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Amid Staggering Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates, Native Communities Revive Traditional Concepts of Support

“They say that historical trauma is in the DNA of Native peoples, but love is in there too. We need to focus on that and bring it to the surface."

Legislative Lowlights: State-Level Republicans Green Light Discrimination Against LGBTQ Adoption

Brie Shea

South Carolina became the tenth state to allow publicly funded adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples and other prospective parents based on the agency's religious beliefs.

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With Reproductive Rights in Great Jeopardy, ‘Plan C’ Is More Important Than Ever

Francine Coeytaux, Victoria Nichols & Elisa Wells

Plan C—making "missed period pills" widely available—would give users the power to decide whether or not they wished to test for or confirm pregnancy before taking pills to bring on their period.

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Progressive Groups: Calling ‘Roe’ ‘Settled Law’ Isn’t Enough for Trump’s Next Supreme Court Pick

Katelyn Burns

“Trump’s own litmus test has raised the bar for what a nominee must answer at a hearing."

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SCOTUS’ Decision on Fake Clinics Is About More Than Abortion for Independent Providers

Jennifer Thibodeau

With the courts refusing to curb the deception coming from fake health centers, it’s more important than ever that advocates loudly and unapologetically share the truth about abortion care, independent clinics, and the human right to health care.

The Supreme Court Sided With Fake Clinics in California. The Fallout Could Spread Nationwide.

Nicole Knight

An attorney for the Alliance Defending Freedom said the group would go after fake clinic regulations passed by Democrats in Illinois and Hawaii.

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Federal Judge Blocks GOP’s Medication Abortion Ban in Arkansas

Teddy Wilson

U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker ruled that the Republican-backed law “does little if anything to advance” the state’s interests in protecting a person's health and safety.

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Abortion Funds Will Continue Showing Up for Abortion Access, and So Should You

Lindsay Rodriguez

It won’t be easy. But this is the moment we were made for.

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An Open Letter to All White Women Seeking Redemption

Marcela Howell, Jessica González-Rojas & Sung Yeon Choimorrow

Facing the atrocity of our government’s attack on brown children at the border, will you continue to support Trump and his racist policies, or will you take this opportunity to redeem yourselves?

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The Effects of the Global Gag Rule Are Being Felt Everywhere

Melvine Ouyo & Alexa Henderson

In Kenya, desperate pregnant women and girls who lack access to safe medical care because of funding cuts under Trump’s global gag rule are turning to "curtain clinics” to terminate their pregnancies. Such clinics are run by people who aren’t nurses or doctors.

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