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What a woman’s choice means

Ted G. Jelen (UNLV): Gender Role Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Abortion: A Cross-National Exploration. David J. Garrow (Pittsburgh): How Roe v. Wade Was Written. Samuel Wolfe Calhoun (Washington and Lee): Justice Lewis F. Powell's Baffling Vote in Roe v. Wade. Maya Manian (USF): The Consequences of Abortion Restrictions for Women's Healthcare. Jonathan F. Will (Mississippi College): Beyond Abortion: Why the Personhood Movement Implicates Reproductive Choice. Sophie Jones reviews Contested Spaces: Abortion Clinics, Women’s Shelters and Hospitals by Lori A Brown. Roe v Wade and the New Jane Crow: Lynn M. Paltrow on reproductive rights in the age of mass incarceration. Tara Culp-Ressler on the dangerous abortion restriction that’s sweeping the nation. The thirty-year plan: Dani McClain interviews Sujatha Jesudason on turning the focus of the reproductive rights movement from abortion to love, sex, family, and community. Twin barbarisms: Hadley Arkes reviews Slavery, Abortion, and the Politics of Constitutional Meaning by Justin Buckley Dyer. From Salon, Lucy Flores doesn’t regret her abortion — and she doesn’t regret talking about it; and Jenny Kutner on how to get an abortion in Texas: A chilling photo essay reveals the aftermath of the state's extreme anti-choice laws. Amanda Marcotte on the Democrats’ brilliant idea for how to stop unnecessary abortion clinic regulations. Hey Republicans, here’s how to help babies who haven’t been born yet: Pro-life politicians talk a lot about protecting future children — this policy could help do that. Ann Friedman on what a woman’s choice means to the Supreme Court and social conservatives. Katie McDonough on how the Onion’s brilliant take on abortion restrictions will make you laugh/sob. Lane Florsheim on proof that the anti-abortion movement is winning.