“Our first patient is 11-years-old.” That’s the first thing I heard when I walked into clinic the last week of June. It was a few days after the Dobbs decision and the beginning of a new era in the U.S.: Roe v. Wade had been overturned—the constitutional right to abortion had been revoked. In California,…
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ICE’s Forced Hysterectomies Expose the Uneven Nature of Women’s Reproductive Rights in the US
Katey E. Mari // Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a champion for women’s reproductive rights throughout her time on the bench. In the wake of the death of Justice Ginsburg and the uncertain nature of her successor, many women fear for the fate of reproductive freedoms in the US. In light of recent…