'There is power in our voices': Abortion rights activists gain momentum after Supreme Court ruling

[NelsonG]

On Monday morning Kierra Johnson stood before the Supreme Court. The summer sun reflected off the white marble steps. She'd already begun to sweat, and it was only 7:30 a.m. 

Johnson, executive director of the nonprofit organization Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity (URGE), had gathered there with several staff members to learn the fate of Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, the most pivotal abortion rights case in decades. They were not alone. 

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More than a thousand activists also awaited the court's decision, now a landmark opinion that instantly transformed abortion policy in the U.S. The radical shift mirrors what's already happening in communities around the country, where young people, in particular, feel emboldened to speak about abortion in unapologetically personal and political terms.  Read more...

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