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Members of Arizona for Abortion Access, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona State Constitution, hold a press conference outside the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17, 2024 in Phoenix. (Rebecca Noble / Getty Images)

BY ANSEV DEMIRHAN and ALYSSA BOWEN | The Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling that reinstated a draconian 1864 near-total abortion ban reveals the disingenuous nature of the “leave-it-to-the-states” positioning of some Republicans.

In response to the state Supreme Court’s decision, Democrats spearheaded legislation to repeal that law, which was recently signed by Gov. Katie Hobbs (D). However, leaving it to the states doesn’t always have such a rosy ending—and, indeed, this is not the end of efforts in Arizona or elsewhere by special interests trying to impose their regressive worldview on us all through law. A closer look into the Arizona abortion case and court that led to the reprise of this antiquated anti-abortion law reveals that some of the same anti-abortion zealots who played a central role in overturning Roe are also playing a role in revoking Arizonians’ access to abortion healthcare.

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A reproductive rights rally in Brooklyn on Sept. 1, 2021, protests Texas SB 8, the six-week ban with a “bounty hunter” provision. At the time, it was considered the most restrictive abortion ban to ever take effect in the U.S. post-Roe. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)

BY HANNAH DUDLEY-SHOTWELL and JUSTINA LICATA | Texas abortion funds have been maneuvering complicated abortion restrictions for several years.

We interviewed representatives from the Frontera Fund, Texas Equal Access Fund (TEA Fund) and Jane’s Due Process (JDP) to learn how they have been navigating the increasingly challenging work of supporting abortion seekers in a state, home to 30 million residents, where abortions are completely inaccessible.

(This piece is the third in a series of interviews with fund representatives across the U.S.)

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Bethenny Frankel and Jason Poppy leave their wedding on March 28, 2010, in New York City. (James Devaney / WireImage)

BY AMY POLACKO | “Finally.” That’s what Emma thought when she heard Bethenny Frankel spill the beans about her epic split on her new Just B Divorced podcast. Finally, someone was validating what millions of women go through silently behind divorce court doors. The Real Housewives of New York alum has millions of fans and a multi-million dollar business empire. In the show’s first two episodes, Frankel took listeners behind the scenes of the “torture” she endured during a 10-year divorce for a two-year marriage.

But following her mother’s death, Frankel announced that she was putting the new pod on hold and the episodes disappeared.

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