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A counter protester mocks participants of the Men’s March by dressing in an animal-like costume and wearing pads under his hat at Planned Parenthood. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Pro-life, pro-choice protesters collide on BU campus

Sarah Cruz November 19, 2024
The National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood on Saturday started with protesters praying outside of Planned Parenthood on Commonwealth Avenue before marching to Boston Common.
Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

A eulogy for the Republican party | Con-Current Events

Frank Yang November 7, 2024
Some of my fellow Americans actively want my minority friends out of the country, my girl friends dead, my queer friends converted, my education stunted. I used to hold Republican voters to a higher standard, but evidently, I can’t anymore. 
Elizabeth Warren

‘Just Majority’ campaign tour starts in Boston, calling for judicial reform

Emilia Wisniewski April 24, 2023
Elected officials and advocacy organization representatives spoke at Copley Square Monday morning on the first stop of the “Just Majority” tour to demand for a re-evaluation of the United States Supreme Court.
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Latest restriction on abortion rights sparks local protest

Sujena Soumyanath April 18, 2023
Around 30 protesters demanded legalized abortion Saturday at Boston Common, after a Texas ruling threatened to remove abortion pills from the market on April 7.
The on-campus CVS Pharmacy.

Massachusetts pharmacies required to continue providing medication abortion

Valeria Rivera March 30, 2023
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey issued a statement Wednesday that pharmacies statewide  will still be required to stock essential family planning medications, despite national efforts to ban them. 
Women's March abortion

GALLERY: Hundreds march through downtown Boston in support of abortion rights

Clare Ong October 16, 2022
As part of the Oct. 8 Women's Wave movement across the U.S., pro-abortion activists held a protest for reproductive rights.
OPINION (1) 9.13.22

Why Your Vote Matters in the Fight for Reproductive Rights | Latest With Lin

Michael Lin September 13, 2022

The United States Supreme Court made a landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization this summer, deciding that the Constitution does not uphold the right to an abortion. The decision...

emergency contraceptive vending machine

Plan B under $8: Emergency contraception vending machine launches at BU

Talia Lissauer March 3, 2022
The emergency contraceptive vending machine, the product of five years of work, launched Tuesday.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Roe v. Wade could soon be overturned — regardless, medical schools must recognize the important role of abortion in healthcare

Editors February 3, 2022
In a setting like medical school, where the purpose is to give students the information they need to care for patients, an individual's morals may not be the higher priority. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Let’s Talk About: The irony of anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers who say “my body, my choice”

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol December 9, 2021
Anti-maskers appropriating the slogan “My body, my choice" is an egregious indication of how little conservatives actually care about bodily autonomy.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: The end of the Trump era

Meredith Varner November 13, 2020
There will never be a time when there is nothing to fix, so I will always have something to write about. I do see Trump leaving office as a closing of a chapter though, and I feel hopeful about the future of this country for the first time in four years.
The Boston Red Cloaks, a group of women who dress as handmaids and advocate for abortion rights, gathered on the steps of the Massachusetts State House Sunday to condemn Amy Coney Barrett’s expected confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Red Cloaks protest for abortion rights, against Barrett’s confirmation

Daniel Kool October 26, 2020
Speakers called for the swift passage of the Act to Remove Obstacles and Expand Abortion Access, or ROE Act, in Massachusetts. Behind them stood a wall of women dressed as Supreme Court justices, Lady Liberty and — most prominently — handmaids from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel and series “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
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