Reproductive Justice
Reproductive Justice
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UN Committee Argues That US Abortion Restrictions are a Form of Racial Discrimination
On Tuesday, the committee expressed its concerns about the impact of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision on racial minorities.
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Doctors Say: Abortion Bans Will Kill Black Women
Health care providers explain why the end of Roe v. Wade is exacerbating the Black maternal health care crisis.
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Black Pregnant Women Have Already Faced Criminalization. Without Roe It Will Get Worse
A new report from If/When/How shows that a shocking number of Black women have already been jailed for alleged abortions.
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Nebraska Teen’s Facebook Messages Used to Prosecute Her For Allegedly Having an Abortion
Nebraska Police used a teen’s Facebook messages to charge her for allegedly having an illegal abortion. What does this mean for a post-Roe world?
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New Texas Abortion Law Lets Citizens be the Cops in Policing the Bodies of Pregnant Women
Conservatives claim to be the party of ‘facts, not feelings.’ So why do Republicans keep turning conservative feelings into legislation?
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How to Protect Black Moms in America
Each year in the United States, more black women get sick or die during and after pregnancy than the year before. Thatās because America is the only developed country in the world where maternal mortality has actually increased in recent decades. The U.S. maternal mortality rateādefined as the death of a woman while pregnant or…
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Georgia Argues the ACLUās Suit Against Its āHeartbeatā Law Should Be Aborted
Georgia is doubling down on its recently signed law virtually outlawing abortion in the state, telling a federal court that it should dismiss an effort by the American Civil Liberties Union to stop the law from taking effect. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, attorneys for the state told the court that Georgia had a vested…
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We Out: Planned Parenthood Says Trump āGag Ruleā Will Force It to Abandon Low-Income Reproductive Health Program
Unless a federal appeals court gives a hard pass when it comes to a āgag ruleā imposed by the Trump administration regarding abortion, Planned Parenthood says itāll be forced to abandon the low-income family planning program funded by federal dollars. āWe refuse to let the Trump administration bully us into withholding abortion information from our…
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Appeals Court Refuses to Block Trump Rule That Would Cut Planned Parenthood Funding
In a major setback for Planned Parenthood, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a Trump ban on funding clinics that refer women to abortion providers can take effect while the court weighs the overall merits. Federal law has long banned use of federal funding to pay for abortions, but monies could still be provided…
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Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Marshae Jones, the Alabama Woman Who Caught a Case When She Lost Her Unborn Baby After Getting Shot in a Fight
Marshae Jones, the Alabama woman who was arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of her fetus after she got shot during a fight, will not be prosecuted, the district attorney overseeing the case said Wednesday. Jonesā arrest last week sparked national outcry from activists concerned about the rights of pregnant women in states…