Jezebel
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GOP Lawmakers in Louisiana Reject Adding Rape & Incest Exceptions for Children to Abortion Ban. Again.
Rape survivors and OB-GYNS shared impassioned testimony about sexual assault and trauma on Tuesday, while Republicans asked that they quiet down.
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Louisiana Doctors Are Fighting GOP Bill That Would Criminalize Possession of Abortion Pills
“It’s going to set a dangerous precedent for other drugs … what else is coming next? IUDs, birth control pills?” a local OB-GYN told Jezebel.
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Jessica Grose Screams on the Inside, But Gives Moms Hope in Her New Book
“Motherhood has always been this combination of pain and joy and love, and we don’t hear about the bad parts because nobody listens to women,” she told Jezebel.
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New Orleans Has a Rape Response Problem
Police are taking hours to arrive at the scene; rape kits are going untested; cases are indefinitely stalled.
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Horror Film 'There’s Something Wrong With the Children' Grapples With the Pressure to Have Kids
Director Roxanne Benjamin spoke with Jezebel about the decision to make this particular movie amid a torrent of reproductive pressure in her own life.
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How TV Shows Changed Their Abortion Plotlines After Dobbs
We're seeing more scenes of people having to cross state lines for an abortion, running up against gestational limits, and other barriers mimicking the news.
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How Louisiana Doctors Are Quietly Helping Pregnant Patients (and Themselves) Avoid Jail Time
“We can’t tell the patient to be dishonest, but what we can say is…’What you mean is, you’re already having a miscarriage, right?’”
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'Call Jane' Director On Her Groundbreaking Portrayal of Abortion
Watching Call Jane, I imagined existing in a world in which the ending—where everyone celebrates the passing of Roe v. Wade—felt hopeful. Instead, it felt like watching people on the Titanic dancing and partying, and the movie ends just before they see the iceberg.
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In Mississippi’s Water Crisis, Formerly Incarcerated Women Left to ‘Fend for Ourselves’
"People are not coming to save us first. We are at the last of everything.”
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Louisiana Delays Critical Flood Response Funds to New Orleans Over Abortion Politics
AG Jeff Landry just delayed a $39 million line of credit for the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board because the city won't enforce the new abortion ban.
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Republicans Ignored Rape and Incest Survivors at Louisiana Abortion Hearing: ‘It Felt Like a Slap’
"They voted against abortion access for raped children but apparently couldn’t stomach our three minute statements," one witness told Jezebel.
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Louisiana Abortion Provider Being Forced Out: ‘I Will Not Walk Away With a Whimper’
The state's only three clinics are being forced to relocate in the wake of a near-total abortion ban, and they're scrambling to come up with a plan.
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Louisiana Doctors: We’re Scared Saving a Life Means Going to Jail
“Frankly, I am worried that I could go to prison just for handling a miscarriage as I always have.”