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Commentary: Better sex education in schools can help young people affected by abortion bans

A bowl of condoms sits on a table in an examination room at Whole Woman's Health of South Bend on June 19, 2019, in South Bend, Indiana.

Recently, Kansas voters soundly rejected a referendum that would have ensured more abortion restrictions in the solidly red state. This led to predictions that conservatives may pay a price in upcoming elections for the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, which undid the constitutional protection for abortion rights long established by Roe v. Wade. But while abortion debates grab headlines, for many women, especially poor ones, the battle for reproductive justice begins in the classroom, with the fight for

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