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People march to the U.S. Supreme Court during the annual National Women’s March on Jan. 22, 2023. The march marked the 50-year anniversary since the ruling on Roe v. Wade, and to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which takes back federal protections for access abortions. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

BY SHOSHANNA EHRLICH | After nearly 20 years of failed attempts to deter cross-border abortion travel by teens, anti-abortion lawmakers in Congress largely gave up the fight. However, last week’s victory in Idaho makes clear that their long sought-after goal of restricting cross-border abortion access has been resurrected in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs. This first-of-its-kind law in the nation brings to fruition a long-standing goal of the anti-abortion movement—namely, preventing teens from cross-border access to abortion.

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Migrants and asylum-seekers on board a bus on the border between Nicaragua and Honduras on Oct. 4, 2022, headed for the United States. (Oswaldo Rivas / AFP via Getty Images)

BY ZOILA | Zoila is still fighting her asylum case, and at the same time finding the courage to advocate for others. Under Biden’s new rule, she likely would have been blocked from pursuing her case at all.

“I never wanted to leave Honduras. It’s the only home I’ve ever known. But two years ago I was forced to make the terrible decision to flee because home was no longer safe. After a long and difficult journey, my children and I were able to seek asylum in the United States. … Some things are a lot better here, though. Most importantly, we are finally free from my ex-partner’s violence. … As difficult as my journey has been, I know that it could have been even worse. President Biden recently proposed a new rule that would ban asylum for most people. … If that rule had existed when my family came to the border, I probably would have had no chance of getting asylum at all.”

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Louisiana’s Cancer Alley is home to more than 200 petrochemical plants, most of which are concentrated in poor, rural Black communities. (Adam Mahoney / Capital B)

BY ADAM MAHONEY | Almost two years to the day of its last introduction, progressive leaders are reinvigorating a push to pass the Environmental Justice For All Act, a potential landmark bill that aims to address environmental disparities in majority Black, Latino and Indigenous communities.  

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