For women’s right to abortion

written by Ksenija Petrović, Serbia

In 2021 a young Polish woman, Izabela, was admitted to the hospital due to pregnancy complications. Her fetus had many problems and disorders and could not survive. But doctors were hesitant to operate on her because of a new law in Poland that bans abortion except in cases of incest and rape. Isabella’s condition worsened. She texted her mother: “my temperature is rising, I don’t think they will operate on me until the fetus’s heart is beating, and by then I could get sepsis.” She died a few hours later.

Teenagers Are Helping Flip Seats in 2018 Elections With Postcards to Voters

written by Melissa Walker, teenVOGUE

Today, Postcards to Voters counts more than 20,000 volunteers, spanning every state (including Alaska and Hawaii), who have written more than half a million postcards to voters in dozens of key, close elections…

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