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On the Front Lines of the Abortion Wars

marieclaire.com | By Kayla Webley Alder | May 19, 2016

This articles highlights the experience of an abortion provider who travels from her home state to provide abortion care in Kansas, which has a dearth of abortion clinics and abortion providers.

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The Scarcity of Abortion Training in America’s Medical Schools

theatlantic.com | By Mara Gordon | June 9, 2015

Dr. Mara Gordon describes her experiences training as a medical student and resident in Philadelphia, which is a liberal and generally pro-choice city. She contrasts these experiences with medical students who train in more conservative, and anti-choice environments where education on abortion care is scarce and often inaccessible.

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41 Things You Should Know About Abortion and the Doctors That Perform Them

buzzfeed.com | By Caroline Kee | April 19, 2017

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Hollywood and the Matter-of-Fact Abortion

nytimes.com | By Cara Buckley | July 18, 2019

While depictions of abortion on TV used to be scarce and highly dramatized, Hollywood is beginning to portray abortion care and the decision to have an abortion more realistically and in more diverse settings. This New York Times article provides examples of TV portrayals of abortion that both normalize abortion care and resist media’s culture of exceptionalizing reproductive healthcare.

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We Don’t Owe Anyone An Explanation: Two Abortion Stories

thenib.com | By Candice Russell | May 30, 2017

This excerpt from Comics for Choice demonstrates that people’s dynamic life situations inform their reproductive decisions. Through one person’s story of deciding to have two abortions at different times and in two distinct life circumstances, they portray that the decision to have an abortion results from diverse life experiences. Further, this piece makes the argument that no one ever owes anyone else an explanation for their decision to have an abortion. 

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‘After’ Roe Is Now

jezebel.com | By Katie McDonough | Jun 28, 2018

In this piece, Katie McDonough tells her own story, as well as those of others, about her forced pregnancy as a result of inaccessible abortion care. Through the poignant and unjust stories of people seeking reproductive healthcare, she asserts that “after Roe” is a reality for many today. 

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What If Roe Fell?

reproductiverights.org

This webpage, which was produced and is updated regularly by the Center for Reproductive Rights, describes what the consequences would be in each state if Roe v. Wade were overturned. 

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A History of Key Abortion Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court

pewforum.org | By David Masci | Jan 16, 2013

Pew Research Center outlines the hallmark SCOTUS cases about abortion until 2013. They explain the significance of each case as well as the basis on which it was decided. Of note, since this was compiled in 2013, it does not include some recent important cases.

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These Are The Most Significant Supreme Court Cases About Abortion To Date

medium.com | By Katherine Ripley | Mar 13, 2018

This article provides a brief summary of each SCOTUS case about abortion since 1973. For each case they very conveniently say “what it did” and “how people reacted.”

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Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP)

reproductiverights.org | Aug 25, 2015

In this article, the Center for Reproductive Rights describes what TRAP laws are and some of their impacts on abortion care. Of note, this article was written in 2015, before Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a major Supreme Court case regarding TRAP laws.