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**Today at Ms. | May 26, 2022**

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Oklahoma Passes Extreme Vigilante Abortion Ban, Nation’s Most Restrictive Yet: ‘A Reversal of History Right In Front of Our Eyes’

A rally in support of abortion rights outside the Oklahoma state legislature in April 2012. (Serena Blaiz / Flickr)

CARRIE N. BAKER | On Tuesday evening, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed into law what will now be the nation's strictest abortion ban. The law prohibits abortions starting at the point of fertilization, and authorizes private citizens to sue abortion providers or anyone who assists someone obtaining an abortion, similar to Texas’s S.B. 8.

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Where Is Privacy in the U.S. Constitution? The Wide-Ranging Ramifications of a Roe Overturn

BY CIARA TORRES-SPELLISCY | The U.S. Constitution is a sparse 4,400 words. One of the words that does not show up among the Constitution’s 4,400 words is the word privacy.

Stomping on the right to privacy won’t just impact abortion rights. It could have long reaching impacts on keeping the government outside of heretofore private spheres like marriage, sex and our bodies.

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The Right to Reproductive Autonomy: A 14th Amendment Guarantee

BY DIANA KASDAN and RISA KAUFMAN | Despite the Supreme Court’s expected ruling on the fate of Roe v. Wade, a correct understanding of the Constitution guarantees the legal right to reproductive autonomy: reclaiming the full promise of the 14th Amendment.

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