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Mar 26, 2019 Trump Budget Domestic Gag Rule Title X

[Photo: Kimberly Haven speaks during a public service announcement.]

‘You Go Through It Alone’: New Bill Would Keep Incarcerated Pregnant Women From Being Put in Medical Isolation

Mar 22, 2019, 1:22pm Victoria Law

Under the current policy in Maryland, pregnant people in their third trimester are involuntarily placed in medical isolation—locked in a cell behind a steel door for nearly 24 hours a day.

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‘You Go Through It Alone’: New Bill Would Keep Incarcerated Pregnant Women From Being Put in Medical Isolation
First-of-Its-Kind Study Fills in Decades-Long Blank About Pregnancy in Prison
Less Than a Third of Catholic Hospital Websites Note Religion’s Impact on Reproductive Care

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News Health Systems

Less Than a Third of Catholic Hospital Websites Note Religion’s Impact on Reproductive Care

Mar 15, 11:00am Amy Littlefield

Commentary

Dr. Monica Dragoman

Commentary Abortion

I’m an Abortion Provider. This is What New York’s Reproductive Health Act Means to Me.

Jan 25, 2:22pm

Analysis

[Photo: Pregnant woman with a serious face lying down in doctor's office as her doctor examines her stomach.]

Analysis Maternity and Birthing

‘It Felt Like I Had Been Violated’: How Obstetric Violence Can Traumatize Patients

Jan 23, 7:30am Olivia Miltner

Investigations

Investigations Law and Policy

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

Nov 2, 11:47am Amy Littlefield

[Photo: A group of actors, among them three Black women, perform a scene from the play Behind the Sheet.]

Culture & Conversation

Inspired by History, a Play Calls Us to Heed Enslaved Women’s Work—and Pain

Mar 5, 2019, 4:06pm

Charly Evon Simpson's play reframes one of medicine's most wrenching origin stories: how the father of modern gynecology operated on enslaved women and used them as his nurse assistants.

[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, 2019, 4:54pm

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

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

Native Leaders Brief Congress on Reproductive Health Priorities

Feb 13, 2019, 2:53pm

"It's high time we address the needs of Native women."

[Photo: Evie Smith of Lora DiCarlo promotes sexual stimulator, Osé.]

This Week in Sex: Hands-Free Vibrator Gets Award, Then Dissed at Vegas Electronics Show

Jan 11, 2019, 4:33pm

Organizers suggested the new sex toy was indecent. Last year's voluptuous sex robot Solana didn't seem to bother them.

[Photo: Kimberly Haven speaks during a public service announcement.]

‘You Go Through It Alone’: New Bill Would Keep Incarcerated Pregnant Women From Being Put in Medical Isolation

Mar 22, 1:22pm Victoria Law

[Photo: Woman of color's hand holding on to cell bars.]

First-of-Its-Kind Study Fills in Decades-Long Blank About Pregnancy in Prison

Mar 21, 4:00pm Victoria Law

[Photo: Blurred image of a hospital lobby.]

Less Than a Third of Catholic Hospital Websites Note Religion’s Impact on Reproductive Care

Mar 15, 11:00am Amy Littlefield

[Photo: A group of actors, among them three Black women, perform a scene from the play Behind the Sheet.]

Culture & Conversation

Inspired by History, a Play Calls Us to Heed Enslaved Women’s Work—and Pain

Mar 5, 4:06pm Laura Newman

[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

[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

Dr. Monica Dragoman

I’m an Abortion Provider. This is What New York’s Reproductive Health Act Means to Me.

Jan 25, 2:22pm

[Photo: Pregnant woman with a serious face lying down in doctor's office as her doctor examines her stomach.]

‘It Felt Like I Had Been Violated’: How Obstetric Violence Can Traumatize Patients

Jan 23, 7:30am Olivia Miltner

[Photo: Evie Smith of Lora DiCarlo promotes sexual stimulator, Osé.]

This Week in Sex: Hands-Free Vibrator Gets Award, Then Dissed at Vegas Electronics Show

Jan 11, 4:33pm Martha Kempner