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Forward Thinking is Equity Forward's blog platform. Here, you'll find our team's work in op-ed format.

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How Digital Trails And Digitized Data Complicate The Surveillance And Criminalization Of Abortion Care



Julia Bourkland, Research Assistant and Chaqya Hosea, Program Manager - May 2, 2023 Blog Post

Previously, Equity Forward began a blog series on the intersection of anti-abortion centers (AACs), data, and privacy. To contextualize the problem of AACs’ access to data, we will delve into the nature of surveillance and criminalization of pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes —...

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The Trump Administration Spent Four Years Sidelining Science And Manipulating Human Rights



Rachel Wormer, Research Intern - December 22, 2020 Blog Post

In December 2017, the Trump administration, by way of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), reportedly banned the use of several terms at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including “fetus,” “evidence-based,” “science-based” and “transgender.”

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Bad Apples Cannot Explain ICE’s Forced Sterilization



Molly Bangs, Director and Ashley Underwood, Research Associate - October 29, 2020 Blog Post

In September, The Intercept broke the story detailing a whistleblower’s complaints against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Georgia, including forced sterilization of immigrant women. In a crowded political landscape and media environment, the details of the...

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