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Jen Jackson Quintano is her region’s only abortion rights organizer. Faced with a ‘culture of silence’, she’s platforming women – and changing minds

Originally published March 11 in the Spokesman-Review.

The impact of abortion bans on Idaho residents and healthcare

A Kansas state court judge has blocked several abortion-related restrictions, in a decision which is bound to have an effect in neighboring Missouri. It is being considered a win for the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood on behalf of Kansas abortion providers. The ruling blocks laws requiring providers to give government-scripted information to patients, and to impose mandatory waiting periods, which delay care. ...

Maternal mortality, or death from pregnancy-related issues, nearly doubled in the U.S. between 2018 and 2021 - and a person who is Black is three times more likely to die from these issues than one who is white. Nebraska ranked 17th for maternal mortality, with a higher rate than the national average during those years. ...

By Carrie Baker for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Texas News Service reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration Earlier this month, the pharmaceutical company GenBioPro announced the names of 18 brick-and-mortar pharmacies that are now dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone. ...

A stage show hopes to normalize how people talk about abortion in Idaho, a state with some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. The Pro-Voice Project is partnering with the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship to present The Abortion Diaries on Tuesday in Boise. Founder and Executive Director of the Pro-Voice Project Jen Jackson Quintano put the first show on in Sandpoint. ...

A new play in Boise will share some of Idahoans’ most personal stories.

One hundred and three years ago this month, Febb Burn changed the course of American history.

Every body deserves respect, love, and joy. That is the whole premise of the theme of the third Sandpoint Pride, "Liberation for Every Body," event chair Andrea Marcoccio said.