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JOANNA WEISS

A voice of change on abortion

By Joanna Weiss

 |  Globe Columnist  

  May 20, 2012

The new abortion-rights group “Voice of Choice” shines a light on a corner of the abortion debate that most of us, wringing our hands on the sidelines, never see. We read about the broad political strategies, the state-by-state attempts to legislate shame, the cynical Congressional dances over federal funding. But through it all, there is a much more visceral game playing out on the ground level, between patients and doctors and business owners and a zealous core of protestors who believe that public shaming will help their cause.

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