Tag Archives: pro-choice

Quick Hit: Our Blood and Pain

By Amy S. Choi | Published: April 8, 2013
TweetThe artist Molly Crabapple shared her extraordinary personal story on Vice, writing with searing honesty about her abortion. This essay joins a canon of brave and brutal stories. An excerpt: Compulsively, I searched out abortion stories online. Women for whom it had meant nothing. Women for whom it had meant everything. Most of all, women who [...]
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Governor of North Dakota signs “heartbeat” bill banning abortion after 6 weeks

By Katie | Published: March 27, 2013
TweetGovernor Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota, a Republican, (duh!) signed three bills into law that would ban almost all abortions. Here are the three bills, all of which were passed by the Republican-controlled (duh!) legislature: 1. A requirement that doctors who perform abortions get admitting privileges at a local hospital. This could have the effect [...]
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North Dakotans will vote on a “personhood” amendment

By Maya | Published: March 25, 2013
TweetThere’s a reason North Dakota just won MoJo‘s Anti-Choice Champion award. Not even a week after passing a “heartbeat” bill, the state has approved a personhood amendment that would give fertilized eggs legal rights. Who needs a 6-week abortion ban if you can just outlaw the procedure altogether? North Dakota became the first state on Friday [...]
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Silence equals shame: Stepping into the light of my abortion

By Maya | Published: March 25, 2013
TweetEd. note: This is a guest post by award-winning poet, activist, and transformational leader Sonya Renee Taylor. It accompanies her video for Advocates For Youth’s 1 in 3 campaign. Check out Sonya’s full bio here. My father called me yesterday, after stumbling upon a Facebook ad that lead him to an interview I did for the [...]
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Quick Hit: Advocates talking abortion access at Mother Jones today

By Maya | Published: March 18, 2013
TweetWe all know that the battle over reproductive rights is mostly being waged in the states–from North Dakota to Texas to Mississippi. Today, Mother Jones is hosting a live discussion with some of the people working on the front lines to “keep choice alive” at the state level. The speakers include advocates from the Center for [...]
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