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Clinic escorts outside of EMW Women’s Surgical Center in February 2019 in Louisville. (Facebook)

BY ALLY DICKSON | Fake clinics deceive patients, robbing them of comprehensive reproductive healthcare by qualified medical professionals and increasing the violence experienced by genuine clinics.

All the while, Google has brought in over $10 million from anti-abortion extremists looking to advertise crisis pregnancy centers and abortion “reversals.”

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A crash test dummy sits in a Toyota Avalon at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 12, 2016. (Todd Korol / Toronto Star via Getty Images)

BY MARIA WESTON KUHN | Picture your mother, your daughter, your wife, your coworker, your friend. Imagine a distracted driver hitting them. Imagine you find out that their injury or death was preventable. Imagine this happening to 467,985 families across America every year. Now, imagine you have the power to change that.

Our policymakers and regulators must take action today. They must require that accurate female crash test dummies are tested in the driver’s seat equally as men. Join me in telling the government that women’s lives are worth it. 

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In 2021, the maternal mortality rate among Black women was nearly 70 deaths for every 100,000 live births—2.6 times the rate for white women, regardless of income or education. (Ariel Skelley / Getty Images)

BY PRIYA IYER | A recent report from the United Nations found that high rates of pregnancy-related deaths among Black women in North and South America are likely due largely to racism and sexism.

Systemic racism has biological effects. Addressing these mental and physical health conditions together—through Black-led community-based peer support—can reduce maternal mortality rates.

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