Carla McKirdy is a freelance reporter who primarily covers reproductive rights and Latin American politics. Her bylines include the Guardian, Refinery 29, the Independent and Bust Magazine. Twitter: @CarlaMcKirdy.
Activists who want church-state separation are staging public withdrawals from the Catholic Church, a new web tool uses emojis to pinpoint legislators' abortion stance, and the fight to change the law may advance the case for sex education.
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