Why was Emma Goldman arrested at the Forward in 1916? Blame a law cited by the Supreme Court Tuesday
The abortion case argued Tuesday referenced the 19th-century Comstock Act. Goldman faced related charges for talking about contraception
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Opinion In an election year, it’s time to ramp up the fight on abortion rights — and Jewish religious freedom
In honor of Repro Shabbat, a guide to accessing your religious right to an abortion
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News A Jewish Democrat gave up his political career to pass New York’s abortion rights law. A new film tells his story.
“Deciding Vote” revisits the legacy of George Michaels, an upstate politician who bucked his conservative district to help make abortion legal
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Fast Forward Newly elected GOP House Speaker once likened abortion to the Holocaust
Mike Johnson wrote in 2005 that the legalization of abortion was 'no different' than Hitler's killing of Jews
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Theater Once, this play about an underground abortion network was history; now, it’s timelier than ever
Paula Kamen’s ‘Jane: Abortion and the Underground’ looks prescient in the post-Roe v. Wade era
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Film & TV Why are Jews suing to block abortion bans?
Paula Eiselt's documentary 'Under G-d' argues that religious freedom requires pro-choice public policy
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Opinion The loss of abortion access demands a day of collective mourning
One year into the reversal of Roe v. Wade, it is clear that forced birth takes lives
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Music Did an obscure Bob Dylan song by way of Woody Guthrie predict the 2023 battle for women’s rights?
A recent story out of Danville, Illinois makes 1984's 'New Danville Girl' — co-written by Sam Shepard — seem eerily prescient
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