Gillian Frank
By Gillian Frank
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Opinion One Abortion Battle Won — Supreme Court Ruling Invites More Battles
Weeks after the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, anti-abortion activists began to strategize about challenging the decision. One tactic was a “whittle away” plan. If they could make abortion too costly for women to access and too burdensome for providers to offer, they would be able to erode Roe. On June 27, the Supreme Court…
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News When Rabbis Broke the Law To Help Women in Crisis Get Abortions
“Dear Rabbi Brenner,” the letter written in January 1970 began, “As the final seconds of 1969 ticked away on New Year’s Eve, my husband and I looked at one another and, without saying a word, both knew exactly what the other was thinking, and that was, ‘How differently things would look if it weren’t for…
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Opinion Admit it, American Jewish establishment: Peter Beinart was right
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News Robert Kraft will spend $25 million running ads against antisemitism. Is this the right way to protect Jews?
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Opinion Are Israeli generals more left-wing than their own government?
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