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[Photo: Close-up of Black, female doctor's hand measuring blood pressure of a Black patient.]

Racism in Medicine: As Doctors, We Must Do Better

Dr. Zia Okocha

I implore my colleagues to acknowledge the many ways Black bodies have involuntarily contributed to medical advances we take for granted.

[Photo: President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the Susan B Anthony List gala.]

‘Victory’: Anti-Choice Groups Cheer Trump’s Plan to Decimate Family Planning Program

Ally Boguhn

Anti-choice groups and activists lauded the Trump administration for acting to restrict federal family planning funds.

[Photo: Close up of a Planned Parenthood sign on a building.]

Trump Administration Releases Final Text of Domestic ‘Gag Rule’ Restriction on Title X (Updated)

Katelyn Burns & Woman Detained After Obstetric Complications Released From Prison in El Salvador

Anti-choice officials installed by the Trump administration at HHS have long held the goal of defunding Planned Parenthood, a primary recipient of Title X family planning funding.

[Photo: The lead clinician at a Planned Parenthood clinic talks in one of the clinic rooms.]

What You Need to Know About Trump’s Attacks on the Federal Family Planning Program

Laura Huss, Katelyn Burns & Woman Detained After Obstetric Complications Released From Prison in El Salvador

The Trump administration presents a threat to the Title X family planning grant program that hasn’t been seen before.

[Photo: A billboard in Colorado that reads

‘Welcome to Colorado, Where You Can Get a Safe, Legal Abortion’

Madeleine Schmidt

This Colorado billboard shows how the state has become a haven for people seeking abortion care from surrounding states, where GOP-majority legislatures are hostile to reproductive rights.

[Photo: Vermont legislators begin their day's session at Vermont's State House.]

Vermont Legislators Try to Use ‘Roe’ Legislation as Vehicle for Anti-Choice Measures

Auditi Guha & Woman Detained After Obstetric Complications Released From Prison in El Salvador

Legislators proposed several anti-choice amendments in the house judiciary committee's debate on H.57, which would codify abortion rights into state law.

[Photo: Illustration of a United States map depicting Illinois in blue and surrounding states in red.]

Pro-Choice Bills Could Cement Illinois as the Midwest’s Abortion Care Oasis (Updated)

Erin Heger

Illinois Democrats' pro-choice push could help providers cope with an influx of out-of-state patients by expanding the number of medical professionals who can provide in-clinic abortion services.

[Photo: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signs legislation in front of the media.]

These Six Newly Elected Democratic Governors Are Already Moving to Enact Their Agenda

Lauren Holter & Woman Detained After Obstetric Complications Released From Prison in El Salvador

Democratic governors in Illinois, Maine, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, and California are seeking to expand health-care access and LGBTQ protections.

[Photo: House of Representatives chamber of the Kansas State Capitol.]

Legislative Lowlights: Republicans Use Secular Humanism to Attack LGBTQ Rights

Brie Shea

State-level GOP lawmakers are taking policy advice from an electronic dance music producer who wants to ban same-sex marriage in the United States.

[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

Kathy Bougher

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

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