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Feb 18, 2019 Later Abortion #GlobalGagRule

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Woman Detained After Obstetric Complications Released From Prison in El Salvador

Feb 15, 2019, 4:54pm Kathy Bougher

“In 2019 we shouldn’t be fighting for the presumption of innocence when a woman loses a pregnancy."

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Native Leaders Brief Congress on Reproductive Health Priorities

Feb 13, 2:53pm Katelyn Burns

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Jen Deerinwater

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Elizabeth Warren and Indigenous People’s Erasure in Colonial Narratives

Feb 13, 12:56pm

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Analysis Human Rights

How the Department of Justice’s New Definition of Intimate Partner Violence Could Leave Victims at Risk

Feb 12, 1:09pm Bethany M (bee) Coston

Investigations

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Investigations Health Systems

Meet Christus, the US Catholic Health Chain Restricting Access to Reproductive Care in Mexico

Nov 27, 9:06am Amy Littlefield & Laura Gottesdiener

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Hepatitis A Rips Through Kentucky: ‘Almost an Epidemic’

Feb 13, 2019, 12:28pm

It took months after the declaration of an outbreak for the public to react to Hepatitis A, which many had dismissed as a problem that would affect only high-risk populations.

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The Trump Administration Wants to Detain Migrant Kids at Toxic Waste Sites (Updated)

Feb 12, 2019, 4:01pm

Thousands of migrant children would be held "on top of and in close proximity to toxic waste sites" if the Trump administration gets its way.

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‘Uteruses Are Being Penalized’: Massachusetts Sees Pro-Choice Legislative Blitz

Feb 12, 2019, 10:54am

Massachusetts Democrats are primed to pass a series of pro-choice bills, including one that would provide medication abortion at colleges across the state.

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Culture & Conversation

Six Spring Books by Queer Women That Should Be On Your Reading List

Feb 11, 2019, 3:21pm

Coming soon: a memoir by feminist icon Cherríe Moraga, a chatty road-trip novel about queer America, and meditations on mental health.

[Photo: Evelyn Hernández Cruz's family members hug her as she is released from prison.]

Woman Detained After Obstetric Complications Released From Prison in El Salvador

Feb 15, 4:54pm Kathy Bougher

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South Dakota’s House Just Passed an Anti-Trans Bill. It Could Be Coming to Your State Next.

Feb 15, 11:25am Nico Lang

Reina Sultan

A Black Congresswoman in Hijab Is a Great Distraction From U.S. Complicity in Abuses Abroad

Feb 15, 9:54am

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No End in Sight for ‘Retaliatory Immigration Raids’ in North Carolina

Feb 14, 5:05pm Tina Vasquez

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Federal Government Uses ‘Crack House’ Statute in Attack on Overdose Prevention Sites

Feb 14, 11:50am Danielle Corcione

[Photo: Deb Haaland stands during the 116th Congress swearing-in ceremony.]

Native Leaders Brief Congress on Reproductive Health Priorities

Feb 13, 2:53pm Katelyn Burns

Jen Deerinwater

Elizabeth Warren and Indigenous People’s Erasure in Colonial Narratives

Feb 13, 12:56pm

[Photo: Various medical items lie onto of a pamphlet that reads

Hepatitis A Rips Through Kentucky: ‘Almost an Epidemic’

Feb 13, 12:28pm Sarah Baird

[Photo: A blue, toxic waste barrel.]

The Trump Administration Wants to Detain Migrant Kids at Toxic Waste Sites (Updated)

Feb 12, 4:01pm Tina Vasquez