Sally Field bravely shared the story of her abortion at the age of 17 to emphasize the importance of voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz and ballot initiatives that protect reproductive freedom. “It’s one of the reasons why so many of us are supporting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. …
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Arizona and Missouri will join a growing group of states holding ballot measures this November to codify the right to abortion into state law. On Monday, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes certified that advocates had gathered 577,971 signatures in favor of the Arizona For Abortion Access Act, a proposed …
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Louisiana is poised to legally reclassify abortion care medication as a dangerous controlled substance punishable with jail time if obtained without a prescription. On Thursday, the Republican-controlled Louisiana state Senate voted 29 to 7 to advance Senate Bill No. 276 to the state’s Republican governor, Jeff Landry, who is expected …
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The Arizona Supreme Court has revived an 1864 criminal ban on abortion. The Civil War-era law, which predated Arizona statehood by almost a half a century, prohibits abortion at any stage of pregnancy, for any reason other than when “necessary” to save the pregnant person’s life. The ban carries a …
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Olivia Rodrigo’s concerts will no longer feature local abortion rights groups handing out free emergency contraceptives and condoms on her Guts World Tour. However, National Network of Abortion Funds groups will still have an in-arena presence on stops on the tour through the singer’s Fund 4 Good initiative. At Rodrigo’s …
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As part of Olivia Rodrigo’s partnership with the National Network of Abortion Funds, the singer’s St. Louis show on Tuesday featured the dispersion of free condoms and emergency contraceptive pills to concertgoers in Missouri, a state where abortion rights are currently under attack following the repeal of Roe vs. Wade. …
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Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs decision, abortion access in the U.S. is under serious threat. “Getting an abortion today requires more money, more time, and more planning than it ever has before,” says Oriaku Njoku, executive director of the National Network …
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Tiffany Campbell used to describe herself as a “hardcore, church-going Republican.” That changed back in 2006, when she was still running an in-home daycare in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and learned she was pregnant with twins. The prognosis was dire: one twin’s heart was pumping blood for both of them …
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Two Michigan anti-choice activist groups are working with Republican lawmakers to sue the state and block the implementation of a voter-approved constitutional amendment protecting access to abortion rights. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday and first reported by The Detroit News, speaks to the lengths the GOP is going to undermine the …
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On Friday morning, the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments in a case with enormous implications for women not only in the state of Florida, but across the entire South. Justices considered whether the state’s current law, which prohibits abortions after 15 weeks, violates Florida’s constitution—specifically the right to privacy it …
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