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Jessen's career as an activist began in 1991, when she was 14, after her adoptive mother, Diana DePaul, told Jessen she was born to a 17-year-old girl, during a failed abortion attempt. Jessen has since campaigned against abortion, saying "It's more comfortable for people to think of abortion as a political decision, or a right. But I am not a ...
At the first Republican primary debate, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis invoked the story of an “abortion survivor” after he was asked about his state’s six-week abortion ban. “I know a lady ...
Amber Nicole Thurman (September 16, 1993 – August 19, 2022) was a 28-year-old medical assistant who died of septic shock and retained products of conception following a medication abortion. Georgia 's maternal mortality committee determined that Thurman's death was preventable and noted that the voluntary delay in performing the dilation and ...
A 28-year-old Texas woman died in 2021 after her abortion care was delayed for over 40 hours as she was having a miscarriage, according to a new story from ProPublica. Josseli Barnica was told ...
Joshua said experiencing the effects of an abortion ban "in real time" was "the wildest thing" she'd ever experienced. She told Scripps News she felt like she "was in a movie," particularly when ...
In response to critics accusing abortion rights activists of exploiting Halappanavar's death, Kate Smurthwaite responded in a column in The Huffington Post titled "Yes, Savita Halappanavar's Death IS a Political Issue" in which she stated, "If I am ever a victim of an unjust legal discrepancy that infringes my human rights and leads to my ...
An American woman vacationing in Malta who was denied a lifesaving abortion while miscarrying was able to get care in Spain, the same day Roe v. How an American on vacation survived after Malta ...
Sarah left her family behind and spent her nights alone in a hotel room for an arduous three-day abortion procedure. This woman journeyed to Illinois to get an abortion after Florida's ban. We ...