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The Landscape of Today’s Anti-Abortion Movement
The early, post-Roe v. Wade anti-abortion movement was largely defined by small, local activist groups, oftentimes connected to the Catholic Church. Today, it is a sprawling, well-funded, far-right operation that seeks to outlaw abortion entirely while severely restricting other forms of reproductive autonomy. It produces propaganda meant to shame and discourage people from seeking abortion…
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How the Right Uses Abortion Restrictions to Reinforce Racist and Gendered Hierarchies
The Dobbs decision, which took away the constitutional right to abortion, was a massive and long-sought victory for the far right. Severely restricting or banning abortion is a core part of their political program, one that is deeply intertwined with the movement’s broader goal of creating a society structured by rigid hierarchies – not only…
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The Community Cost of Abortion Restrictions
Access to safe and legal abortion is a crucial issue with vast implications that go far beyond individual freedom and bodily autonomy. Its denial not only restricts doctors from providing necessary medical care based on a patient’s clinical needs and erodes the physician-patient relationship, but it also weakens the quality of health care delivery and…
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Abortion Clinics Face Increased Harassment Post-Roe
Those who work in abortion care have long understood the impact overturning Roe would have on their work. Still, the scene outside the Supreme Court the day Dobbs was announced put it into stark relief. “They were really emboldened,” Melissa Fowler, chief program officer for the National Abortion Federation (NAF), said of anti-abortion activists gathered…
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Executive Summary: The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Extremist Playbook
In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, upending a half-century of precedent. Since then, 14 states have outlawed abortion, three others have effectively banned the procedure by making it illegal after roughly 6 weeks of pregnancy, and at least 66 abortion clinics have…
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Frequently asked questions about hate and antigovernment groups
What is the purpose of the hate and antigovernment extremist map? Each year since 1990, the SPLC has published an annual census of hate groups and antigovernment groups operating within the United States. The number is one barometer of the level of hate and antigovernment extremist activity in the country. The hate and antigovernment extremist…
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State of Hate in the Deep South
Each year since 1990, the SPLC has published an annual census of hate and antigovernment groups in the United States. The number is one barometer of the level of hard-right activity in the country. The map depicts approximate locations and is the result of a year of monitoring. The SPLC tracks both hate groups and antigovernment extremist…
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Continued Insurrection Fallout Forces Militias to Adapt
The U.S. militia movement is a fragment of what it once was. Not many years ago, veterans and first responders, often joined by weekend wannabe combat warriors and even elected officials, were arming up under the Oath Keepers banner. Chapters of Oath Keepers and other national militia groups sprouted across the country. Then came the…
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New Recruits
Sovereign Citizenship Takes Hold Among Younger, Affluent, Female Communities
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Fighting Illiteracy, Preserving Democracy
The Power of Drag Story Hour