Patients are also skipping time-sensitive reproductive services such as cervical cancer screenings due to fear of ICE.
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This article was published in partnership with the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the US criminal justice system. Ayanna Harris-Rashid was sitting up in bed, her newborn son latched to her breast, one hand scrolling on her phone, when the police called. She was wanted on a felony charge of child neglect. Harris-Rashid […]
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Abortion rights opponents want Indiana to use reporting rules to expose abortion providers and recipients to targeting.
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“Big moves on Day 1,” White House senior policy strategist May Mailman crowed on X the morning of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, linking to a news article about a forthcoming executive order. Even amid the barrage of actions during the first hours of the Trump 2.0 presidency, the order—“Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and […]
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Meanwhile, bills requiring students to watch “fetal development” videos advance in Florida and Wisconsin.
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After Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Biden administration enforced a rule in 2022 mandating that retail pharmacies receiving any federal funding had to carry and dispense mifepristone, misoprostol, and methotrexate—drugs used in medication abortions and, in the case of methotrexate, the treatment of ectopic pregnancies and autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus—in […]
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Earlier this month, President Donald Trump made a suggestion that landed on a key part of his far-right coalition like a sucker punch. Referring to negotiations over the Affordable Care Act, he urged House Republicans to be “a little bit flexible” on the Hyde Amendment, which for 50 years has banned the use of federal […]
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The young mother was denied urgent treatment for her heart condition due to her pregnancy.
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Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) decried Republican efforts to discredit medication abortion in an interview Wednesday with Mother Jones, saying that “the only reason they’re going after mifepristone is because it is the way most women get their abortive care.” Mifepristone is one of the pills used in medication abortion, which in 2023 accounted for 63 […]
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Sen. Patty Murray: GOP Abortion Pill Hearing Is “Really About” a Nationwide Ban Read Post »
Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming following a Tuesday decision in the state’s Supreme Court that said its two abortion bans, including a block on abortion pills, were unconstitutional. The court ruled that the bans violate a 2012 amendment to the Wyoming Constitution that protects an adult’s right to make their own healthcare decisions. One […]
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The conservative policy wishlist for Trump’s second term has severely impacted women and LGBTQ+ Americans.
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The Trump Administration Has Already Accomplished Vast Portions of Project 2025 Read Post »
Project 2025 initiated a war on reproductive rights that could escalate into even higher gear in 2026.
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