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  • The Black Women Who Fought for Ohio's Historic Abortion Win

    Ahead of a ballot measure to guarantee access to abortion and reproductive health care in Ohio, the Black-led Ohio Women’s Alliance spoke with more than 1.3 million young female BIPOC voters, framing the campaign as a fight for a wide range of reproductive services. Residents approved the constitutional amendment with 60 percent of female voters and 83 percent of Black voters voting in favor.

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  • Two countries, two different approaches to population programs

    The Population and Community Development Association was established in 1974 to promote family planning and has since partnered with the local government and other groups to provide family planning services, and resources, like condoms and birth control, as well as education. Widespread promotion and availability of contraceptives thanks to the group has led the uptake among women of reproductive age to go from about 17% in 1970 to 75% in 2022 — as well as a reduction in fertility rates, all of which helps to control the overall population.

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  • Meet the doctor who is trying to change the perception of vasectomies

    The SimpleVas Vasectomy Clinic is a mobile clinic that travels around to provide easy access to vasectomies by simplifying the entire process. The mobile clinic travels nearly 600 miles around the state every month and has even traveled out to New York City to spread awareness. Through raising awareness of the procedure, the doctor in charge of the clinic now performs about 600 to 700 vasectomies a year.

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  • The South isn't so anti-abortion after all. Kentucky proved it at the polls.

    Ahead of a vote on a ballot measure that would have ensured that no right to abortion could ever be added to Kentucky's constitution, pro-choice activists connected with voters via protests and door-knocking campaigns. Their efforts focused on registering new voters and exploring the nuances of reproductive health care, and the amendment was successfully defeated by a margin of nearly 5 percentage points.

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  • Volunteer acompañantes in Mexico aid at-home abortions. Their network is expanding to Texas.

    Mexican volunteer networks such as Necesito Arbortar, which counsels and supports women through at-home abortions, are training volunteers from the United States to develop their own "acompañamiento" systems in the wake of new restrictions on reproductive care. Though Necesito Abortar has not yet found a way to donate needed medication to people seeking abortion in nearby Texas, the organization has been fielding roughly 70 calls per day since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, providing information and assistance to Americans who need abortion care or want to help ensure access on their side of the border.

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  • Lessons From Latin America

    In 2021, a wave of national demonstrations swept Colombia in protest of worsening economic conditions in the country and other impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the movements bolstered by uniting rhetoric about collective rights. Activists have since celebrated the election of the country's first climate-focused leftist government and the official decriminalization of abortion up to 24 weeks following a successful lawsuit spearheaded by organizers.

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  • Gen Z is influencing the abortion debate — from TikTok

    Gen Z activists such as Olivia Julianna and Savannah Craven are using TikTok to spark discussions about abortion, driving conversations with short video snippets ranging from music videos to educational explainers about various political topics. Each creator has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers and their content has attracted attention and offers of collaboration from significant political players such as Gen Z for Change and Candace Owens.

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  • OMOMi is leveraging digital technology to provide women with easy access to quality maternal health care

    An app is offering reproductive healthcare help to women in Nigeria who don't always have access to reliable maternal and prenatal health information. While it does require the user to have access to technology, it has attracted 40,000 users so far, providing "pregnant women and mothers with access to life-saving maternal and child health information, as well as access to doctors with the touch of a button."

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  • The Non-Partisan “Pro-Voice” Abortion Space

    An organization founded in Oakland, CA is bringing non-partisan abortion counseling to those who feel isolated by platforms that are designated as either pro-life or pro-choice. The goal of the organization, which is staffed with trained volunteers from across the country, is to help "people process their experiences around abortion without any preconceived notions about what that should look like."

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  • Amid Covid-19, a Call for M.D.s to Mail the Abortion Pill

    Amid the pandemic, medical researchers and an abortion-rights advocacy group in the U.S. are working to make the abortion pill available via mail. Although there is ambiguity surrounding the rules and regulations of how the pill must be distributed to patients, some doctors have helped efforts by agreeing to register with F.D.A.-approved manufacturers and a handful of states are allowing the pill to be mailed after an in-person ultrasound has been conducted.

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