Jana Steele Allen was born in Moline, Illinois. She moved to the South 25 years ago and today makes her home in Cary. Jana is employed as a Communications Specialist at a global corporation and volunteers with InStepp as a Communications Volunteer. Read more >
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Early Abortion Bans: Which States Have Passed Them?
This year has brought an unprecedented wave of new state laws, known as early abortion bans, that only allow abortions to be performed early in pregnancy. The laws vary by state, ranging from forbidding abortion after a certain number of weeks of pregnancy to outlawing abortion at any point, except if the woman’s health is […]
The Crooked Path to Women’s Suffrage
Exactly a century ago on Tuesday, June 4th, the Senate passed the 19th Amendment, which forbade states from denying the right to vote on the basis of sex. While ratification would require another year, female suffrage had won its greatest and most permanent victory. Click here to read about the winding pathway to voting […]