Merle Hoffman was on the front lines in the early 1970s, when women would travel to New York for abortions.
Tag: Birth Control and Family Planning
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Draft Opinion Overturning Roe Raises a Question: Are More Precedents Next?
The legal reasoning that the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc is considering to end abortion rights could uproot a series of other past rulings that created modern rights.
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The ‘Frighteningly Autocratic’ Implications of Overturning Roe v. Wade
The abortion rights advocate Nancy Northup discusses Justice Alito’s leaked draft opinion and an America without guaranteed abortion rights.
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With Roe Under Threat, Biden Is an Unlikely Abortion Rights Champion
Over the course of a half-century in national politics, President Biden has evolved from an outright critic of Roe to a seemingly reluctant and largely quiet supporter.
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How the Mississippi Clinic at the Center of the Supreme Court Case Is Reacting
Jackson Women’s Health has seen an increase in patients, many from states like Texas and Louisiana that have restricted access to abortions.