Kansas voted this week to save abortion, but the hardest work is yet to come. For her forthcoming book No Choice: The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right, author Becca Andrews spent time at a reproductive health clinic with a tragic history: Trust Women is familiar with […]
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A Texas teen wanted an abortion. She now has twins.
Brooke Alexander found out she was pregnant 48 hours before the Texas abortion ban took effect. The only place she could find to get an ultrasound, to determine how far along she was, was a crisis pregnancy center — a religiously affiliated antiabortion facility. Now Alexander has two baby girls and is struggling to make […]
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It Was a Secret Roadmap for Breaking the Law to Get An Abortion. Now, ‘The List’ and Its Tactics Are Resurfacing
Before Roe vs. Wade, a clandestine network guided thousands of Americans to safe abortions in the 1960s and ’70s. In their piece for The San Francisco Chronicle, Jason Fagone and Alexandria Bordas tell the story of Patricia Maginnis, the creator of “the List,” and the well-organized, underground health care system she and San Francisco women […]
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Abortion’s Last Stand in the South: A Post-Roe Future Is Already Happening in Florida
An abortion clinic in Florida — A Woman’s Choice of Jacksonville — is already dealing with protestors who literally moved into their street. Laura C. Morel asks what will happen to this, and other clinics, poised to absorb a new influx of patients with the majority of the South getting ready to ban abortions. Who […]
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Ad Man
“You might think you’re immune to political advertising. In Montana, I learned the hard way: None of us are.”
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Democratic Leaders Are Getting the Abortion Story Wrong — Again
Rebecca Traister skewers national Democrats for failing time and again to say and do the right thing when it comes to reproductive rights, contributing to the moment at which America now finds itself — on the doorstep of Roe v Wade’s reversal: Schumer and Pelosi’s bizarre assertion that this looming rollback of rights was emblematic […]
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Is It Okay to Like Chick-fil-A?
“Boycotted for years by liberals—and now by conservatives, too—the Christian-driven brand is trying to walk the narrow path toward growth. What happens next will be enlightening for businesses everywhere.”
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The Disinformation Campaign Behind a Top Pregnancy Website
The American Pregnancy Association is often cited by hospitals, government agencies, and major publications as a neutral source for reproductive health information. But, as Kiera Butler investigates, it’s far from it. Founded by anti-abortion activist Brad Imler, the APA website hawks products, is full of medically questionable advice, and is a “softer, user-friendly approach to […]
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The Abortion I Didn’t Have
“I would never give my son back, for anything, but I would certainly give him a different mother.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend notable features and essays by Jason Fagone and Alexandria Bordas, Jennifer Senior, Lachlan Summers, Lupita Limón Corrales, and Anna Wiener.
