Today In Our Own Voice and National Partnership are debuting a new report detailing the effect of state abortion bans on the more than 6.7 million Black women, girls and gender-expansive people living in states that have or are likely to ban abortion.

Coercion is not in the past. It is then and now.

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This will be another #MothersDay in the US without federal protections for abortion rights. Yet having an abortion and becoming a parent are experiences shared by many: 1 in 4 women will have an abortion in their lifetime, and 6 in 10 abortion patients are already parents. 🧵

Abortion bans & restrictions in US states always made it difficult for adolescents to get timely & affordable abortion care.

Our new study examines the unique barriers young people face when seeking abortion—challenges that have only increased post-Dobbs: gu.tt/4aGAc49

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From abortion bans to attacks on youth health care, assaults on reproductive rights are multifaceted in this year’s state legislative sessions.
 
My Guttmacher Institute state team colleagues and I have a new analysis breaking down the key trends 👇👇

The 2024 state legislative season is a stark reminder that the fight for reproductive freedom goes beyond abortion. Our new analysis reveals alarming trends—from attacks on assisted reproductive tech like IVF to restrictions on youth access to health care. gu.tt/3WpE8C3

Latinas in FL, AZ and TX, where abortion is completely banned, account for 1/3 of all Latinas of reproductive age in the U.S. Important read from ⁦Mel Leonor Barclay⁩: 19thnews.org/2024/05/latina…

In 30 years, we have seen remarkable gains on #SRHR globally. Yet progress remains uneven. And neglected issues such as adolescent sexuality, gender-based violence, abortion, infertility, demand our attention.

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The ruling that put this archaic abortion ban into place should have NEVER happened, but we’re glad to see it coming to end.

Thank the hard working advocates Arizona for making this repeal a reality. 💪

In his interview with TIME, Donald Trump says he would let states monitor women’s pregnancies & allow them to prosecute abortion patients. He also wouldn't commit to vetoing a national abortion ban.

He will let the anti-abortion movement do whatever it wants.

New report out today, summing up the causal effects of #GlobalGagRule ’s most recent implementation in Ethiopia and Uganda -- thanks to a multiyear collaboration with partners, colleagues including Assefa Seme Simon Kibira Fred Makumbi and Solomon Shiferaw Dr. Scientist

'She had lost her pregnancy, her home, her health insurance and her fertility in this long, emotional and legal fight....“I just wanted it to mean something,” she said.' washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

What would you say if you saw this in another country? In Hong Kong? Or Iran? Or Russia?

Austin, Texas:

🎉 Today, the AZ House advanced Stephanie Stahl Hamilton’s HB 2677 to repeal Arizona’s total abortion ban! We’re one step closer to protecting patients and providers across the state by getting rid of this outdated ban for good.

useless when it comes to protecting students against mass shootings but when students rightfully protest GENOCIDE, they'll show up in full force to be on the side of the oppressor. these calls being made by school and state authorities are asinine

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