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Retired doctor says the stigma against abortion providers is worse today than it was before Roe v. Wade

By Maya | Published: September 4, 2012
Tweet Retired OB/GYN Robert Livingston performed abortions in New Jersey in the 1960s. A year before Roe v. Wade, he held a press conference outing himself as an illegal abortion provider. In the 1970s, his clinic was protested daily. And yet, according to him, the stigma of being a provider has never been worse than [...]
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Mississippi judge blocks law that would shut down only abortion clinic in the state

By Vanessa | Published: July 2, 2012
Tweet As you may have heard recently, legislators in Mississippi were successful in passing a TRAP law designed to put the only abortion clinic in the state out of business, making it the first state in the union to have no access to legal and safe abortion care. The good news is that yesterday, the day it [...]
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Tennessee bill would expose identities of abortion providers and possibly patients

By Vanessa | Published: March 20, 2012
TweetRemember how anti-choice domestic terrorist group Operation Rescue created an online database of abortion providers across the country, leaving a terrifying opening for anti-choice harassment and violence? Well, it looks like legislators in Tennessee are trying to make the process easier for antis by making it a legal requirement: The latest salvo in the abortion [...]
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