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A Shifting Tide: Pro-Life Laws and the March for Life
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A Shifting Tide: Pro-Life Laws and the March for Life

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Wednesday, January 22 will mark the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade: a 7 to 2 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that found a woman’s right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Justices’ decision invalidated all state laws restricting access to abortion […]

The Failure of the International Reproductive Rights Norm Part One: A Norm is Born
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The Failure of the International Reproductive Rights Norm Part One: A Norm is Born

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For decades, powerful countries and wealthy foundations conducted a campaign to create a global standard for abortion rights. Despite their efforts, the phrase “reproductive health” has been adopted, but not an international norm of reproductive rights. Forty years after abortion advocates inserted the term “reproductive health” into the international population agenda, they are no closer […]

Abortion and the Morality of Exceptions Clauses in Anti-Abortion Legislation
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Abortion and the Morality of Exceptions Clauses in Anti-Abortion Legislation

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“No exceptions. No compromise.” That is the goal of every true pro-life citizen when it comes to abortion legislation. Rape, incest, and the life/health of the mother have been wedge issues that have been used to establish the principle for acceptable/legal abortion that have led to the more liberalized laws accounting for 55+ Million abortions […]