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Jewish Women International at a protest for abortion rights in 2016. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Jewish Women International)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish women are on the frontlines of the fight for abortion rights. We can’t give up hope now.

headshot of Meredith Jacobs by Meredith Jacobs and Forward May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
People protest in reaction to the leak of the Supreme Court draft abortion ruling, in New York City, May 3, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Bryan R. Smith-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

For Orthodox Jewish groups, it’s wait and see on the reversal of abortion rights

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 4, 2022
Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at an abortion rights rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Dec. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg)
Posted inNews

Jewish advocates for abortion rights already planned a rally. Now they’re thinking about their post-Roe work.

Jackie HajdenbergGabe Friedman by Jackie Hajdenberg, Gabe Friedman and JTA May 3, 2022
National Council of Jewish Women leaders and advocates rallied on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to show support for abortion access, Dec. 1, 2021. (Photo/Courtesy NCJW)
Posted inOpinion

What Jewish law really says about abortion

Ephraim Sherman by Ephraim Sherman and JTA May 3, 2022
Activists from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and the National Council of Jewish Women attend a demonstration outside the Supreme Court in early 2020. (Courtesy Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism)
Posted inNews

Jewish leaders pledge ‘fight’ on abortion following Supreme Court report

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward May 3, 2022May 3, 2022
Debbie Bamberger has worked in Bay Area abortion clinics for years.
Posted inBay Area

With Roe in peril, Bay Area abortion providers prepare for the worst

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 5, 2022April 6, 2022
Carole Joffe is a professor emerita at UC Davis and current professor at ANSIRH, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at UCSF.
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: This abortion rights advocate is energized, not demoralized

by Liz Harris March 8, 2022
National Council of Jewish Women leaders and advocates rallied on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to show support for abortion access, Dec. 1, 2021. (Photo/Courtesy NCJW)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish women are leaders on abortion rights. But they can’t do it alone.

Barbara Dobkin by Barbara Dobkin and JTA January 28, 2022
Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists protest alongside each other during a demonstration outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Dietsch-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Banning abortion would attack our religious freedom as Jews

by Debbie Findling December 8, 2021
Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the Right To Life March in Washington, Jan. 18, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mark Wilson-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Like Judah Maccabee’s sister, we must fight for women’s rights to control their bodies

by Beth Gendler and Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky December 2, 2021

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