Reproductive Justice
Reproductive Justice
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Alabama Amends Law to Strip Parental Rights From Those Convicted of First-Degree Rape
Alabama has made a move toward loosening rapistsā hold on parental rights in the state. The move is seen as particularly important since Alabama just virtually outlawed all abortions in the state, with no exceptions for rape or incest, which left open the nightmarish possibility that a woman could be raped and then forced to…
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Missouriās Last-Remaining Abortion Clinic Can Stay Open for Nowābut the State Has Yanked Its License
Planned Parenthood of St. Louis, which happens to be the only abortion provider left in the state of Missouri, can keep providing the service for now, but Missouri officially yanked its license Friday, endangering the clinicās operation long-term. If Planned Parenthood ends up closing its doors, Missouri will become the only state in the nation…
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Federal Appeals Court OKs Trumpās Abortion Gag Rules
In a decision Planned Parenthood called ādevastating,ā a federal appeals court Thursday ruled in favor of the Trump administrationās family planning gag rule intended to prevent health providers from making abortion referrals or discussing where a patient might have one. Thursdayās ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allows the rule to take…
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The War on Women
The Trump administration is waging a war on women. For too long, womenās voices have been dismissed when it comes to our reproductive freedom and we must fight back. Reproductive justice has been one of my top priorities for decades, from when I first began my journey on the Hill as a staffer to now…
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Alabama: Where You Can Be Forced to Give Birth After Being Raped and Maybe Have to Parent the Child With Your Rapist
What is up with these Southern states when it comes to womenās rights? (And as a proud New Yorker with deep roots in the Tar Heel State, aka North Cackalacky, aka North Carolina, where itās perfectly legal to continue having sex with someone who told them to stop, I think I am well within my…
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Spike Lee on Filming in Georgia After Abortion Ban: 'They Got to Shut It Down'
Ever since Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a āheartbeatā bill that prohibits abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, Hollywood studios such as Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. have expressed an unwillingness to continue filming in the state should the draconian legislation be implemented. And as celebrities arrived for Denzel Washingtonās…
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Stacey Abrams Calls on Hollywood to #StayAndFight About Georgia Abortion Rights Instead of Boycotting
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is just as outraged as many about Georgiaās decision to virtually outlaw abortions in the state, but sheās imploring leaders of industry, especially those in the filmmaking community, to stand with her and fight to change things, rather than boycott the state. Abrams, along with a group of political…
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Missouriās Last Abortion Provider Can Remain Open for Business ā for Now
Missouriās only abortion clinic ā The. Only. One. In. The. Entire. State. ā has dodged the bullet and will remain open, at least for now. Despite protests from Missouri health officials, St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer issued an order Friday that will allow Planned Parenthoodās St. Louis clinic to continue performing abortions open even…
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Justice Clarence Thomas Slams Women Who Have Abortions as Heartless Eugenicists
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas slammed women who have abortions as heartless āeugenicistsā in a 20-page opinion Tuesday opposing the high courtās majority decision not to overturn a lower courtās ruling that blocked Indiana abortion restrictions that would have stopped women from aborting due to a fetusā sex, race or disability. According to Newsweek, the…
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Missouri Dangerously Close to Becoming First State Without Access to Abortion Clinics
Last week, Gov. Mike Parsonāin his efforts to position Missouri as āone of the strongest pro-life states in the countryāāsigned legislation that makes any doctor who performs an abortion within the state subject to up to 15 years imprisonment. But if the stateās health department has its way, abortions wonāt even have to be banned…