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After Wendy Davis’s successful filibuster of SB5, the Texas legislature returns for a second attempt to restrict abortion and reproductive rights.
Jul 1, 2013 / Blog / Annie Shields
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The first step is to not talk to brick walls.
Jun 28, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
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Her eleven-hour filibuster blocked the passage of a draconian abortion ban—and awakened a pro-choice sleeping giant.
Jun 26, 2013 / Blog / Katha Pollitt
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Update: Draconian Anti-Abortion Bill Filibustered and Defeated in Texas Update: Draconian Anti-Abortion Bill Filibustered and Defeated in Texas
SB5 would have forced thirty-seven of the forty-two abortion clinics in Texas to shut down.
Jun 26, 2013 / Blog / Annie Shields
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Fighting back against the GOP's all-out assault on reproductive rights.
Jun 25, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Update: Saudi Activists Need Your Help Update: Saudi Activists Need Your Help
Call on the Canadian ambassador to Saudi Arabia to help get Wajeha Al-Huwaider out of prison now.
Jun 24, 2013 / Blog / Katha Pollitt
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Jun 21, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
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Our reproductive rights are still in danger.
Jun 20, 2013 / StudentNation / Kathleen Robin Joyce and StudentNation
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In a significant win for public health, the Justices called the pledge a violation of the First Amendment.
Jun 20, 2013 / Blog / Melissa Gira Grant
![Saudi Human Rights Activist Wajeha Al-Huwaider Sentenced to Prison](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Wajeha_al-Huwaider_ap_fb.jpg)
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The human rights activist who has organized protests against the ban on female drivers will serve ten months in jail for the crime of "inciting a woman against her husband.&qu...
Jun 19, 2013 / Blog / Katha Pollitt