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Video: Abortion-Rights Supporters Share Personal Stories in Briefs Against Texas' HB 2

In this clip, Joan Biskupic, legal affairs editor for Reuters, discusses the personal stories shared by abortion-rights supporters in amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to strike down contested provisions in Texas' omnibus antiabortion-rights law (HB 2). "For the first time, those challenging the abortion restrictions in Texas are ... submit[ting] several briefs that reflect personal stories of women who might be affected by these kinds of regulations, from women who had abortions and want to tell the court that they had them for medical reasons, economic reasons, other reasons, and they do not regret those abortions," Biskupic states.

Abortion-Rights Supporters Share Personal Stories in Briefs Against Texas' HB 2

According to Reuters TV, the amicus briefs specifically target "the Supreme Court's crucial swing vote, Justice Anthony Kennedy." In an earlier abortion-rights case, "Kennedy mentioned a brief from women who regretted getting abortions. This time, abortion supporters ... are hoping to flip the script," Reuters TV reports (Biskupic, Reuters TV, 1/3).

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In this clip, Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, speaks with MSNBC's Chris Matthews about a Texas grand jury investigation into Planned Parenthood that cleared the organization of wrongdoing and instead resulted in indictments for two abortion-rights opponents involved in filming misleading videos targeting Planned Parenthood.

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In a short film presented by Refinery29 in partnership with Planned Parenthood, several women share personal abortion stories.

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In this video, Julia Reticker-Flynn, campaign director of Advocates for Youth's 1 in 3 Campaign, hosts the project's second annual abortion speakout, which features participants' personal abortion stories and experiences to combat abortion stigma.

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"To Prison for Pregnancy," a documentary presented by Brave New Films, discusses how U.S. feticide laws are being used to penalize pregnant women, particularly minority and low-income women.

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Seema Iyer, host of MSNBC's "The Docket," hears from Vicki Saporta, president of the National Abortion Federation, about legal challenges facing the Center for Medical Progress, an antiabortion-rights group that released a series of misleading videos targeting Planned Parenthood.

Video Round Up

In this clip, Joan Biskupic, legal affairs editor for Reuters, discusses the personal stories shared by abortion-rights supporters in amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to strike down contested provisions in Texas' omnibus antiabortion-rights law (HB 2).

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MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart talks with South Carolina Rep. Mia McLeod (D) about a bill (H 4544) she proposed that would apply antiabortion-rights style restrictions to erectile dysfunction drugs.

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In this clip, KMBC's Micheal Mahoney discusses comments made by former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a Planned Parenthood conference in Kansas City, Mo.

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For CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," CNN National Correspondent Gary Tuchman profiles the security measures in place at an abortion clinic, Cherry Hill Women's Center, in New Jersey.

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HuffPost Live! talks with Daniel Grossman, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California-San Francisco, about a report that finds at least 100,000 Texas women have attempted to terminate a pregnancy without medical assistance.

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Datapoints

In its latest report card, the Population Institute provides a snapshot of the condition of reproductive rights and health in each state in 2015.

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The Guttmacher Institute in this graph shows the rapid increase in the number of state abortion restrictions over the past few years.

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In this map, the Kaiser Family Foundation shows how widely abortion coverage varies from state to state in insurance plans sold through the Affordable Care Act's (PL 111-148) insurance marketplaces.

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In this infographic, the Guttmacher Institute shows how the proportion of uninsured reproductive-age women in the U.S. declined from 17.9% in 2013 to 13.9% in 2014, the first year in which the Affordable Care Act was implemented fully.

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This map marks the 15th anniversary of medication abortion's FDA approval by detailing certain restrictions on the drugs across the country. According toBuzzfeed News, lawmakers in 38 states have passed these medication abortion restrictions.

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This map, released with a study from the University of Michigan Health System, shows how an increasing number of state Medicaid programs over the last three years are providing reimbursement for immediate postpartum LARC provision.

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The Guttmacher Institute in this infographic counters antiabortion-rights claims that alternative providers could cover any gaps in health care services if Planned Parenthood is defunded.

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This infographic, released with a new Guttmacher Institute study, shows the increase in use of long-acting reversible contraception among U.S. women between 2002 and 2012.

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At a Glance

"If women are not free to make decisions about their own lives and health, they are not free. And if women are not free, none of us are."

— Abortion provider Warren Hern, in a STAT News opinion piece on why he continues to offer abortion care despite receiving harassment and death threats throughout his 42-year career.