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Abortion rights advocates gather outside the Kansas Statehouse to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion Friday, June 24, 2022, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)

BY CARRIE N. BAKER |If passed, a proposed constitutional amendment on Kansas’ primary ballot in August would allow more than 20 laws restricting abortion to stay in effect, including mandatory ultrasounds and biased counseling to discourage abortion, a 24-hour waiting period, parental consent for minors, a 20-week abortion ban, a ban on telemedicine abortion and limitations on public funding and insurance coverage for abortion.

Feminist and equity-focused groups urge Kansas voters to vote “no” on the amendment. (Click below to learn how you can get involved and help defeat the ballot measure). 

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BY JULIA MACDONNELL | I was forced to give my son up for adoption, moments after giving birth. Boom. Gone. Just like that. I had no hope of ever seeing him again.

This shameful secret—my pregnancy and loss of my child—festered inside for more than 50 years. Decades later, my middle-aged son reached out by email and we met, a longed-for experience that soon turned into a nightmare. I had no idea that reunion in adoption is often shattering. The pain and anguish I wasn’t allowed to feel when I gave him away exploded inside me.

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BY BARBARA BOURLAND | After researching princesses for five years and reading what feels like every book on the market about western women and royalty, Barbara Bourland could share what she discovered in one sentence: Princess stories are narratives of state control over women’s bodies.

It’s time we all stopped seeing them any differently.

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