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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A woman in a pink shirt stands next to another woman in a blue dress, both of whom are pumping up their fists among others in the crowd among them. The woman on the right holds up a pink sign saying “I stand with Planned Parenthood” in capital white letters.

Captured: March to Defend Abortion Access assembles in downtown Chicago

October 4, 2021

Thousands of supporters of reproductive rights and activist organizations assembled for the March to Defend Abortion Access Saturday in Daley Plaza to protest Texas’ new law restricting abortion access...

Shirola: Schumer’s attack on Supreme Court is dangerous to democracy

Shirola: Schumer’s attack on Supreme Court is dangerous to democracy

March 6, 2020

Pro-choice advocates were rallying outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices were hearing oral arguments over a 2014 Louisiana abortion law that requires doctors performing abortions to hold...

Thuillier: Women are being put at risk by religion-based laws

Thuillier: Women are being put at risk by religion-based laws

May 31, 2019

It took me a little bit of time to decide whether or not I should write about this. I’m not a woman or a medical professional — and shouldn’t that disqualify me from ever approaching this issue?...

State Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy (D-Chicago) on the floor before the Illinois House. The House passed a bill Tuesday that would remove barriers to abortions at the state level.

Illinois bill to remove abortion restrictions passes House

May 28, 2019

As neighboring states impose increasingly restrictive reproductive rights laws, the Illinois House passed a bill Tuesday that would remove many potential state-level barriers to abortion. The Reproductive...

Bian: Alabama’s abortion law a huge step back

Bian: Alabama’s abortion law a huge step back

May 17, 2019

On May 15, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Alabama Human Life Protection Act into law. This followed the state’s senators’ passing House Bill 314, another piece of legislation effectively banning...

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