U.S. reproductive health clinics are fighting to remain open. Since 2010, 288 TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) have been passed by state legislatures. 
In total, 44 states and the District of Columbia have measures subjecting abortion providers to legal restrictions not imposed on other medical professionals. Unable to comply with these far-reaching and medically unnecessary laws, clinics have taken their fight to the courts. In 2016 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling (Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt) that prevents individual states from essentially outlawing abortion.
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Observations from a November 2025 Study Tour
The heat has been turned up immeasurably in the West Bank, where a majority of the non-diaspora Palestinian population is finding it ever more difficult to live. The physical, psychological and spiritual violence from "religious settlers" reached a record high two weeks before... Read more