The Washington monthly journalism award: October 2001.

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BARRY YEOMAN "The Quiet War on Abortion" Mother Jones, October 2001 After years of noisy protests and civil disobedience by anti-abortion activists, the abortion wars finally seemed to subside after the assassination of several doctors. But Barry Yeoman explains that far from abandoning the cause, anti-abortion activists have simply gotten cagier. Keeping a low profile, activists are now chipping away at abortion rights discreetly with low-profile legislation and lawsuits that stop short of trying to outlaw the procedure and instead barrage providers with suits about building code violations and other issues that make it next to impossible for them to do business.

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