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Kim Kennedy, 62, field director for the Susan B. Anthony List, canvasses door-to-door in Warminster, Pa., on Sept. 2, 2022. (Michelle Gustafson / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

BY ANSEV DEMIRHAN | There are 13 states with efforts underway to put constitutional amendments protecting abortion access on the 2024 ballot. The residents of those states deserve to know the regressive forces, like Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA-PLA) and its wealthy benefactors, that will be at play to deny them their basic rights and freedoms.

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U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) speaks on protections for access to in vitro fertilization on Feb. 27, 2024, with Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.).  (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

BY AMANDA BECKER and DARREONNA DAVIS | Senate Democrats on Tuesday highlighted their plan to protect IVF, warning their Republican colleagues they will need to decide by Wednesday whether to block a bill that would preserve access to assisted reproductive technologies.

“It’s been incredible to watch Republicans now scramble over the weekend to suddenly support IVF—well, many of these same Republicans are literally right now co-sponsors of legislation that would enshrine fetal personhood, the very concept that caused all of the chaos in Alabama,” said Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, an original co-sponsor of Duckworth’s Access to Family Building Act.

In Congress, meanwhile, Democrats’ bill that would protect IVF access nationally has received only a single Republican co-sponsor in the House and none in the Senate. 

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Approving Opill for over-the-counter sales will expand access to contraception and reduce unintended pregnancies, especially among young people, minorities, and those who have difficulty dealing with the challenges involved in getting a prescription for their contraceptive needs. (Perrigo)

BY WAKABA OTO | Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill, is set to hit drugstores, grocery stores and online shelves in the first quarter of 2024. But the real challenge lies ahead: Will it be affordable and truly accessible to all?

Opill is a progestin-only oral contraceptive pill, boasting a success rate as high as 98 percent in preventing pregnancies.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration hailed the approval of Opill as a breakthrough that could “reduce barriers to access” for those seeking contraception. 

However, the promise of accessibility hinges on the crucial factor of affordability.

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