A Utah Republican lawmaker proposed a bill in the state House of Representatives on Wednesday that would require women to watch a video that includes ultrasounds of a developing fetus before undergoing an abortion. State Rep. Steve Christiansen (R) introduced a bill in the Utah House that would mandate women […]
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Derrick Evans, ex-W.Va. lawmaker who stormed Capitol, was known for harassing women at abortion clinic
“You will not do this in secret in West Virginia,” Evans said. He wore a “Make America Great Again” hat, as he did every week when he protested outside the Women’s Health Center, the only abortion clinic left in the state. Evans was a fixture at the clinic for much […]
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2021 Legislature: COVID, abortion, taxes, Humvees, Century II
Some of the issues the Kansas Legislature will discuss will be the government’s response to coronavirus, education, abortion and property taxes. The Wichita Eagle The Kansas Legislature reconvenes Monday with a membership that will be decidedly more Republican and conservative than last year, solidifying GOP power to oppose the Democratic […]
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Proposition 115 limiting abortion care in Colorado would impact people like me
This November, Coloradans are being asked to close a door I was grateful to walk through four years ago. The intentionally confusing Proposition 115 would make it illegal for Colorado’s abortion providers to administer abortion care after 22 weeks, with no regard for the consequences. This would not only dictate […]
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I Did My Own Abortion Because Texas Used COVID-19 as an Excuse to Shut Down Abortion Clinics
Photo credit: Raydene Hansen – Hearst Owned From Cosmopolitan Shortly after Esmarie* learned she was pregnant in mid-March, the city in South Central Texas where she lives started to shut down in response to the coronavirus. Her college classes went online and she lost shifts at the two restaurants where […]