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    Apr 19, 2018 Ally Boguhn

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    2. Abstinence Sex Ed Is Coming to State With the Nation’s Fifth-Highest Teen Birth Rate
    3. Why D.C. Statehood Is a Reproductive Justice Issue

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    Elizabeth Dawes Gay

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    Apr 17, 2018

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    Apr 19, 2018 Lisa Needham

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    2. Abstinence Sex Ed Is Coming to State With the Nation’s Fifth-Highest Teen Birth Rate
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    Apr 13, 2018 Ellen Friedrichs

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    Apr 19, 2018 Tina Vasquez

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    Apr 19, 2018 Nicole Knight

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    Apr 19, 2018 Sofia Resnick

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    Angela Lawson

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    Mar 27, 2018

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    Apr 17, 2018 Kinjo Kiema

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    Apr 13, 2018 Andre Shakti

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    Elizabeth Dawes Gay

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    Apr 17, 2018

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Apr 20, 2018 Black Maternal Health Week

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Commentary

Black Maternal Health Week May Be Over, but We’re Just Getting Started

Apr 17, 2018, 4:01pm Elizabeth Dawes Gay

There are three key actions that can propel this movement for Black maternal health, rights, and justice forward: Listen to Black women, trust Black women, and invest in Black women.

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News Immigration

Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Immigrants: Detaining Pregnant People

Mar 30, 12:24pm Tina Vasquez

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Shireen Rose Shakouri
Shireen Rose Shakouri

Commentary Law and Policy

Why D.C. Statehood Is a Reproductive Justice Issue

Apr 13, 3:06pm

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Analysis Maternity and Birthing

Housing Instability Is an Important (Yet Overlooked) Factor in the Maternal Health Crisis

Apr 12, 12:51pm Elizabeth Dawes Gay

Investigations

Investigations Law and Policy

Catholic Hospital Pressured Women to Bury Their Fetuses—Then Pence Made It Law

Nov 2, 11:47am Amy Littlefield


Dr. Joia Crear-Perry
Dr. Joia Crear-Perry

Commentary

Race Isn’t a Risk Factor in Maternal Health. Racism Is.

Apr 11, 2018, 11:50am

The language of the moment suggests that it's Blackness that's the problem, not bias.

Garin Marschall
Garin Marschall

Commentary

New York Lawmakers Brush Aside Reproductive Rights—Again

Apr 4, 2018, 10:38am

The fact that these reproductive health proposals failed is, perhaps, not surprising to political insiders familiar with the dysfunction in Albany, but we should all be angry.

[Photo: Leigh Ann Lorenzo and her sister, Kari Ray, model their traditional Laguna dress. Its two layers and belt are typically paired with moccasins and worn to ceremonies—but the dress' wrapping make it difficult to undo quickly for easy breastfeeding]

Culture & Conversation

Native Women ‘Hack’ Traditional Dress for Easier Breastfeeding

Mar 30, 2018, 4:24pm

The original two-layer, belted regalia worn to Pueblo ceremonies made it hard for me to feed my child and honor my ancestors. But armed with community feedback and ingenuity, we're literally redesigning it.

Yamani Hernandez
Yamani Hernandez

Commentary

I Had a Miscarriage—and Needed the Help a Doula Could Provide

Mar 28, 2018, 10:53am

Why aren’t more providers telling us about doulas in our times of need?

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Elizabeth Dawes Gay
Elizabeth Dawes Gay

Commentary

Black Maternal Health Week May Be Over, but We’re Just Getting Started

Apr 17, 4:01pm

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Culture & Conversation

The ‘62 Days’ Filmmaker on the Laws That Can Turn a Brain-Dead Pregnant Person Into an ‘Incubator’

Apr 13, 5:19pm Ellen Friedrichs

Shireen Rose Shakouri
Shireen Rose Shakouri

Commentary

Why D.C. Statehood Is a Reproductive Justice Issue

Apr 13, 3:06pm

[Photo: A Black woman sits in a homeless shelter]

Analysis

Housing Instability Is an Important (Yet Overlooked) Factor in the Maternal Health Crisis

Apr 12, 12:51pm Elizabeth Dawes Gay

Dr. Joia Crear-Perry
Dr. Joia Crear-Perry

Commentary

Race Isn’t a Risk Factor in Maternal Health. Racism Is.

Apr 11, 11:50am

Garin Marschall
Garin Marschall

Commentary

New York Lawmakers Brush Aside Reproductive Rights—Again

Apr 4, 10:38am

[Photo: Leigh Ann Lorenzo and her sister, Kari Ray, model their traditional Laguna dress. Its two layers and belt are typically paired with moccasins and worn to ceremonies—but the dress' wrapping make it difficult to undo quickly for easy breastfeeding]

Culture & Conversation

Native Women ‘Hack’ Traditional Dress for Easier Breastfeeding

Mar 30, 4:24pm Rachael Lorenzo

[Photo: An pregnant immigrants stands next to a U.S. Border Patrol truck.]

News

Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Immigrants: Detaining Pregnant People

Mar 30, 12:24pm Tina Vasquez

Yamani Hernandez
Yamani Hernandez

Commentary

I Had a Miscarriage—and Needed the Help a Doula Could Provide

Mar 28, 10:53am

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One of the Worst Abortion Restrictions Has Its Roots in an 11-Year-Old Supreme Court Case

Jessica Mason Pieklo

At least three federal courts of appeals are considering cases on dilation and evacuation abortion bans that could be the next big test of Roe v. Wade.

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