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CROSSING THE LINE (CTLpod) is a verite’ style audio documentary series telling stories from the frontlines in the fight for reproductive freedom. The series follows individuals who seek abortion services and the heroes who help along the way. Each episode allows the listener to experience the numerous barriers faced and the ways people overcome them as the battle for abortion rights rages across the U.S. Visit CTLpod.com to find out more about the podcast, resources for abortion care, and in ...
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Pills: The New Frontier for Anti-Abortion Attacks
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Many at the forefront of the abortion access movement(s) predicted the overturn of Roe v. Wade would be the tip of the iceberg on legislation curbing bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom -- and they were right. In March 2023, Texas U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk appeared sympathetic to arguments from the anti-abortion coalition the Allia…
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Abortion care is a necessary healthcare service for women and all pregnant people at every stage of pregnancy, especially if complications such as fetal anomalies arise. But in the "new normal" post the overturn of Roe v. Wade, maternal mortality is reportedly on the rise, and services are being severely restricted in more than half of the U.S. The…
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Abortion care is not just an essential part of reproductive healthcare but a necessary component of holistic healthcare decisions. When pregnant people are diagnosed with life-threatening conditions, when does their survival become the priority? With the recent overturn of Roe v Wade, these decisions are more complicated. Doctors in states with ban…
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Movement leaders -- striving to ensure all people have access to abortion since the fall of Roe -- contend that the current and future success of abortion care is the abortion pill. Whether obtaining the pill at clinics, via telemedicine providers, or a self-managed abortion (SMA), access to abortion pills levels out the playing field for millions …
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As states in the US move to restrict abortion following the overturn of Roe v Wade, pro-choice activists, are moving just as fast in designing creative ways to ensure abortion access for all. In the Rio Grande Valley, we follow local organizers as they package emergency contraception for residents and form new coalitions to guarantee access across …
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Twitter Space: The Constitution in Jeopardy w/Russ Feingold and Peter Prindiville
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Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides two avenues for amending the Constitution. One of those avenues – an Article V Convention – has never before been used, in part because it could put the entire Constitution on the chopping block. Factions of the far Right, however, are now actively working to orchestrate such a convention, with the goal o…
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Following the fall of Roe v. Wade, Michigan women face an uncertain future due to a 1931 "zombie law " on the books that would criminalize abortion. Mobilizing into action are a pro-choice mother-daughter duo, Shelley and Hailey, and an army of volunteer escorts at Northland Family Planning who protect clinic patients from armed protesters or "Anti…
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This special episode chronicles the weeks leading up to the fall of Roe v. Wade on June 24th, 2022. In Tulsa, a newly equipped clinic has a sudden, drastic decline in patients seeking abortion care as a total ban on abortion at conception takes effect in Oklahoma. Dr. Diane Horvath, a traveling abortion doctor, flies to Montgomery, AL, to perform h…
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Abortion providers have been anticipating the hammer to fall on Roe v. Wade for months. In some states, clinics have gotten a taste of a post-Roe world due to total bans -- like in Oklahoma. Elsewhere, clinic staff works tirelessly to provide as many abortions as possible before they are forced to shutter their doors. Join us next week for those st…
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Camelback Family Planning Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona has been operating since 1999, but recently started to receive a surge of abortion-seeking patients due to increased restrictions on reproductive healthcare access in nearby states. The clinic doesn't take appointments - it's first-come, first-serve, with a daily line that extends around the mode…
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In Shreveport, Louisiana, Hope Medical Group for Women struggles to meet demands as a surge of patients traveling from surrounding states where abortion is banned overwhelms providers. Sabrina*, 38, is one of those patients. A mother of four, Sabrina balances her demanding job, childcare, her teen daughter’s serious heart condition, and financial b…
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When a 27 year old single mother from Texas, Ahjonae, finds out she’s pregnant, she searches for abortion care providers across the U.S. to terminate her pregnancy. This is not an easy undertaking as Ahjonae works two full-time jobs, including a hotel graveyard shift, to keep up with the rent and bills. A practicing Christian, she gets the last spo…
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The travel program is a partnership of the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center in Dallas, Southwestern Women’s Options in Albuquerque, and the New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. The travelers are flown to New Mexico where they are provided all transportation and meals. The physicians provide ac…
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This conversation was recorded via Twitter Spaces on Thursday, June 16 as part of the ACS National Convention in Washington, D.C. ACS Director of Chapters Peggy Li moderates a discussion about all things #reprorights with Rosann Mariappuram of Jane's Due Process and Jenny Ma from the Center for Reproductive Rights.…
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Dobbs What It Means And What You Can Do To Support #abortionrights
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This conversation was recorded via Twitter Spaces on Friday, June 24, just after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health ruling came down from the U.S. Supreme Court which overturned the long-standing precedent in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Featured in this discussion are Jeanne Hruska, ACS's Senior Advisor for Communications and Stra…
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CROSSING THE LINE (CTL) is a verite’ style audio documentary series telling stories from the frontlines in the fight for reproductive freedom. The series follows individuals who must travel to seek abortion services and the heroes who help along the way, from doctors and doulas to escorts and activists – each immersive episode allows the listener t…
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Responding to Leaked Draft #SCOTUS opinion on Dobbs and Roe
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On May 3, 2022, the American Constitution Society held a Twitter Space discussion in response to the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion on Dobbs and Roe.By American Constitution Society
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