abortion

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In 2022 Herrera, who now goes by Lizelle Gonzalez, took the abortion pill misoprostol when she was 19 weeks pregnant.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Reporting on abortion and women’s health could be found largely in the Style section.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Pascoe also told Desert Island Discs host Lauren Laverne that her agent had advised her against including an anecdote about her abortion in her 2016 book Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Besides the governor, Stratton had the endorsement of the junior Democratic senator from Illinois, Tammy Duckworth, and Emily’s List, an organization dedicated to backing candidates who support abortion rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

We thought about an abortion, but it was illegal, and the only woman we had heard of who did abortions was supposedly connected with the police department.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose