As Minnesotans prepare to pay their final respects to Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman, lawmakers remembered her as an advocate for a range of causes that improved the lives of Black and other marginalized people. Hortman, 55, was gunned down at her home in a Minneapolis suburb on June 14 in what the authorities said […]
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Abortion Saved Her. Now It Could Cost Her Freedom.
Kneeling on the cold bathroom floor of her apartment, Kisha clutched the pregnancy test she had just picked up from the Walgreens down the street. She waited for a single blue line to appear. Instead, there were two. “When I looked down at that test, I didn’t believe it,” she said. “I told myself there […]
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Her Daughter Died After a Fatal Delay in Reproductive Care. Now, She’s Fighting for Justice.
Shanette Williams has become one of the most vocal advocates for restoring federal protections for abortions. When Shanette Williams speaks publicly, she holds the obituary of her 28-year-old daughter, Amber Nicole Thurman, in her hands. She says it gives her comfort and the strength to continue to tell the story of how a Georgia hospital […]