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Jul 15, 2019 Detention Centers Title X

[Photo: The outside of a Whole Woman's Health building.]

The Long Road to Opening South Bend’s Abortion Clinic

Jul 11, 2019, 12:53pm Stephanie Russell-Kraft

"This is ridiculous that there are this many barriers for someone to open a clinic to provide something that is legal, something that’s normal medical care."

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For Women of Color on Medicaid, Health-Care Options More Likely to Include Catholic Hospitals

Jun 21, 10:44am Amy Littlefield

Commentary

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As Fathers, We Must Commit to Dismantling the Patriarchy

Jun 14, 3:25pm

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

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Analysis

Medical Residents Struggle to Find Abortion Training as Statewide Restrictions Tighten

Jul 5, 2019, 10:44am

Only about two-thirds of obstetrics and gynecology residency programs provide routine, scheduled abortion training.

[Photo: A crowd of trans and gender-nonconforming activists rally in support of transgender reproductive rights.]

Analysis

For Trans Men Seeking Reproductive Health Care, ‘There Are Barriers Every Step of the Way’

Jul 3, 2019, 10:17am

“It’s ironic to me, in a really sad way, because so much of transphobia and transmisogyny is focused on the genitalia of a person, and in this instance our reproductive organs suddenly don't matter."

[Photo: A woman of color doctor performs a surgery on a patient in the emergency room.]

Culture & Conversation

I Was Given Medication Without My Enthusiastic and Informed Consent—And It Wasn’t Against the Law

Jun 26, 2019, 2:16pm

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.