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Virginia TRAP Law Signed, But Is That Really the End?

The governor may have signed the bill into law, but activists aren't ready to accept defeat.

The governor may have signed the bill into law, but activists aren’t ready to accept defeat.

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Will Live Action Threaten the Provider-Patient Relationship in Abortion Care?

I fear that a possible consequence of these Live Action videos may be a chilling effect on the free and open conversation between clinic staff and patients that is such an important part of abortion care.

I fear that a possible consequence of these Live Action videos may be a chilling effect on the free and open conversation between clinic staff and patients that is such an important part of abortion care.

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Defending the Right to Bodily Integrity: The Reproductive Justice Movement and Force-Feeding at Guantanamo

Picture taken at protest in London demanding closure of Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

Given our commitment to recognizing and dismantling systems of oppression that deny individuals self-determination and bodily integrity, reproductive justice advocates must demand an end to force-feeding at Guantanamo.

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Maine Bills Would Strip Rights From Teens and Give Them to Fetuses

Three bills in the House Judiciary Committee would overhaul the way abortions are provided in the state.

Three bills in the House Judiciary Committee would overhaul the way abortions are provided in the state.

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Two More Anti-Science, Anti-Choice Bills Make Their Way Through the North Carolina Legislature

The North Carolina legislature remains intent on codifying anti-choice ideology in its proposed laws.

A bill that would curb minors’ access to certain medical procedures has gone back to committee, but the North Carolina legislature remains intent on codifying anti-choice ideology.

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Respecting Beatriz’s Freedom of Conscience

Let us remember what Jesus Christ said in the Gospels: the law was made for human beings; human beings are not made for the law. The law which penalizes abortion is cruel and inhuman, as it condemns many women to death.

At a time when religious extremists around the globe have repackaged their efforts to undermine reproductive rights within a call for greater protection for religious liberty, will the Salvadoran Supreme Court of Justice respect Beatriz’s freedom of conscience?

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Half the People in the World Have a Vulva—Can We Please Get Over Our Fear of the Word?

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In the latest kerfluffle involving female body parts, a Michigan mother calls The Diary of Anne Frank inappropriate for school, not because of any details about the horrors of the Holocaust but because in the new version of the book Frank describes her vulva in detail.

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One Oklahoma Parental Consent Bill Heads to Governor While Other Awaits Final Vote

Two bills that could radically change how teens access pregnancy terminations are nearly on their way to the governor for her approval.

Two bills that could radically change how teens access abortion are nearly on their way to the governor for her approval.

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‘I’ve Gotta Work Every Single Morning to Prevent Women From Falling Into the Clutches of Kermit Gosnell’

Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, and Irin Carmon of Salon.com, talked with Rev. Al Sharpton about how anti-choice laws that restrict access to abortion care drive desperate women to predators like Kermit Gosnell.

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Would a North Carolina Bill Ban Minors From Buying Pregnancy Tests? (UPDATED)

The North Carolina legislature would rather see teens face unplanned pregnancies, untreated STIs, and chemical dependency issues than allow them to receive any form of health care without a parent's approval.

The North Carolina legislature would rather see teens face unplanned pregnancies, untreated STIs, and chemical dependency issues than allow them to receive any form of health care without a parent’s approval.

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