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26 Jun

‘I begged them not to harass me’: Women Accuse Taliban of Sexual Assault After Arrest for ‘Bad Hijab’

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“What I experienced in the prison was horrible, but you know what is worse than that? It is that we can’t speak about our experiences.”

25 Jun

Planned Parenthood plans to spend $40m to back Biden and Democrats in bet that voters are angry at Republican efforts to restrict abortion access

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Planned Parenthood will spend $40 million ahead of November’s elections to bolster President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats, betting that voters angry at Republican-led efforts to further restrict access to abortion can be the difference in key races around the country.

24 Jun

Senate Democrats push new protections for reproductive rights in New Jersey

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On the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned the federal right to an abortion, New Jersey Senatehttps://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/06/24/senate-democrats-push-new-protections-for-reproductive-rights-in-new-jersey/ lawmakers advanced the first measure of what they hope to be a nine-bill package protecting reproductive rights in the Garden State.

23 Jun

Biden campaign to mark second anniversary of Roe reversal as he makes abortion rights a key reelection message

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President Joe Biden and his allies will mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this week, homing in on an issue that the president’s campaign sees as key to his reelection bid.

22 Jun

Now an abortion rights advocate, woman raped by stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady

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A 22-year-old woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady Jill Biden in Pennsylvania this weekend as part of a 2024 election push around the anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade.

22 Jun

Despite GOP headwinds, citizen-led abortion measures could be on the ballot in 9 states

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Proposed South Dakota constitutional amendment being challenged in court

22 Jun

Now an Abortion Rights Advocate, Woman Raped by Stepfather as a Child Will Campaign With First Lady

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A 22-year-old woman who's become a vocal reproductive rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady Jill Biden in Pennsylvania this weekend

21 Jun

The political landscape remains unsettled two years post-Roe

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Two years after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Republicans are still grappling with the political downsides of deferring to states on abortion policy.

21 Jun

Democrats stress reproductive rights in fight for control of Congress, White House

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Top Democratic campaign officials Thursday pressed their case for control of Congress and the White House by pointing toward the upcoming two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.

20 Jun

10 Things to Know About Abortion Access Since the Dobbs Decision

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June 24, 2024 marks the second anniversary of the Dobbs decision which overturned Roe v. Wade, the case that for almost 50 years protected the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.

20 Jun

Democratic women in U.S. Senate target Project 2025 on reproductive rights

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Senate Democrats held a press conference this week to stand up for reproductive rights and freedoms, criticizing a plan by a conservative think tank that if adopted would hinder abortion and contraception access in a Trump administration.

19 Jun

Post-Dobbs, abortion clinics find new ways to serve patients in states with bans

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"In the last couple years, Houston Women’s Reproductive Services scaled down from nearly 5,000 square-feet to an 800-square-foot location. The Texas clinic cut more than a dozen full-time employees down to a medical director and three part-time staff members. It’s no longer able to provide abortions, but it changed its focus and stayed open. “I was willing to make whatever sacrifices needed to be made to keep our head above water, just keep the doors open and the lights on, and be able to provide care to these people who desperately need our help,” said clinic administrator Kathy Kleinfeld...."

18 Jun

Parole and probation rules limit travel. That can be complicated for people seeking abortions.

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"In the two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, the number of patients forced to seek out-of-state abortion services has doubled. Fourteen states have total abortion bans, three more restrict abortions after six weeks — before most people know they are pregnant — and two others limit them after the first trimester. One population often overlooked in reproductive rights conversations are people under community supervision, also known as probation and parole, which often prohibits travel across state lines without government approval. A new briefing by the public policy think tank Prison Policy Initiative puts these challenges into context for a country without…

18 Jun

Brazilian women protest bill that would equate late abortions with homicide

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"Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of São Paulo on Saturday as protests sweep across Brazil in opposition to a bill that would further criminalize abortions. If passed, the law would equate the termination of a pregnancy after 22 weeks with homicide. The bill, proposed by conservative lawmakers and heading for a vote in the lower house, would also apply in cases of rape. Critics say those who seek an abortion so late are mostly child rape victims, as their pregnancies tend to be detected later...."

18 Jun

First hospital fined for refusing to provide abortion under new Polish government rules

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"A hospital has been fined for refusing to provide a legal abortion in the first such case since the government recently introduced a requirement for publicly funded medical centres to offer such procedures. Health minister Izabela Leszczyna announced on Monday that the Pabianice Medical Center was fined 550,000 zloty (€126,300). She revealed that audit proceedings regarding two other medical facilities are also in the “final stages” and that they are also likely to be penalised."