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Culture & Conversation Abortion

What to Do If You Need an Abortion Over the Holidays

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Nov 22, 2019, 8:30am Paige Alexandria

Here are ten tips to keep in mind to access abortion when availability might be limited.

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Analysis Human Rights

For the First Time, Disability Rights Are a Major Campaign Issue

Nov 20, 10:36am Robyn Powell

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News Law and Policy

Prominent Anti-Choice Group Aided Propaganda Campaign Against Planned Parenthood

Nov 20, 10:27am Helen Christophi

Commentary Maternity and Birthing

These Five Provisions Are Necessary in Any Legislation Aimed at Saving Mothers’ Lives

Nov 14, 3:20pm

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In Illinois, Struggles Putting Pro-Choice Legislation Into Action

Nov 21, 4:06pm Alys Brooks

Passing landmark abortion rights legislation in Illinois was just the start. Obstacles remain for many in the state.

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Abortion

Despite Supreme Court Win, Texas Abortion Clinics Still Shuttered

Nov 19, 11:55am Ashley Lopez & Kaiser Health News

Texas Republicans' omnibus anti-choice law continues to devastate abortion access in the state even after the U.S. Supreme Court struck parts of the law.

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Abortion

Florida GOP’s Anti-Choice Legislation Hindered, But Not Stopped

Nov 19, 10:22am Rachel Wells

The state's forced parental consent bill has been referred to as a “stalking horse” meant to overhaul Florida’s constitutional right to privacy, which protects access to abortion.

Politics

‘People Are Hurting’: Why Cori Bush Is Making Another Congressional Run

Nov 14, 4:57pm Ally Boguhn

Cori Bush says she has a “personal connection" to the issues she is advocating for.

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What Castro’s People-Focused Platform Brings to the 2020 Race

Nov 13, 9:10am Ray Levy-Uyeda

Julián Castro's campaign speaks to the most marginalized, underrepresented, and disenfranchised voices.

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Law and Policy

Democrats Are About to Lose the Federal Courts for a Lifetime

Nov 8, 1:55pm Jessica Mason Pieklo

Human Rights

Buttigieg’s Plan for Parents With Disabilities Is a Blueprint for Other 2020 Candidates

Nov 5, 4:32pm Robyn Powell

Politics

Katie Hill’s Resignation Should Have Been Met With Outrage, Not Silence

Oct 31, 11:38am Mallory McMaster

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What You Might Have Missed in the Federal Court Decision Blocking Trump’s ‘Conscience’ Rule

Nov 18, 4:32pm Sarah Stephan

The language of Judge Paul Engelmayer's ruling signals an important precedent for future cases utilizing Title VII to protect religious liberty.

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Law and Policy

Trump Administration Backs Off Immigrant Abortion Fight at Supreme Court

Nov 12, 9:51am Jessica Mason Pieklo

Law and Policy

The Many, Many Reasons a Federal Judge Blocked Trump’s ‘Conscience’ Rule

Nov 11, 5:32pm Lisa Needham

LGBTQ

The Trump Administration’s Latest Proposed Rule Rolls Back Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People

Nov 4, 4:33pm Lisa Needham

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Multimedia

Boom! Lawyered: Arkansas Is Trying to Invent the ‘Abortion Deadline’

When is a ban not a ban? When it's a deadline! In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo dive into the absurd arguments that Arkansas is making in the hopes that its pre-viability abortion ban will stick. Will the courts buy these new claims? Are other states following suit? Jess and Imani answer those questions and more.

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Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: ‘Abortion Reversal’ Is B.S.

Nov 7, 8:31am Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: Bathroom Panic at the Supreme Court

Oct 24, 8:45am Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Boom! Lawyered: Forced Ultrasound and the First Amendment

Oct 17, 8:44am Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: Rapid Reaction—the Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Whether You Can Be Fired for Being Gay or Trans

Oct 8, 2:10pm Jessica Mason Pieklo & Imani Gandy

More Investigations

Investigations

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Health Systems

A Miscarrying Woman Nearly Died After a Catholic Hospital Sent Her Home Three Times

Sep 25, 9:37am Amy Littlefield

Washington lawmakers have enacted some of the country’s most progressive policies to protect reproductive health care. But these measures have run up against the state’s high concentration of religious facilities.

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Abortion

A Teenager in Mexico Needed an Abortion After Being Raped. Getting One Was Legal, but Nearly Impossible.

Sep 17, 7:00am Amy Littlefield & Laura Gottesdiener

Abortion bans throughout Mexico include exceptions for rape. Activists say despite some recent improvements, survivors still confront obstacles to accessing abortion care.

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Politics

An Anti-Choice Group Misspent $50,000 on Religious Material. North Carolina Wants to Give It $400,000 More. (Updated)

Jul 11, 10:35am Amy Littlefield

Amid a budget showdown, legislators have allocated a record amount of at least $2.64 million in state funds to anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers in North Carolina.

Religion Dispatches

Politics/Law

Why Did a Muslim Civil Rights Group Oppose Democrats’ Plans to Confront White Nationalism?

Nov 15, 2:21pm Elizabeth Shakman Hurd & Brannon Ingram

Though compelling arguments have been made that CVE programs contribute to the marginalization and alienation of the very communities they’re meant to engage, they continue to receive significant funding from major cities, universities, and other institutions.

Sex/Gender/Justice

‘Purity’ Guru Joshua Harris May Have Left Evangelicalism But He’s Still a Member of the Church of Patriarchy

Nov 11, 1:08pm Sara Williams

Though he's embarked on an apology tour and starred in a documentary examining his mistakes and the damage they've caused, Joshua Harris has yet to face the hard questions about the patriarchal ideology that shaped the purity movement and his own path.

Sex/Gender/Justice

What Does the Catholic Church’s Patriarchal Structure Have to Do with the Failure of the Amazon Synod?

Nov 6, 2:51pm Mary Hunt

Feminist liberationists have long claimed that discrimination against women is the model for favoring the power of elites over the rest with negative consequences worldwide. The Amazonian Synod only reinforced the claim. The mistakes were breathtakingly obvious and relatively easy to fix.

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Culture & Conversation

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Media

I’m Not Hysterical—but You’re Sexist

Nov 21, 10:07am Naomi Elster

Over the years, people in power have used “hysteria” to denigrate women’s bodies.

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LGBTQ

Art Is a Tool of Resilience for Trans People

Nov 20, 2:23pm xoài phạm

I am proud to be one of ten trans artists of color who contributed to this year's Trans Day of Resilience art project, an extension of Trans Day of Remembrance.