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Don’t Panic: Organizers Weigh In on Defending Reproductive Justice From the GOP

Dec 13, 2024 | truthout.org | Lizzie Chadbourne

Trump is busy getting ready for Day One of his presidency – but so is Truthout. Trump has made it no secret that he is planning a demolition-style attack on both specific communities and democracy as a whole, beginning on his first day in office.
GOP Hasn’t “Softened” on Abortion - It’s Masking Extreme Policy With Vague Words

Jul 17, 2024 | truthout.org | Lizzie Chadbourne

The Republican National Committee follows Trump’s lead in hiding anti-abortion schemes behind a veneer of moderation.
2 Years After the End of “Roe,” We Must Demand More Than Its Restoration

Jun 24, 2024 | truthout.org | Lizzie Chadbourne

The struggle for reproductive justice is about more than legal rights — it’s about bodily autonomy and access to care. ByLizzie Chadbourne, TruthoutPublishedJune 24, 2024Reproductive rights activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2024.JIM WATSON / AFP via Getty ImagesTwo years after the Supreme Court decision Dobbs v.
History Shows Community Solidarity Is Essential for Making Abortion Accessible

Jan 2, 2024 | truthout.org | Lizzie Chadbourne

When Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was decided in the summer of 2022, ending the constitutional protection of abortion rights in the United States, calls for the creation of underground networks of abortion helpers echoed across communities supportive of reproductive freedom.
Ohio Ballot Measure Results May Determine Fate of State’s Abortion Rights

Aug 7, 2023 | truthout.org | Julia Conley |Chris Walker |Julie Bowen |Lizzie Chadbourne

Recent polling in Ohio has shown that a majority of residents disapprove of a proposed measure that will be on ballots across the state in a special election on Tuesday, but abortion rights advocates have spent recent days warning voters that failing to block the proposal could have major repercussions for reproductive freedom in the state.
Doctors Have a Moral Obligation to Disobey Abortion Bans

Jul 9, 2023 | truthout.org | Martin Donohoe |Ja’Loni Owens |Julie Bowen |Lizzie Chadbourne

Academic medical centers’ lackluster defense of abortion access is moral malpractice. It’s time for civil disobedience. It has been more than one year since the United States Supreme Court, in a controversial decision not supported by a majority of Americans, overturned Roe v. Wade, returning authority over abortion’s legality to the states. Since the decision in Dobbs v.
North Carolina Law Is Another Devastating Blow for Abortion Access in the South

Jul 3, 2023 | truthout.org | Tina Vasquez |Julie Bowen |Lizzie Chadbourne |Emily Janakiram

“One year post-Roe” is an as-told-to series led by Prism’s Editor-at-Large Tina Vásquez, marking the milestone by featuring new and veteran advocates and organizers, abortion storytellers, providers, clinic directors, abortion fund volunteers, and reproductive justice organizers. You can read the complete series here.
New Law Aims to Protect Pregnant Workers, But Our Safety Knowledge Falls Short

Jul 2, 2023 | truthout.org | Gina Jimenez |Julie Bowen |Lizzie Chadbourne |Emily Janakiram

Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew. The 34-year-old based in Santa Maria, California, suspected the ethidium bromide she was using in the lab for molecular cloning could put her and her baby at risk. She wasn’t sure what to do; she was only a few weeks into her pregnancy and didn’t know how it would affect her career.