting Back
I don’t actually remember what happened to the condom—just that it was on one minute and then not on the next. Afterward, when my boyfriend and I realized what had happened, we sat on the edge of his ...
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What "Sanctity of Life" Really Means
As of December 19, 2016, Texas health care facilities that perform abortions must bury fetal remains instead of putting them in a sanitary landfill, like any other type of biological medical waste. Go...
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Thankful For Planned Parenthood
100 years ago, a young woman named Margaret Sanger opened the first-ever birth control clinic in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Only ten days later, police raided the clinic and a...
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How Jane The Virgin Wonderfully Handled Abortion
*Spoilers below*
Jane the Virgin has been something of a crowd favorite since it debuted in 2014. But more than just entertaining its audience, the show has broken barriers regarding countless taboo ...
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On Being Catholic and Pro-Choice
Many people might find the two identities I hold closest to be contradictory: I am a Catholic, but am also an ardent, sex-positive, Birkenstock-wearing feminist. But I don’t think these identities con...
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We Need To Make The Way We Talk About Abortion Access More Gender Inclusive
I’m that annoying person on Twitter, Facebook, and basically any outlet that will let me type out my ideas who keeps saying we need to make the reproductive justice movement more gender inclusive. A l...
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Why The Hyde Amendment Has To Go
As a college student in Ohio, I have seen what happens when anti-choice politicians decide they know what’s best for other people and it is not pretty. Watching friends go through intense anxiety whil...
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Lizz Winstead's Mission To Talk Honestly (And Hilariously) About Abortion
I've long thought that Lizz Winstead — co-creator of The Daily Show, writer on the Huffington Post, comedian extraordinaire, author of Lizz Free or Die, and founder of reproductive rights organization...
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August 25, 2016 | Carley Towne |
Feminism
This Women's Equality Day, Let's Remain Vigilant
August 26th is Women’s Equality Day. First designated by Congresswoman Bella Abzug (D-NY20) in 1971, the day marks the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which formally granted women the right to vote...
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What The SCOTUS Abortion Decision Means — And Why It Matters
On March 2nd, the Supreme Court heard the case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which has been called the most important abortion case heard in this generation’s lifetime. Today, on June 27th, the...
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This Is Why We Need To Share Our Abortion Stories
"Remarkably Normal," a play by Jessi Blue Gormezano, is an artistic manifestation of the reality of abortion. The play presents a series of first-hand abortion stories which depict the incredibly comm...
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Oklahoma's Attempt To Criminalize Abortion Reminded Me To Be Vocally Pro-Choice
On May 20th, the Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill that would criminalize abortion by revoking abortion doctors' medical licenses. Oklahoma State Senator Nathan Dahm, who authorized the bill, defende...
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HB2: The Lone Star State's Biggest Failure
I enjoy plenty of things about living in West Texas. I love being a student at Texas Tech University and the traditions and beauty of my campus: West Texas has beautiful sunsets and plains that go on ...
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What You Need To Know About the SCOTUS Abortion Case, According to Lizz Winstead of Lady Parts Justice
On March 2nd the Supreme Court will hear what is likely the most important abortion case in a generation. Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt could have huge implications for abortion in the United St...
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The Facts Every Young Woman Needs To Know About Medication Abortion
On Friday, women across the country commemorated the 43rd anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Many noted that despite this legi...
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Why These Activists Created A Guide To Fighting Online Harassment
Though plenty have tried to minimize the experience for years, online harassment is a serious issue and blatant evidence of persistent sexism. It's widespread one, too: 25% of young women online ...
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Cecile Richards Explains What Planned Parenthood Actually Does
In 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that banning abortion is unconstitutional. Yet despite being legalized, a woman's right to choose has possibly never been more threatened in t...