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[Photo: Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), looks displeased as he listens during a committee hearing.]

Will Trump’s Next FDA Head Push Anti-Choice Agenda?

Ally Boguhn

“The FDA should be about science and public health, not politics and anti-abortion obstruction."

[Photo: A split-screen of Kamala Harris, Mazie Hirono and Tammy Duckworth.]

The Fight to End the Hyde Amendment Has Finally Come to the U.S. Senate

Ally Boguhn

The re-introduction of the EACH Woman Act comes after the 2018 midterm elections ushered in an unprecedented number of Democrats who support repealing the Hyde Amendment.

[Photo: A black and white collage of staff headshots ranging in gender, size and skin tone.]

The SIA Legal Team and If/When/How Are Merging: ‘This Is Us, but Twice as Strong’

Jill E. Adams & Mariko Miki

Too few legal professionals have been given the opportunity and the training they need to plug into the sexual and reproductive rights, health, and justice movements.

Legislative Lowlights: Texas GOP Finds New and Inventive Ways to Legalize LGBTQ Discrimination

Brie Shea

Meanwhile, Utah Republicans want to control how educators talk about contraception, and GOP legislators in Oklahoma continue to push the anti-choice myth of abortion "reversal."

[Photo: A white, anti-abortion advocate faces off with a Black, pro-choice advocate in front of the Supreme Court.]

The Abortion Rights Movement Can’t Afford Amnesia—or Nonprofits Leading Our Activism

Michelle Farber & Dayna Long

We need an energetic movement that will fight for abortion without reservation. And that means reclaiming its radical roots—and reclaiming it from big national organizations, including the Democratic Party.

[Photo: House of Representatives Chamber in the Georgia State Capitol building.]

Georgia GOP Gets Near Total Abortion Ban Through State House (Updated)

Ari Bee

Total abortion bans have so far failed to overcome legal hurdles, though GOP lawmakers continue to prioritize the anti-choice legislation across the United States.

[Photo: Julia Beck speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.]

House Republicans Hide Behind ‘Lesbian Radical Feminist’ to Push Anti-Trans Agenda

Heron Greenesmith

Julia Beck has been granted a platform to give the right wing's anti-transgender activism the veneer of bipartisanship.

[Photo: Abortion rights activists hold placards outside of the US Supreme Court.]

Get to Know the People Who Make Abortion Care Possible

Regina Mahone

"When people are able to make their own decisions about if, when, and how they create families, we build stronger, healthier, and happier communities."

[Photo: Congresswoman Katherine Clark speaks at a rally.]

Here’s How Democrats Want to Classify Reproductive Rights as Human Rights (Updated)

Katelyn Burns

President Trump's State Department deleted reproductive rights from its human rights report last year. A new bill would make sure that doesn't happen again.

‘Not Dead Enough’: Public Hospitals Deny Life-Saving Abortion Care to People in Need

Amy Littlefield

Many of the poorest and sickest patients end up at public hospitals when their pregnancies go wrong. But little-known laws leave people in need with nowhere to turn.

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