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Activist Tamara Stevens with the Handmaids Coalition of Georgia leaves the Georgia Capitol after Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand addressed an event to speak out against the recently passed "heartbeat" bill on May 16th, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Sex Strikes Have a Long and Controversial History as a Tool of Women’s Protest

Alyssa Milano's proposal was unpopular, but the practice of sex strikes goes back to the dawn of humanity.