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The World Health Organization recommends two regimens for medication abortion: misoprostol alone or combined with another medication, mifepristone. In a recent study, almost 99 percent of those who used the misoprostol-alone regimen had a complete abortion without surgical intervention. (Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images)

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Trump-appointed judge in Texas will soon decide whether to force the abortion pill mifepristone off the market in all 50 states. If he does, as anticipated, reproductive rights advocates are ready to offer a safe and effective alternative to end pregnancy through three months: a higher dosage of misoprostol taken alone.

On Feb. 6, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin published peer-reviewed research on the use of misoprostol alone for abortion. The research found that misoprostol alone was over 88 percent effective, with few incidents of serious adverse events or signs of potential abortion complications.  If the Texas court imposes a nationwide ban on mifepristone, women and pregnant people can still access the highly effective and medically safe method to end an early pregnancy with misoprostol alone.

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BY MARK GREENE | Lukas Dhont’s new film, Close, is sparking a conversation about why we must protect and defend our sons and all our children’s powerful capacities for connection.

"We are so unused to seeing the tender friendship of boys… This tenderness. We just…erase it.”

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BY SHAQUILLE | Front and Center highlights the success of Springboard to Opportunities’ Magnolia Mother’s Trust, which this year will give $1,000 per month for 12 months to 100 families headed by Black women living in federally subsidized housing.

“I made it work because, as a mother, I can’t give excuses. I gotta get it done—because if I don’t, who will? …. The Magnolia Mother’s Trust has really helped me and my little family. We’re able to actually enjoy life a little bit more now.”

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Before Roe v. Wade, if you were in need of an abortion in Chicago, there was a number you could call, run by young women who called themselves Jane. They’d provide abortions to women who had nowhere else to turn. It was started by Heather Booth when she was 19 years old. In this episode, Booth joins Dr. Goodwin to discuss the history of the Jane Collective and the connections between our pre-Roe past and post-Roe future. Where do we go from here?

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