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A bill to protect abortion rights failed to clear the Senate on Wednesday, as Democrats seek to highlight to looming prospect that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe V. Wade. The Senate voted 49-51, far short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation, albeit the outcome was anticipated. Sen. Joe Manchin…

Author Margaret Atwood continues to battle against the oppression of women’s rights by the government on the heels of a leaked draft opinion revealing the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe vs. Wade. “Women who cannot make their own decisions about whether or not to have babies are enslaved because the state…

Audrey Diwan's Happening launched New Directors/New Films in April, mesmerizing viewers with the story of a brilliant literature student from a working-class background seeking an abortion to keep her life from derailing. In 1963 France the procedure was illegal. The suspense builds with each week a new chapter title…

SAG-AFTRA says it’s “disappointed” by Friday’s Supreme Court decision that allows Texas’ anti-abortion law to stand, saying that it exposes SAG-AFTRA members to “real risk” through the lack of basic reproductive healthcare. That law, Senate Bill 8, prohibits abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat…

A central topic at the White House Daily Press Briefing on Thursday was the Supreme Court’s refusal to block a Texas anti-abortion law. A standout moment came when a male reporter, Owen Jensen of EWTN, a Catholic news network, pressed White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Joe Biden’s support for abortion…

A federal judge has sidelined at least temporarily a Georgia law that would place new restrictions on abortion, a measure that already has drawn threats from filmmakers and some studios that they would consider pulling production from the state if the legislation is fully implemented. U.S. District Judge Steve C…

Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish is the latest celebrity to take a stand against Georgia’s new restrictive abortion policy which known as the “heartbeat” bill.  Haddish canceled an upcoming stand-up show a the Fox Theatre in Atlanta in response to the law. The Fox Theatre said that they will be offering…