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These 2020 Democrats Support Repealing the Helms Amendment’s Ban on Foreign Assistance Funding for Abortion

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Aug 21, 2019, 10:38am Ally Boguhn

Discussion of the Helms Amendment hasn’t bubbled up much so far this election cycle, but it was a topic of discussion in the 2016 race.

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Analysis Immigration

How a Mother in Sanctuary Became the Center of ICE’s ‘Crackdown on U Visas’

Aug 21, 2:26pm Tina Vasquez

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Analysis Law and Policy

Fired for Being Transgender or for Violating Company Dress Code? The Supreme Court Will Decide.

Aug 20, 10:31am Jessica Mason Pieklo

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Roundups Health Systems

These States Are Protecting Family Planning Clinics Under Trump’s Domestic ‘Gag Rule’

Aug 16, 4:10pm Dennis Carter

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Health Systems

Planned Parenthood Leaves Title X Amid Trump’s Anti-Choice Restrictions

Aug 19, 5:24pm Dennis Carter

While Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill that would stop enactment of the Title X "gag rule," it's not likely the provision will survive the Republican-controlled Senate.

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Abortion

Abortion ‘Stigma’ Prevalent in Many Affordable Care Act Plans

Aug 15, 12:15pm Erin Heger

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is creating unnecessary administrative burdens for those receiving abortion care through ACA plans.

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Politics

Steve King Thinks Rape and Incest Are Necessary for Humanity’s Existence. He’s Now Facing Calls to Resign.

Aug 14, 5:44pm Ally Boguhn

King was defending the omission of rape and incest exceptions in his extreme anti-abortion legislation.

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Abortion

A Near-Total Abortion Ban Isn’t Enough for Some Tennessee Republicans

Aug 14, 12:47pm Rachel Wells

Anti-choice lawmakers are considering a bill to redefine fetal viability and end legal abortion in Tennessee.

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Commentary

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Human Rights

Native Americans Want More Than Empty Promises From 2020 Democrats

Aug 19, 11:00am Mary Annette Pember

At this week’s Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum, Democratic presidential candidates have a precious opportunity to elevate Indian Country and Native Americans' concerns within the national political discourse.

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Law and Policy

Why House Democrats Are Demanding Brett Kavanaugh’s Records

Aug 12, 4:43pm Katie O’Connor

Media

We Need to Talk About the Media’s Complicity in Violence Against Immigrants

Aug 9, 1:38pm Tina Vasquez

Abortion

How Anti-Abortion Organizations Are Exploiting Personal Data

Aug 8, 12:36pm Sara Nelson

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Analysis

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Health Systems

Disability Advocates Are Fighting a Dangerous Insurance Policy in the Midwest

Aug 16, 9:00am Wendy Lu

Step therapy, also known as a “fail-first” protocol, forces people to try and “fail” cheaper drug alternatives as an attempt to cut costs for insurers. But experts say it’s a physically, mentally, and financially exhausting process for patients.

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Maternity and Birthing

We Had No Idea How Much Physical Danger Stillbirth Can Cause

Aug 14, 2:57pm Hannah Harris Green

Law and Policy

Fifth Circuit Appears Ready to Ignore Supreme Court Precedent…Again

Aug 13, 11:48am Jessica Mason Pieklo

Politics

‘When Gerrymanders Fail’: Texas Republicans, Facing Tough Re-Elections, Quit

Aug 8, 9:15am Dennis Carter

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Multimedia

Boom! Lawyered: This New Challenge to ‘Roe’ Might Be the Most Dangerous Yet

Shameless Tennessee lawmakers are trying to redefine fetal viability in a way that makes no medical sense and is also designed to attack Roe v. Wade directly. In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explain what makes this bill a dangerous escalation in the decades-long crusade to overturn Roe.

Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: Trump Judge Approves Manslaughter Charges for Pregnancy Loss

Aug 8, 8:38am Jessica Mason Pieklo & Imani Gandy

Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: The Hidden Secrets of Jess and Imani

Jul 18, 7:53am Jessica Mason Pieklo & Imani Gandy

Photos

Photos: Sanctuary Fundraising Dinner

Jul 25, 2:10pm Rewire.News Staff

Podcast

Boom! Lawyered: This Lawsuit Could Bring Reproductive Justice to the Supreme Court

Jul 11, 9:17am Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

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Investigations

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Politics

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

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.

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Abortion

These Corporations and Public Charities Funded the State Abortion Bans

Jun 14, 1:30pm Alex Kotch

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?

Violence

#MeToo in Indian Country: ‘We Don’t Talk About This Enough’

May 29, 12:13pm Mary Annette Pember

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.

Religion Dispatches

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Biden’s New ‘Restore the Soul of a Nation’ Ad Aimed at Black Voters Wary of the Frontrunner’s Dodgy History

Aug 21, 12:27pm Peter Laarman

Given that he has such a very long record in public life (a history that includes his association with segregationist legislators, attacks on school busing, and his shameless treatment of Anita Hill), Joe Biden is just about the last person who should be talking about fighting for the soul of the nation.

Culture

‘Hey Jesus, Do You Love Me The Same?’: Out Christian Rock Star Trey Pearson On Closeted Industry Figures, His Evolving Faith, and Brand New Video

Aug 21, 1:00am Chrissy Stroop

I think all of these [Christian rock stars] who find the courage to share their truth make a huge impact, and if everyone in contemporary Christian music and the church was honest about their own truth, their own questions, and their own beliefs, I think we would progress a lot quicker.

History/Theology

Conservative Evangelicals Aren’t Hypocrites, They’re Sadists

Aug 20, 11:34am Daniel Schultz

God tells you not just the way you should be, but the way you actually are, and if you accept that, you will be blessed. If you step outside of it, you're just asking for trouble. So arguing against this structure asks conservative white evangelicals to rewire their entire sense of reality.

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Culture & Conversation

Abortion

Missouri and the Fight for Abortion Rights: How Past Became Prologue

Aug 1, 1:56pm Angela Bonavoglia

Missouri’s historic battle for abortion rights presaged in important ways where we are today, and what will be required of reproductive rights advocates in the future.

Media

On Being Black and ‘Disabled But Not Really’

Jul 26, 3:30pm Imani Barbarin

Despite the criticism of the episode, Hamilton’s appearance on Queer Eye felt like a step in the right direction for better representation of the diversity of disabled people.

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Immigration

In Sanctuary, Some Immigrant Families Cook for Joy and Survival

Jul 25, 1:00pm Tina Vasquez

Two families taking sanctuary at a church in Philadelphia host a monthly fundraising dinner to help cover their mounting expenses—"and it gives the community something to enjoy," one family member said.

Imani Gandy

Commentary

New York Woman Faces Up to Eight Years Behind Bars for Selling Abortion Pills Online

Aug 9, 4:49pm

In February, FDA agents showed up at Ursula Wing’s door with an arrest warrant and seized her computer and phones, her daughter’s iPad, boxes of medication abortion pills, and a dozen packages that she was set to mail.

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