Collective Persistence, Care, and Advocacy Amid Repeated Attacks on Reproductive Freedom

Whitney S Rice1, Sophie A Hartwig1, Hayley V McMahon1

  • 1Whitney S. Rice, Sophie A. Hartwig, Hayley V. McMahon, Sara K. Redd, and Katherine A. Singh are with the Center for Reproductive Health Research in the Southeast (RISE) and the Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Crista Irwin is with Feminist Women's Health Center, Atlanta. Nicole Quinones is with the Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

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