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National Abortion Providers, Thank You!

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (409+ words) A sign welcoming patients from East Texas is displayed in the waiting area of the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 15, 2022. Within that narrative sits a group of women and…...

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Probe of Fetus at South Carolina Water Plant Highlights Criminalization of Pregnancy Loss

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (530+ words) We are fighting like hell. Please join us today. Abortion rights protestor Kori Ricketts demonstrates outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 2, 2025, during oral arguments for a case stemming from South Carolina trying to exclude Planned Parenthood…...

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In Blow to 'Fetal Personhood' Push, Alabamian Serving 18 Years After Stillbirth Gets New Trial

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (442+ words) Brooke Shoemaker has served five years of an 18-year sentence after a stillbirth. On December 22, 2025, an Alabama judge threw out her conviction and ordered a new trial. "I'm hopeful that my new trial will end with me being freed, because…...