Commentary Maternity and Birthing
There are three key actions that can propel this movement for Black maternal health, rights, and justice forward: Listen to Black women, trust Black women, and invest in Black women.
Though the DOJ has signaled in the media that it is merely pausing two legal-assistance programs for people in ICE custody, one legal-service provider said her organization was told the programs are being terminated once their contracts runs out.
"As reproductive justice advocates, we recognize the insidious impact state-sponsored policies have on the dignity and rights of poor women of color who are often stripped of their ability to form the families they want."
“This victory is critically important for tens of thousands of Ohioans across our state that rely on Planned Parenthood for care and education each year."
Lawmakers passed bills that would make a slate of maternal, abortion, and other reproductive health care available to inmates while providing them with free menstrual hygiene products.
These new numbers might shift the argument for policymakers and advocates seeking ways to narrow—and maybe one day, close—the gender wage gap.
Could the benefits of long-acting reversible contraceptives—and the way we as providers emphasize these benefits—be paradoxically limiting choices for women seeking to space or prevent pregnancy?
At least three federal courts of appeals are considering cases on dilation and evacuation abortion bans that could be the next big test of Roe v. Wade.
Imani and Jess confront an extraordinary overreach by the Department of Justice. After failing to prevent immigrant minor Jane Doe from obtaining an abortion to which she's legally entitled, the Department is now asking the Supreme Court to punish the ACLU attorneys who represent her. Why? Because they dared to do their job. Listen to learn what this might mean for those attorneys – and for all of us.
She says her experience is emblematic of a greater problem: the treatment Black patients face when they seek psychiatric care.
The Trump administration has moved to roll back protections for transgender patients—leaving them reliant on federal courts and a patchwork of state policies.
In the fall of 2017, radical anti-abortion activists debuted the Red Rose Rescues, bent on disrupting what they see as a stale political movement. Their goal is to be able to stop individual abortions without violating federal law. And so far, they are getting away with it.
Many of the questions answered in the Congressional Research Service's report speak directly to talking points used by anti-choice lawmakers to demonize later abortion care.
Only about 13 percent of colleges have condom dispensers or vending machines that allow young people privacy and better access, says one researcher.
In advance of 62 Days' April 15 premier on World Channel's Reel South, Rewire.News spoke with the filmmaker about Marlise Muñoz's case and the impact of pregnancy exclusion laws.
Trust me: You may want your dominatrix to play angry in a session, but you don’t want her to actually be angry.
The rule outlaws intentional racial discrimination, of course; such a thing is already unconstitutional. But it also outlaws peremptory challenges based on “implicit, institutional, and unconscious” race and ethnic biases.
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At some point we have to acknowledge that the sheer pain of a Nikolas Cruz or an Adam Lanza, or the children being recruited into gangs or by terrorist groups is in and of itself worth addressing. If we can't completely reorient our thinking on the lost people in this country, we are the only ones to blame for the consequences.
The bishops say the laws violate their right to religious liberty.
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