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Reproductive justice = Unconditional love

“Abortion is Healthcare & Reproductive Justice is Unconditional Love. Trust your loved ones to make decisions about their bodies.” If you live in Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon or Savannah, perhaps you’ve seen these billboards during the month of October. These are the few cities in Georgia where a pregnant person can get an abortion. Fake women’s health clinics — which only exist to shame women out of having an abortion by any means necessary —

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Abortion love

“Abortion debate divides candidates in Georgia’s 6th District race,” reads the AJC headline. Calling it the “abortion debate” obscures the larger issues. On an individual level, we are all driven by a complicated set of values, life experiences and social norms that guide our own individual feelings about any number of issues, including abortion. On a policy level, however, there’s no debate: abortion care should be offered without stigma, shame or misinformation. And on this point,

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Abortion’s long history and deep roots

Abortion is a modern day issue fueling the “culture war,” and the South, as usual, is “behind” the rest of the country in championing safe, legal access to abortion. At least, that’s one narrative that appears over and over again. But this narrative isn’t true. Both the history of abortion itself throughout human existence, and the modern history of abortion in the Southeast United States reveal a much richer reality than many give it credit

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Why do you want to be an abortion provider?

Kayley Scruggs grew up in Mississippi, witnessing the regular protests outside of the state’s one abortion clinic, called “The Pink House,” by opponents and supporters alike. She’s now attending school in Georgia, working on getting her Bachelor of Science in nursing, before ultimately becoming a midwife. But those experiences never left her, and she is now working to become an abortion provider. “I eventually want to be a midwife and my goal is, I think

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Healthcare for all, a dream for Georgia

Half a million Georgians would gain health insurance coverage if this state expanded Medicaid in 2017. That makes up about 10 percent of the nation’s uninsured, ranking just behind Texas and Florida. Expanding Medicaid, however hard a battle it’s been, is just the beginning in the fight to make sure ALL people have meaningful access to health care (and not just health insurance). Georgia has too few health care providers — especially primary care doctors,