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Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Haven’t Slowed Abortions, and They’re Costing Lives
Is this what the “pro-life” movement wanted?
Judith Levine
Judith Levine is a contributing writer at The Intercept. A journalist and personal essayist on sex, justice, and emotions in politics, she has written five books, most recently “The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence,” co-authored with Erica R. Meiners (Verso, 2020).
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