Credit: https://theintercept.com/2020/02/10/louisiana-abortion-supreme-court-third-party-standing/ In 1973, Roe v. Wade(1) asserted that access to safe and legal abortions was a constitutionally protected right in the United States. Each year, roughly one million(2) women make the choice to terminate their pregnancy in the United States. Despite precedent being upheld numerously over the years, state governments have consistently exercised their authority to limit women’s rig

Nikki Addimando, testifying to the abuse she faced at the hands of her partner while on trial for his murder. On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States, which equates to more than 10 million people per year. Women who are incarcerated are particular prone to fall victim to this statistic. In 2007, a survey of the New York Department of Corrections showed that two-thirds of women incarcerated for killing someone c