DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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A Drama With Life and Death Hanging in the Balance: Vermont Pushes to Become First State to Present Constitutional Amendment Establishing Abortion Rights

WASHINGTON POST (CAROLINE KITCHENER)
Vermont Moves Forward on Becoming First State to Guarantee the Right to Abortion in Its Constitution

PART 2
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Culture of Death Comes with an Industry: California Declares Itself Sanctuary State for Abortion with Roe v. Wade in the Crosshairs

PART 3
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The Consequence of Creation Unraveled by Human Sin: China Faces Catastrophic Birth Rate and All of a Sudden Wants to Limit Abortion

WALL STREET JOURNAL (LIYAN QI)
China Tries to Dial Back Its High Abortion Rate

PART 4
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Once Information Exists, It Will Be Used: The Surveillance State Is Rising, and the Threats Are Real

WALL STREET JOURNAL (RICHARD RUBIN AND LAURA SAUNDERS)
IRS Retreats From Facial Recognition to Verify Taxpayers’ Identities

NEW YORK TIMES (BEN DOOLEY AND HISAKO UENO)
Where a Thousand Digital Eyes Keep Watch Over the Elderly

WALL STREET JOURNAL (JOHN D. MCKINNON)
Texas Sues Meta Over Facebook’s Facial-Recognition Practices

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