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Feb 2023
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The antiabortion movement at a crossroad...

THE WASHINGTON POST
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The antiabortion movement spent nearly 50 years organizing around one goal: overturning Roe v. Wade. With that success, what’s next? We go inside the movement’s biggest annual event to examine its diverging paths and possible futures. 
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