Why I Joined Abortion Activists in Milwaukee to Counter-Protest Operation Save America
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As a clinic escort in Louisville, I know what it's like for my local provider to be targeted by the anti-abortion extremists.
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News
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North Dakota Law Forcing Doctors to Spread Abortion Misinformation Won’t Take Effect—Yet
A lawsuit claims two anti-choice North Dakota laws violate doctors' constitutional rights by forcing them to “convey false information and non-medical statements” to patients.
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Dr. Leana Wen Out as Planned Parenthood President
Dr. Leana Wen cited philosophical differences with new leadership on Planned Parenthood's board as the reason for her departure.
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Trump’s ‘Devastating and Unlawful’ Title X Restrictions Go Into Effect
As the administration starts enforcing its Title X rule, clinics that provide reproductive health care to low-income people will start refusing the federal family planning dollars.
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This ‘Visionary’ Blueprint Would Transform Reproductive Health Care in the United States
The blueprint would remove discriminatory barriers to health care, address the health needs of immigrants, and support research that advances sexual health, rights, and justice, among other policy goals.
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Want to Reduce Sex Trafficking? Decriminalize Sex Work.
The main argument that people have against decriminalization is based on a myth: that decriminalization of the sex trade will increase sex trafficking. In fact, the opposite is true.
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Analysis
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Abortion Has Been Illegal in El Salvador for Two Decades. Here’s What Activists Say U.S. Feminists Should Know.
"It’s vulnerable women who are criminalized. It’s exactly the same thing that will happen in the United States.”
Multimedia
Boom! Lawyered: The Hidden Secrets of Jess and Imani
It's no secret that Rewire.News legal eagles Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo are as close as they are smart. But what secrets have they kept from each other? And what secrets have they kept from us? All is revealed on this episode of Boom! Lawyered.
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Investigations
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An Anti-Choice Group Misspent $50,000 on Religious Material. North Carolina Wants to Give It $400,000 More.
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.
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These Corporations and Public Charities Funded the State Abortion Bans
A web of state and national groups spent millions of dollars on organizing and lobbying in the states to pass this year’s abortion bans. But where did the money come from to make this all possible?
#MeToo in Indian Country: ‘We Don’t Talk About This Enough’
The barriers and repercussions to reporting both assault and harassment reach far and deep in Native communities; women have been effectively silenced for generations, especially when it comes to reporting their own.
Vatican’s ‘Dumbed Down Version of an Old Argument’ on Gender Can’t Stop Changes in Catholicism
The past two popes insist, against mounting evidence, that the gender binary, male and female, is given in nature and blessed by God. God, a male after all, created them Male and Female. The Genesis account inconveniently leaves out the detail about the blue and pink blankets and onesies.
A Recent Local Controversy Reveals the Theocratic Heart of ‘Project Blitz’
The Christian nationalist intentions of Project Blitz have also received much attention, but a remarkable episode in Minnesota this past state legislative session may be a harbinger of a more profoundly theocratic politics on the horizon.
Nxivm Scam Is Dead, but ‘Brainwashing’ Pseudoscience Lives On
This history clearly shows why most courts in the United States are reticent to accept brainwashing theories today. The science underlying such claims is faulty, and courts have realized that accepting such claims undercuts the very basis of the legal system, which is that individuals are responsible for their own actions.
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In Puerto Rico, LGBTQ Political Victories Pile Up. But Challenges Remain.
“We’ve done a lot with very few resources, and that tells you a lot about the strength of the Puerto Rico LGBT community,” said Pedro Julio Serrano, an activist in Puerto Rico.
Culture & Conversation
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I Was Born in the United States. I’ve Been Told to Go Back to My Country Too.
In attacking women of color for their so-called disloyalty to the country, President Donald Trump is perpetuating the notion that “American” is synonymous with “white."
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‘We Must Document Ourselves Now’: The Legacy of Black Lesbian Feminist Leadership
I am most aligned with the people who force the world to be accountable for its stigma, bias, and hate. There is nothing that captures the spirit of Pride better than that.
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I Was Given Medication Without My Enthusiastic and Informed Consent—And It Wasn’t Against the Law
A lengthy document I signed upon my arrival to the emergency room acted as a general consent to treatment—but it meant that I was given antibiotics I didn't need and that my insurance refused to cover.
New Abortion Ban Lawsuit Places Black Georgians Squarely at the Center of the Fight
The lawsuit highlights how the attacks on abortion rights in Georgia will hit Black women the hardest.
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Editorial
Are Northam’s Supporters Engaging In a Whisper Campaign to Undermine Fairfax? (Updated)
Ralph Northam has refused to resign despite growing calls for him to step down. Now, some say, his aides are engaged in a whisper campaign against Justin Fairfax, his Black successor.
Here Are All the Anti-Abortion Laws Going Into Effect Next Month
Get ready for these new legal restrictions on abortion if you live in Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota, or Tennessee.
RH Wire
- Women still don’t have equal rights in the Constitution. Florida could change that. It won’t. Tampa Bay Times
- How pregnancy monitoring technology contributes to the war on women Washington Post
- Judge blocks Ohio bill that would ban abortion as early as six weeks CNN
- So-called pro-life laws are really about shaming women who seek abortions Courier Journal
- 'It's much bigger than abortion': five state lawmakers who fought against six-week bans Guardian
- Abortion arguments at play in limiting veterans’ IVF benefit Associated Press
- When Your Pregnancy Is Political Atlantic
- Did All the Lawyers Defending Trump's Census Citizenship Question Just Quit? Jezebel
