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Protesters march to denounce the U.S. Supreme Court decision to end federal abortion rights protections on June 26, 2022, in Los Angeles. (David McNew / Getty Images)

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Anti-abortion forces have fought increased access to contraception for over a decade. Most recently, the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created by in vitro fertilization (IVF) are children lays the groundwork for banning most forms of contraception.

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Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel authored the original “We Have Had Abortions” article that appeared in Ms.

BY MS. EDITORS | In what The Washington Post says “changed the course of the abortion rights movement,” Ms. published “We Have Had Abortions” in its first issue, featuring the signatures of 53 prominent American women. Women who have had abortions have spoken out many times during the past 50 years, and millions of women and men have marched in countless rallies and demonstrations for abortion rights.

For more ground-breaking stories like this, order 50 YEARS OF Ms.: THE BEST OF THE PATHFINDING MAGAZINE THAT IGNITED A REVOLUTION (Alfred A. Knopf)—a collection of the most audacious, norm-breaking coverage Ms. has published.

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BY EMMALINE KENNY and JULES HANISEE | U.S. patriarchal authoritarianism is on the rise, and democracy is on the decline. But day after day, we stay vigilant in our goals to dismantle patriarchy at every turn. The fight is far from over. We are watching, and we refuse to go back. This is the War on Women Report.

Since our last report: Modern surveillance tools pose an increasing threat to pregnant people and those helping them access care; a groundbreaking study proving the safety and effectiveness of telehealth abortion; in rare bipartisan move, Congress expanded the child tax credit for the next three years, lifting 400,000 children above the poverty line by 2025; rest in power, Nex Benedict; and more.

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For many of us, spiritual health is a facet of our health that we consider less, perhaps even give less weight to or spend less time cultivating. Editor, journalist and Harvard Divinity School graduate Philip Picardi joins to discuss how acknowledging and engaging in our individual spirituality, however you label that, or in whatever way that may look, can ground us, give us purpose, and guide us, even if it doesn’t come easy.

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