Don’t Count on White Women to Save Abortion Access
While women may be "fired up" over abortion rights, white women consistently vote for their race over gender. Will this time be different?
Lauren Rankin
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Lauren Rankin is a writer, activist, and expert in abortion rights in the U.S. She is the author of 'Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America,' about the legacy of everyday volunteers on the fight for abortion rights. She spent six years as a clinic escort in New Jersey and serves on the board of A is For, a reproductive-rights advocacy nonprofit. Her work has been featured at the Washington Post, The Cut, Fast Company, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, Refinery29, NBC News, among other publications.
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