A Supreme Court decision created a 50-state patchwork of differing abortion laws. An eclectic network of volunteers and organizations has tried to fill the gaps in health care and support.
A Hollywood producer’s wife who was emboldened by second-wave feminism, she was a founder of the Feminist Majority and worked to get female candidates elected.
In lawsuits challenging state abortion bans, lawyers for abortion rights plaintiffs are employing religious liberty arguments the Christian right has used for decades.