Catholic hospitals are supposed to follow religious directives that ban abortion, sterilization, and most contraception. But some of these facilities have found creative ways to get around the rules—until recently.
In a letter sent to the Washington state Democratic house leadership, a pro-choice coalition withdrew its support for a new version of a reproductive rights bill.
Using zoning rules to hinder access to abortion services has picked up momentum as an anti-choice strategy on the local level. Reproductive rights advocates have a plan to fight back.
Viability has been a legal bright line in judging abortion restrictions. Will it stay that way?
Fourteen states have introduced, moved, or enacted so-called fetal heartbeat bans in 2019.
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Sojourner Truth’s 1851 speech came to mind as I read recent articles highlighting the history of abortion storytelling while only citing the contributions of white women. We Testify storytellers of color have been talking about our multiple abortion experiences for years to try and change the stigma surrounding it.
Pervasive attacks on access to safe, legal abortion anywhere are a threat to reproductive health everywhere.
Marie Newman, an unabashed supporter of reproductive rights, is set to once again challenge one of the last anti-choice congressional Democrats.
In the latest episode of Boom! Lawyered, Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo discuss the case of Jamal Knox, a young rapper who was convicted for terroristic threats and witness intimidation based on the lyrics of his music. When are words “true threats,” and when are they protected free speech? And why do most court cases on speech seem to be decided in whichever direction benefits white Christian patriarchy?
Documents obtained by Rewire.News through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show that immigration enforcement officials reached out to the federal agency tasked with naturalizations and immigration services to confirm an appointment with a sanctuary leader prior to taking him into custody at the agency's field office.
“The fear and the panic is palpable for people who are in danger of losing their power, losing their water, losing other utilities” due to unpaid fines tacked onto their bills by the city, said one attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights.
In part two of an investigation of abuse allegations at the T. Don Hutto detention center, Rewire.News partnered with Latino USA to examine the nuts and bolts of a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) audit and how the process can fail survivors of sexual assault.
In the run up to Easter and the National Day of Prayer, chaplains and guest chaplains around the nation have sowed religious division and discord as they delivered prayers at state legislatures, and now, federal courts are giving them their stamp of approval.
Unless you actively follow the issues facing minority religions you probably heard little or nothing about the destruction and desecration of mosques that's part of a larger Chinese governmental effort to expunge Islam from China.
Thomas's opinion on religious tests wasn't about right or wrong, or even of the Constitution, it's a political argument designed to muzzle such questions in hopes of easing and paving a path for conservative justices who would place faith above the Constitution.
"How is the pro-life side ever guilty of something that equates to violence?" Republican Sen. Ben Sasse asked during a recent judiciary committee hearing.
Also: How soon is too soon to date someone after my divorce? And: How do I know if my feelings for my friend are real?
Abortion Regret lays out a history of criminalization as a process that includes sowing stigma, creating systems of surveillance, manipulating or compiling new data, and establishing who gets to be a worthy victim.
Each experiments with telling maternal health stories in her own way, and at least two want to shift the Black maternal health crisis narrative to emphasize Black life, community self-help, and #BlackJoy.
David Daleiden still exists, and he is still pretending that his attempts to smear Planned Parenthood were acts of investigative journalism.
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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.
Meanwhile, Republicans in states across the United States are ramming through legislation based on a dangerous anti-choice myth.
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