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National non-profit erects pro-abortion billboards across state

AL.com

September 3, 2019

A national non-profit is working with college students and young leaders in Alabama to destigmatize abortion, including raising four new billboards placed around the state

Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity (URGE) works with young people to promote sexual and reproductive justice and lead grassroots movements in communities reproductive rights are at stake.

Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of URGE, said the non-profit wants to show that people who have had an abortion or need to have an abortion are not alone. She said young people are often the ones most harmed by abortion ban legislation and that many young people in Alabama are engaged in fighting for reproductive rights…