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In Texas, ‘Reproductive Freedom Congregations’ catch on as new abortion law looms

Exclude from home pageBNG staff  |  August 27, 2021

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In a state where a new law could soon allow any person to sue those who help a woman get an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, more than two dozen Texas congregations are publicly declaring their support for women to decide whether and when to have children and asserting that access to reproductive health care is a human right.

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