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msmagazine.com > 03/10/2026 > teens-abortion-pills-ban-states

Teens Avoid Coercive Parental Involvement Laws by Using Telehealth Abortion Services 

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (797+ words) This first of its kind study examined request rates made to one online medication abortion telemedicine service between Sep. 1, 2021, and Oct. 31, 2023. Researchers compared the volume of requests before and after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision on June 22, 2022, which overturned the…...

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msmagazine.com > 03/09/2026 > the-devil-is-busy-oscar-academy-ward-clinic-violence-protesters

Oscar-Nominated Documentary 'The Devil Is Busy' Shows What It Takes to Keep an Abortion Clinic Safe

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (769+ words) Originally published in The Contrarian as "A Day on the Front Line of America's Abortion War." Tracii's day begins early'before dawn. She arrives at work, turns on the lights and thoroughly searches the building for intruders. Then she checks outside,…...

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msmagazine.com > 03/09/2026 > reproductive-justice-call-in-abortion-bans-republicans-democracy-bipartisan-support-freedom

Reproductive Justice Demands We Call In, Not Just Call Out

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (332+ words) Originally published by The Contrarian. In the fight for reproductive justice, we are not just defending rights'we are also defending humanity. When the U.S. government continues to'roll back critical protections for bodily autonomy, the need to speak with moral clarity and…...

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msmagazine.com > 03/05/2026 > lone-star-three-documentary-roe-v-wade-texas-abortion-birth-control-victoria-foe-judy-smith-barbara-hines

'Lone Star Three': How Three UT Austin Students Paved the Way for Birth Control Access in 1960s Texas

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1410+ words) Never doubt what a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can do to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever does. Their activism would eventually extend far beyond their university campus, planting the seeds for Roe…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/19/2026 > free-abortion-pills

Community Networks Sharing Free Abortion Pills Expand to States Where Abortion Is Legal but Out of Reach

3+ week, 20+ hour ago  (994+ words) Every package we send out is a bullet fired at the patriarchy." In response to abortion bans and restrictions, feminists across the country have created networks of community groups that share abortion pills by mail, free of charge, with people…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/18/2026 > josh-and-erin-hawleys-love-life-initiative-signals-the-next-phase-of-the-antiabortion-fight

Josh and Erin Hawley’s 'Love Life Initiative' Signals the Next Phase of the Antiabortion Fight

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (886+ words) Antiabortion power couple Erin and Josh Hawley announced in December the launch of a new dark money antiabortion group: the Love Life Initiative. Erin Hawley is senior counsel at the far-right Christian legal advocacy Alliance Defending Freedom and member of…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/09/2026 > independent-abortion-clinics

Independent Clinics Still Provide Most U.S. Abortions

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (334+ words) 2025 was a year marked by attacks on reproductive freedom, including a staggering wave of forced Planned Parenthood closures. About 50 of Planned Parenthood's 600 locations had shut down by the end of 2025, largely due to the combined loss of Title X funds…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/05/2026 > immigrant-abortion-young-girls-teenagers-right-to-travel-state-aclu-brigitte-amiri

The Post-Roe Playbook Is Targeting Teens and Immigrants First

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1782+ words) A message from'Ms. editors,'followed by a conversation between legal scholar Shoshanna Ehrlich and Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project. In this wide-ranging conversation, Ehrlich and Amiri trace how the first Trump administration's efforts to block…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/03/2026 > doj-face-act-against-journalists-protesters-church-minneapolis-abortion-clinics

Abortion Clinics Left Unprotected as DOJ Weaponizes FACE Act Against Journalists and Peaceful Protesters

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (598+ words) As unbelievable as it sounds, President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has deployed the FACE Act'not against antiabortion extremists who invade clinics and terrorize patients, but against journalists documenting political protests and peaceful activists decrying the killing of Renee Good…...

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msmagazine.com > 01/30/2026 > war-on-women-report-meta-removes-abortion-related-accounts-louisiana-tries-to-extradite-california-abortion-provider-fatal-ice-shootings

War on Women Report: Meta Removes Abortion-Related Accounts; Louisiana Tries to Extradite California Abortion Provider; Fatal ICE Shootings

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (917+ words) + The FDA withdrew a rule requiring cosmetics companies to test their products made with talc for asbestos, alarming public health advocates. + Two Pennsylvania hospitals told the state they may not provide emergency contraception to sexual assault survivors because of religious…...