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Commentary Maternity and Birthing

The Movement for Human Rights in Childbirth Is Not a ‘Natural Birth’ Movement

[Photo: A doctor looks at a pregnant patient with compassion]

Dec 13, 2018, 9:35am Sarah Yahr Tucker

Births that require medical interventions or cesarean section surgery are not “unnatural.”

Analysis Abortion

Fascists Find Fertile Recruitment Ground in Anti-Choice Movement

Dec 11, 9:19am Elizabeth King & Erin Corbett

Commentary LGBTQ

How Tumblr’s ‘Adult Content’ Ban Could Hurt LGBTQ Teens

Dec 12, 1:51pm

Commentary Law and Policy

Judges Are Angry in America—Especially at the Most Vulnerable

Dec 13, 10:43am

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Democrats Push State Department to Reinsert Reproductive Rights in Human Rights Reports

Dec 11, 4:25pm Katelyn Burns

“This bill would ensure that our State Department maintains its vital role as an international watchdog and protector of women’s rights," said Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA).

Immigration

Reproductive Justice Advocate to Request Political Asylum as Trump Administration Tries to Deport Her (Updated)

Dec 10, 11:28am Tina Vasquez

Alejandra Pablos has defied deportation for eight years, but her political asylum hearing could be the end of the line for her.

[Photo: Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta sitting next to President Trump.]

Law and Policy

Senators Demand Investigation of Labor Secretary’s Deal With Accused Sex Abuser

Dec 7, 5:30pm Katelyn Burns

Alexander Acosta is facing questions over his handling of a sex trafficking case while he was a U.S. attorney.

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Politics

Michigan Republicans Gutted a Wage Increase and Sick Leave Benefits. Now They Could Face Legal Action.

Dec 7, 10:41am Auditi Guha

A leading Michigan Democrat dubbed Republicans' efforts to undermine worker-friendly laws "undo and screw."

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Brett Kavanaugh Didn’t Save Planned Parenthood Funding, No Matter What Susan Collins Seems to Think

Dec 11, 11:57am

On Monday, Justice Brett Kavanaugh voted to turn away two cases trying to kick Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid—but that doesn't mean he's suddenly friendly on abortion rights.

Environment

Women: Exposed and Silenced by Asbestos

Dec 11, 9:55am

For more than a century, asbestos exposure has been known to cause disease and death.

Amy Chen

California DOJ Allows Catholic Hospital Groups to Merge, Raising Questions About Patient Access

Dec 10, 9:56am

Jessica Mason Pieklo

William Barr Once Said ‘Roe v. Wade’ Should Be Overturned

Dec 7, 3:54pm

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Meet Joseph Silk: The Oklahoma Republican Trying to Make Abortion a Homicide

Dec 5, 3:16pm Ally Boguhn

Joseph Silk is among a growing number of anti-choice activists holding or running for office who have called for the right to legal abortion to be ignored.

[Photo: Flags being held in the air, including a U.S. flag and a rainbow flag.]

Law and Policy

New Congress Opens Door for Renewed Push for LGBTQ Equality Act

Dec 5, 10:21am Katelyn Burns

Contraception

Hundreds of Patients Are Claiming the Mirena IUD Causes a Neurological Disorder—but Experts Say More Research Is Needed

Dec 4, 12:55pm Claire Tighe

Violence

As Charlottesville Murder Trial Begins, Data Shows Hate on the Rise in Appalachia

Dec 4, 12:31pm Ashton Marra

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Multimedia

Trump, Kennedy and LGBTQ workplace discrimination

Boom! Lawyered: Why Aren’t LGBTQ People Protected in the Workplace?

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. So why aren’t all LGBTQ people also definitively protected by this law, and whose fault is that? Boom! Lawyered hosts Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explain.

Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: The Ohio Abortion Ban Saga Is Bananas

Nov 21, 1:58pm Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Photos

Photos: The Madeline Island Jingle Dress Project

Nov 15, 8:08am Rewire.News Staff

Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: Midterm Results and the Voting Rights Battles That Will Follow

Nov 7, 1:20pm Jessica Mason Pieklo & Imani Gandy

Podcast

The Breach—’We Don’t Heal from It.’
Episode One: Investigating Big Horn County

Sep 25, 7:45am Lindsay E. Beyerstein

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Investigations

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Health Systems

Meet Christus, the US Catholic Health Chain Restricting Access to Reproductive Care in Mexico

Nov 27, 9:06am Amy Littlefield & Laura Gottesdiener

As Mexico's largest Catholic health-care system, Christus restricts a range of reproductive health services, including contraceptives, sterilization, abortion, and in vitro fertilization.

[Photo: Arrington Payne, wearing an olive shirt, stands next to her brother Arhamas]

Human Rights

Cincinnati Public School Students With Disabilities Are Protected on Paper But Say They’re Treated Poorly in Practice

Sep 19, 11:08am Liz Brazile

Parents and students living in an Ohio school district say that the needs of children with legally recognized disabilities aren't being recognized.

[Photo: Maritza Lopez sits in a recliner, smiling and holding her three dogs.]

Environment

Mike Pence Neglected This Poisoned Indiana City. Now, Residents Fight for Each Other.

Aug 31, 9:32am Amy Littlefield

For decades, East Chicago has been home to heavy industry that poisoned the city. But is also home to thousands of people, many of whom have illnesses likely caused by that pollution.

Religion Dispatches

History/Theology

Atheists Take Heart (and Office): New Poll Shows Major Support for Nonreligious Candidates

Dec 11, 8:30am Jennifer Bardi

According to the data, among pro-choice and pro-LGBTQ equality voters, a candidate's religious identity is virtually immaterial. Atheists have a good chance to gain seats in the coming years.

OMFG

In Face of GOP’s Shockingly Anti-Democratic Actions, ‘Love’ Is a Moral Failure

Dec 7, 1:18pm Daniel Schultz

The corrupt legislative shenanigans by lame-duck Republicans in Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina have prompted many to reiterate calls for "civility" and "love." But are those objectively good things?

Religious Liberty

Religious Freedom Manifesto Calls for Compromise and Civility—What’s So Wrong With That?

Dec 6, 9:49am Frederick Clarkson

Behind earnestly worded appeals for religious freedom and respect is a pretense that the Framers of the Constitution and the First Amendment somehow intended to justify discrimination against others.

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Culture & Conversation

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Media

Why Now More Than Ever We Need ‘Shout Your Abortion’

Nov 30, 1:27pm Katie Klabusich

The new book is poised to be a vital tool for person-to-person connection and part of the broader work for culture-wide change.

[PHOTO: Black man in a blue plaid suit-overcoat combo and a white man with a touch of gray hair and a much more sober, dark suit flank a giant version of the gold Oscar statue.]

Race

‘Green Book,’ Oscar Hype, and Black Folks’ Heavy Lifting in Interracial Relationships

Nov 30, 12:43pm Kieran Scarlett

The Academy craves films that thrive on Black characters' emotional labor in pursuit of white friendship. Driving Miss Daisy, The Help ... IJS.

[PHOTO: Black woman cuddles an infant with a hat with pom-pom, while Black man with a wedding ring and wristband lightly touches the child.]

Race

Why Gabrielle Union’s Surrogacy Story Gutted Me—and Gave Me Hope

Nov 16, 1:19pm Brandi Collins-Calhoun

You've heard about Michelle Obama's fertility struggles. But it was seeing actress Gabrielle Union's daughter that reignited my desire to help other people of color become parents.

Imani Gandy

Commentary

As Attorney General, Kris Kobach Would Continue His Work to Suppress Votes

Nov 8, 6:42pm

When he was Kansas secretary of state, Kobach made disenfranchising voters central to his work. There’s little reason to believe his time at the DOJ would be any different.

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