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Collected Item: “"The Nightmarish Challenge of Trying to Get an Abortion in a Pandemic"”

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"The Nightmarish Challenge of Trying to Get an Abortion in a Pandemic"

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article

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

The article describes the recent challenges to obtaining an abortion in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic due to several states attempting to add further restrictions on abortion rights. It is important to understand that while it was already difficult for many to obtain abortions to begin with, the pandemic has added even more challenges for those seeking reproductive healthcare as well as more opportunities for anti-choice lawmakers to restrict abortion care.

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abortion, reproductive rights, pregnancy, healthcare, access, insurance, poverty, pandemic, COVID-19, HSE

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.self.com/story/abortion-access-challenges-pandemic

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Sandra Rose Salathe

Give this story a date.

2020-10-08
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