Will Chris Christie Yield on New Jersey’s ‘Embarrassing’ Welfare Cap?
The hopes of advocates and lawmakers rest on a bill currently sitting on the New Jersey governor’s desk that would eliminate the state’s welfare family cap.
News
House Committee Throws Out Family Planning Funding in Spending Bill
"When members of Congress vote to attack Title X, they are voting against the ability for people to stay healthy, care for their families and support their own communities.”
Advocates Mount Legal Challenge Against Texas Ban on Common Abortion Procedure
Whole Woman's Health sues Texas again, this time over a ban on so-called dismemberment abortions.
House Members Put Reproductive Health Care in Its Place
Much of the male-dominated debate was nominally about where women prefer to seek health care. But the central character was abortion.
Wisconsin’s OB-GYN Shortage Could Get Worse if Republicans Get Their Way
A GOP lawmaker is taking aim at the University of Wisconsin's arrangement allowing OB-GYN residents to receive training in abortion care at Planned Parenthood's Madison clinic.
Commentary
Trump’s Sensitivity to Being Laughed at Should Alarm Everyone
The obsession with maintaining hard boundaries and a perfect sense of control creates brittle male egos that are easily shattered.
In Texas, So-Called ‘Pro-Life’ Protection Doesn’t Apply to Trafficked Youth
Legislators can't claim to value the life of a child when they decide not to fund necessary support services for young trafficking survivors.
Analysis
No Uterus? Researchers Worldwide Are Working to Make It Easier to Use Your Mom’s
As scientists around the world look to increase the number of trials and success rates of the procedure, governments and health systems should also improve the affordability of uterus transplant. Until then, we still have a long way to go to achieving full reproductive rights.
Multimedia
Rewire Original Documentary: Care in Chaos
Calla Hales is the 27-year-old administrator of the busiest abortion clinic in North Carolina, and she's at the end of her rope.
Investigations
Group Behind Planned Parenthood Attack Videos Raised $450,000 in 2015, But Donors Still Shadowy
The Center for Medical Progress fought all the way to the Supreme Court in late 2015 to try to avoid handing over information containing the identity of “supporters."
Trump Administration at Odds With Scientists and Advocates
In particular, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price is connected to the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, an extreme libertarian doctors group that espouses many of the lies about abortion safety long rejected by the medical and scientific communities.
HHS Secretary Sells Off Controversial Stock Amid Questions Over His Ethical Judgment
Price may hope the divestitures will bring an end to the questions over his judgment when it came to investing in companies whose futures he could help determine. Yet, there is enough information on the public record to continue to cast the specter of doubt.
Activists ‘Won’t Wait’ for Economic Policy Made by Working Families, for Working Families
“I needed my job but I also needed to be a mom. Without a paycheck, I couldn’t do either."
Culture & Conversation
As Bad As She Wants to Be: Cersei and Female Power in ‘Game of Thrones’
Unbound by respectability and maternity, the character is flipping pop culture female revenge narratives.
In ‘Inferior,’ a Story of Science’s Long Collusion With Patriarchy
Writer Angela Saini deconstructs the cultural expectations that have meshed with scientific research to reinforce beliefs about male superiority and gender.
Artist at Work: Micah Bazant, Collaborative Designer and Illustrator
Once alienated by the art world's emphasis on individualism, Bazant makes a point of producing portraits and art for, with, and about marginalized people and communities.
Trump’s Voter Suppression Efforts Start Now
Given today's testimony, it is clear Kris Kobach is trying to steer the commission toward legislative recommendations that could suppress the vote in the 2018 election.
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Editorial
A Democrat and a Republican Ignore Science to Mandate Ill-Conceived Parental Consent for Abortion
Two governors, a Democrat and a Republican, have signed ill-conceived laws mandating parental consent for abortion.
Anti-Choice Legal Attacks Make It Harder to Access Clinics Themselves
In addition to helping pass abortion restrictions at the state level, anti-choice activists are challenging those laws that do protect clinics and patients.
RH Wire
- Queens Councilman slammed for giving $24,000 in taxpayer money to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center NY Daily News
- She talks about working women. Her father says “buy American.” We go inside Ivanka Inc. The Washington Post
- An Ill-Advised Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Activists The Atlantic
- R. Kelly Is Holding Women Against Their Will In A “Cult,” Parents Told Police Buzzfeed
- Why I'm Leaving the Southern Baptist Church The New York Times
- 'My last resort' — thousands come to Illinois to have abortions Chicago Tribune
- Who's In, Who's Left Out With The Latest Senate Health Care Bill NPR
- House rejects controversial study of Islam Politico
