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[Photo: President Donald Trump speaks at the Susan B. Anthony gala]

The Religious Right’s Celebration of Trump’s Domestic Gag Rule Reveals Its Free Speech Hypocrisy

Groups that see a dire First Amendment threat in requiring the simple posting of a sign giving women information see no problem in a law that literally silences the speech of doctors, nurses, and other health providers.

[Photo: A nurse practitioner does a checkup for a woman at a Planned Parenthood health center]

Planned Parenthood Stonewalls Unionization Drive in Colorado

Jason Salzman

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains has filed a successful appeal to block the formation of a union at 14 of its 18 clinics in Colorado.

Ireland Votes to Legalize Abortion. What Comes Next?

Sarah Jaffe

Ireland voted in a landslide to support abortion rights. But making abortion care available will take much more.

[Photo: A therapist writes in a notebook while listening to a woman speak in the background]

Study Debunks Anti-Choice Claims of Link Between Abortion and Suicide

Teddy Wilson

Several states require that pregnant people seeking abortion care be provided with state-printed materials that make dubious claims about the psychological risks of abortion.

When Will Massachusetts Democrats Undo the State’s ‘Archaic’ Reproductive Rights Laws? (Updated)

Auditi Guha

As legislators around the nation mount challenges to curtail the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in the U.S., advocates here are pushing the state to stand up for women’s rights and choice.

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‘One Nation Under Gag’—Rewire.News Exclusive Comic

Chris Monday

Indivisible with inequality and poor health care for all.

[Photo: A collection of fetus dolls lie in a basket next to a pamphlet that reads

‘Completely Intentional’: Fake Clinics Outnumber Abortion Providers 10 to 1 in Texas

Teddy Wilson

Among the Texas fake clinics identified by Rewire.News, more than 50 receive state funding through a program created by the Republican-controlled legislature in 2005.

Senate Democrats Strike Back Against GOP’s Religious Imposition Agenda

Ally Boguhn

With Trump in the White House, "it is more important than ever for Congress to make clear that this law is a shield for religious freedom—not a sword for discrimination.”

[Photo: Irish women gather for a March for Choice in Ireland]

Why I ‘Stand in Awe of all Mná’ Voting to Repeal the Eighth

Colleen Hennessy

Regardless of the result on Friday, Irish women have started a rebellion, and women everywhere are grateful.

The Latest Big Win in Gavin Grimm’s Case Shows Why Judicial Diversity Matters

Imani Gandy

The president is stacking the courts with right-leaning extremists who will languish on the bench for decades, doing their best to strip marginalized people of their civil rights. This should alarm you.

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