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What You Don’t Know About Abortion
In just a few days, we will mark the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that ruled that our Constitutional right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment...
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Crow After Roe: How Women’s Health is the New “Separate But Equal”& How to...
The Broad Side contributors Robin Marty and Jessica Pieklo have been working long and hard on their book about what has happened to women’s reproductive rights since the Supreme Court decision in Roe...
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Roe v. Wade at 40: Then and Now
In 1973, I was an optimistic young person about the way things seemed to be moving on women’s rights, especially with regard to making our own health decisions. 1973 was the year the Supreme Court...
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The Intersection of Roe v. Wade and “Free to Be You and Me”
Two distinct fortieth anniversaries are knit together in my mind this month: the Roe vs. Wade decision reaches 40 just a couple of months after Free to Be You and Me got there. One is a Supreme Court...
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The Abortion Debate is Hurting America: Moving Forward on the 40th...
What is the legacy of Roe v. Wade 40 years later? To someone who has grown up in a post-Roe world, with friends and family members on both sides of the abortion debate, it seems to me that in the last...
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Abortion and Guns: Pick Your Amendment, the 14th or the 2nd
I came to Jackson as a part of the project on sexual education, religion and public policy. But, the truth is a much wider net had to be cast. I couldn’t talk about sex-ed without talking about...
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Jail That Woman! She Has To Give Birth!
The “bad” moms of Queensland, Australia are on notice — a new law is being considered that will put the “rights of the unborn child should be considered ahead of the mother,” according to the...
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Products of Conception
In spring 1987, I was the public relations director for a private women’s hospital in the southeast. One day that year started with a press conference about triplets conceived through a new In Vitro...
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Recreational Abortions: No Such Term
When I think of the term abortion, I always think of a woman at a life altering crossroads of her life. A tough decision that women unfortunately have to make sometimes. I can honestly say, I don’t...
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6 Things You Need To Know Right Now: Procreation Is Primary
This was another week in which one news event dominated the airwaves — the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on two same-sex marriage cases. The first case to go before the Court related to...
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The Least Harm: Why I Support Safe Legal Abortion
Recently, I’ve been asked outright why I support legal abortion. I was startled. I’ve been a vocal supporter of abortion rights for so long that I’ve stopped thinking about the reasons why, much less...
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Abortion in America: The Facts on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
As we approach the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Guttmacher Institute has created a series of info-graphics to clarify the facts about abortion in our country. Regardless of where you stand on...
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What You Don’t Know About Abortion
In just a few days, we will mark the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that ruled that our Constitutional right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment...
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Reproductive Justice Includes Racial Justice
The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag has been the victim of attempted hijackings by the anti-choice movement since its inception. Anti-choice activists coupled traditional slogans of their movement with...
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My Morning as a Viagra Sidewalk Counselor
(In honor of the upcoming 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and the cultural issues it has produced, The Broad Side is cross-posting this piece by Aliza Worthington, originally published on July 3, 2014...
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My Afternoon as a Hobby Lobby Sidewalk Counselor
(In honor of the upcoming 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and the cultural issues it has produced, The Broad Side is cross-posting this piece by Aliza Worthington, originally published at The...
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Abortion in America: The Facts on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
As we approach the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Guttmacher Institute has created a series of info-graphics to clarify the facts about abortion in our country. Regardless of where you stand on...
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What You Don’t Know About Abortion
In just a few days, we will mark the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that ruled that our Constitutional right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment...
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Roe v. Wade at 40: Then and Now
In 1973, I was an optimistic young person about the way things seemed to be moving on women’s rights, especially with regard to making our own health decisions. 1973 was the year the Supreme Court...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Intersection of Roe v. Wade and “Free to Be You and Me”
Two distinct fortieth anniversaries are knit together in my mind this month: the Roe vs. Wade decision reaches 40 just a couple of months after Free to Be You and Me got there. One is a Supreme Court...
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