abortion
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Bonino met a leading women's rights advocate, embraced civil disobedience and began accompanying women to a Florentine abortion clinic.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Women over 60 are largely past their reproductive years and may not be directly affected by abortion bans.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
She was rumored to have shown up at court for the sentencing of the first woman convicted of manslaughter for having an illegal abortion.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, she was crisscrossing the country, campaigning for liberal Democratic candidates, fighting laws restricting abortion, and urging legislators to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Researchers found that in the instances where the woman was denied an abortion, she often resented her baby and failed to provide it with a good home.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Since the early 1970s, Steinem used her voice and influence to work toward legalizing safe abortions while championing survivors of rape and domestic violence and pushing for equal pay in the workplace.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
For Steinem, though, it became a passion only after she covered a meeting during which women opened up about their illegal abortions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Indiana acknowledged that Planned Parenthood was facilitating legal abortions.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
In other cases reported in US media, cops used Flock to track women who had abortions -- illegal in several US states.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
No one had an abortion without regret, she thought; abortions were an action of last resort, when there was no better option.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
