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Film Review – ‘The Janes’ Highlights the Inspiring and Important Work of Underground Abortionists
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Film Review – ‘The Janes’ Highlights the Inspiring and Important Work of Underground Abortionists

This is an urgent moment in American history for action on abortion rights. The landmark Roe v. Wade decision by the Supreme Court in 1973 making abortion legal in the United States is set to be overturned, and activists for reproductive justice have already begun to mobilize to ensure that doesn’t happen. It’s a particularly…

Abe Friedtanzer
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Exclusive SXSW Film Festival Interview: Director Gretchen Stoeltje on Showcasing the Liberal Fight in Texas in ‘Shouting Down Midnight’
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Exclusive SXSW Film Festival Interview: Director Gretchen Stoeltje on Showcasing the Liberal Fight in Texas in ‘Shouting Down Midnight’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. In 2013, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis pulled off an astonishing feat, preventing a vote on SB5, a bill drastically reducing abortion access in the state, with a lengthy filibuster. Though Governor Rick Perry convened a special session to pass the bill the next…

Abe Friedtanzer
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