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[Photo: Representative Barbara Lee stands behind a podium with two other individuals as she addresses a crowd at a rally.]

Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus Vows to Use New House Majority to Take on Trump in 2019

Ally Boguhn

Rep. Judy Chu vowed that the Pro-Choice Caucus would "use every legislative and oversight tool in our power to investigate" Trump's attacks on reproductive health care.

[Photo: Governor Gretchen Whitmer dons a serious look as she speaks to the press.]

Will Michigan Governor End State Funding for Anti-Choice Clinic Network? (Updated)

Dennis Carter

Michigan Republicans have pumped millions into Real Alternatives, which has used taxpayer money to pay for "ineffective advertising and pay increases for its executives," according to a watchdog organization.

[Photo: Kentucky's Capitol building in Frankfort.]

Legislative Lowlights: State Lawmakers Begin 2019 With Flurry of Anti-Choice Legislation

Brie Shea

Anti-choice lawmakers in over a dozen states pushed anti-choice measures to restrict reproductive rights last week.

[Photo: Young black woman sitting down, holding book entitled 'Handbook for a Post-Roe America.']

The Real Question Isn’t How to Save Abortion Rights, but How to Prepare for Their Absence

Lindsay King-Miller

The most valuable thing Robin Marty's Handbook for a Post-Roe America offers may be the simple reassurance that you can do something.

[PHOTO: Young woman with pink hair in a ponytail and a young man sit in a poster bed, talking.]

In Netflix’s ‘Sex Education,’ Teens Are More Than Walking Hormones or STDs

Martha Kempner

A sex ed teacher's take on a new series that's heavy on shagging and light on the usual teen stereotypes.

[Photo: Dr. Leana Wen, President of Planned Parenthood, smiles during a conversation about reproductive care and sex education.]

Abortion Remains ‘Our Core Mission,’ Says Planned Parenthood President

Dennis Carter

"The last thing I would want is people to get the impression that we are backing off of our core services."

[Photo: Mike Pence smirking while at a conference.]

Supreme Court Weighs Indiana Law Requiring Fetal Burial After Miscarriages (Updated)

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The Supreme Court on Friday will consider taking the first major challenge to abortion rights since Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the bench last fall.

[Photo: Various people ranging in age, size, skin tone and ability gather in front of the White House protesting against Trump's Global Gag Rule.]

Democrats Take Aim at Trump’s Global Gag Rule in Bill to Reopen the Federal Government

Ally Boguhn

A spokesperson for Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) said the lawmaker would also introduce legislation to undo the global gag rule in the coming weeks.

[Photo: Split screen. On the left, Senator Marsha Blackburn addresses supporters on election night. On the right, Joni Ernst speaks at a news conference.]

GOP Women’s Senate Judiciary Assignments Are About Abortion, Not Optics

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Republicans assigned Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Joni Ernst to the Judiciary Committee because of their hostility to abortion rights, not because of the Kavanaugh nomination.

Protecting ‘Roe’ Takes Center Stage in State Legislatures

Auditi Guha & Protecting ‘Roe’ Takes Center Stage in State Legislatures

New state-level Democratic majorities will push to protect abortion rights as the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority could strike at Roe v. Wade.

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