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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
Adrian Horton

‘This is a state of emergency’: the US billboards using art to urge abortion access

Holly Ballard Martz – Abortion is Healthcare. ‘This is a state of emergency for abortion rights right now.’
Holly Ballard Martz – Abortion is Healthcare. ‘This is a state of emergency for abortion rights right now.’ Photograph: SaveArtSpace

For the next few weeks, passersby in 14 US cities, many in states with curtailed or tenuous abortion access, will see clear, strikingly positive messages responding to the reproductive health crisis in the US.

“Abortion is Healthcare,” says one billboard in Louisville, Kentucky, where the right to abortion is on the ballot this week, around two pink stethoscope cords in the shape of a uterus. In New Orleans, a sign blares “THANK GOD FOR ABORTION” in stark black and white, an angel flying off the top right corner. In Atlanta, site of two of the most closely watched midterm races this year, a background of lush green leaves underscores blooming text composed of tropical flowers: “ABORTION IS LIFE.”

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