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Planned Parenthood funding cut as Title X rules takes effect
Lucy Leriche and Meaghan Gallagher of Planned Parenthood. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger A Trump administration rule update that restricts funding to organizations offering abortions went into...
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Vermont forgoes federal funding it directs to Planned Parenthood
Lucy Leriche and Meaghan Gallagher of Planned Parenthood. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger On Monday, Planned Parenthood bowed out of receiving federal funds due to a restrictive Trump administration...
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As crisis pregnancy centers grow, critics argue they mislead clients
The First Step Pregnancy Clinic, previously the First Step Pregnancy Center, moved to a new location in downtown Rutland this summer. Courtesy photo Even as the Legislature passed a measure earlier...
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Planned Parenthood stays out of Vermont’s race for governor — again
The Vermont chapters of Planned Parenthood and the ACLU rallied for abortion rights in 2019. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Editor’s note: This article was updated at 12:55 p.m. on Monday to include...
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As Supreme Court deliberates over federal abortion rights, Vermont may...
Abortion-rights advocates rallied at the Statehouse in May 2019 to protest new abortion restrictions in other states. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger As the U.S. Supreme Court deliberates over a case...
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Planned Parenthood announces Newport clinic closure
Abortion-rights advocates rally at the Statehouse in May 2019. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Planned Parenthood announced it will close its Newport Health Center on Feb. 24, leaving patients...
View ArticleElayne Clift: What the Supreme Court has done to women
This commentary is by Elayne Clift, who writes about women, health, politics and social justice from her home in Saxtons River. “My friend and I drew up to a drab brown brick building. An older man,...
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Final Reading: 'Gut-wrenching'
Abortion-rights advocates rallied at the Statehouse in May 2019 to protest abortion restrictions in other states. Now, Vermont's political leaders are reacting to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Post-Roe, Vermont could see an influx of out-of-state patients seeking abortions
Christine Cano of East Montpelier, center, attends a news conference held by supporters of a bill to preserve abortion rights at the Statehouse in Montpelier in January 2019. File photo by Glenn...
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Rep. Jill Krowinski eyes another run for speaker of the House
House Majority Leader Rep. Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington, listens to discussion during a caucus of House Democrats at the Statehouse in Montpelier in February 2020. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood to close 4 Vermont health centers next month
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England plans to close five part-time health centers — four of which are in Vermont, and another on the border in New Hampshire — and expand the hours of seven...
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'Why we are frustrated': The strained dialogue surrounding sexual assault on...
Editor's Note: This story was a collaboration between Haley Seymour, the editor of the Champlain College Crossover, and two students in Professor Ben Dangl's Strategic Writing course at UVM, Sabine...
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Vermont Conversation: How abortion became a battlefront in the culture wars
The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are...
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As US Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, abortion remains protected in...
People pose for a photo during a reproductive rights rally in front of the Statehouse in Montpelier on May 14. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger Updated at 7:42 p.m. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday...
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Vermont Conversation: The 'courageous doctor' who helped legalize abortion in...
Jackson Beecham. Photo courtesy of Jackson Beecham The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians,...
View ArticleRoxanne Vought: In the wake of Supreme Court decisions, Vermont’s moment to lead
This commentary is by Roxanne Vought, a Weybridge resident who is executive director of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility. For those of us who envision — and strive each day toward — a...
View ArticleBruce Clauson: What happened to the backlash when Roe v. Wade was overturned?
This commentary is by Bruce Clauson, a director of Brattleboro Common Sense. I'm concerned and very disappointed that the Roe v. Wade debacle seems to have been forgotten lately by everyone. Where are...
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With Roe overturned, Vermont lawmakers are already looking to next steps to...
Several hundred people gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Burlington after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade abortion decision on Friday, June 24. Photo by Glenn...
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Opponents of Vermont’s abortion amendment say it is out of step with Roe....
People gather on the steps of the Statehouse during a reproductive rights rally in Montpelier on May 14. File photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger In a state that heavily favors access to abortion,...
View ArticleLucy Leriche: Planned Parenthood supports Prop 5
This commentary is by Lucy Leriche, vice president of public affairs for the Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund, based in Colchester. As Election Day nears, we want Vermonters to know that Planned...
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The Deeper Dig: Vermont wasn’t always a safe haven for reproductive rights
Dr. Judy Tyson sees a patient at the Vermont Women's Health Center. Photo courtesy of the Silver Special Collections Library at the University of Vermont The Deeper Dig is a weekly podcast from the...
View ArticleJudith Selzer: Overturn of Roe v. Wade sparked new generation of abortion...
This commentary is byJudith Selzer, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, which serves Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. This Jan. 22, we should be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Roe...
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Vermont lawmakers take up landmark abortion ‘shield law,’ but protections...
Rep. Angela Arsenault, D-Williston, speaks during a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerGlenn...
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In second ‘omnibus’ bill, Vermont lawmakers seek to protect abortion...
A staff member from The Women's Center, a crisis pregnancy center in Middlebury, who declined to identify herself, left, tries to engage with William Bastos, a member of the Middlebury College chapter...
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With abortion pill access in the hands of federal courts, Vermont providers...
A person holds a Planned Parenthood sign during a reproductive rights rally in front of the Statehouse in Montpelier on May 14, 2022. File photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger With four days to go until...
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Vermont is devising a plan to stockpile 2-year supply of contested abortion pill
Mifepristone. Photo by Robin Marty via Flickr Updated at 6:58 p.m. With future access to a widely used abortion medication in the hands of federal courts, Vermont officials are putting together a plan...
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Students from out of state keep close tabs on Vermont’s reproductive care...
Maddie Corkum listens as speakers address several hundred people gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Burlington after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade abortion decision...
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Lucy Leriche: One year since Roe was overturned
This commentary is by Lucy Leriche, vice president of public affairs for Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund. She is a former Vermont state legislator. Saturday, June 24, marks one year since the...
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Bomb threat interrupts drag story hour at Northern Stage in White River Junction
Photo courtesy of Vermont State Police This story by Patrick Adrian was first published by the Valley News on Jan. 9. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax disrupted an...
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Porter Medical Center support staff vote to unionize
Porter Medical Center in Middlebury. Porter photo Support staff at Porter Medical Center have voted to form a union, the American Federation of Teachers’ Vermont chapter announced Thursday. Roughly...
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