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The Most Dangerous Anti-Abortion Strategy Yet Is Gaining Steam

Abortion opponents want Americans to believe life-threatening pregnancies don’t exist. My experience proves otherwise.

Jessica Valenti

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GEN

4 min readSep 13, 2019

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Sonogram showing an ectopic pregnancy. Photo: BSIP/Getty Images

Americans may have differing opinions on abortion, but there was almost always one point of agreement: If a woman’s life is…

Jessica Valenti

Written by Jessica Valenti

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GEN

Feminist author & columnist. Native NYer, pasta enthusiast.

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