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[Photo: Pro-Choice activists rally with signs. One poster reads

Gavel Drop: Judge Says Massachusetts Has No Case Against Birth Control Exemptions

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

And in other news, President Trump has appointed no Black or Latino judges. Color us unsurprised.

[Photo: A stressed doctor stands in her office]

Federal Judge OKs Mississippi Requirement That Abortion Care Providers Be OB-GYNs

Teddy Wilson

Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan ruled against a medically unnecessary admitting privileges rule.

[Photo: Rep. Louise Slaughter speaks during a conference]

Advocates Remember Louise Slaughter’s Commitment to Reproductive Rights and LGBTQ Equality

Christine Grimaldi

As a leader and founding member of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, Slaughter centered reproductive health-care access in her work on Capitol Hill.

[Photo: A staff member holds files in a medical records room of a hospital.]

As Abortion Reporting Is Politicized, Wyoming Abortion Providers Ignore State Law

Nicole Knight

Elizabeth Nash of the Guttmacher Institute said "abortion opponents may be looking to adding more requirements to abortion reporting in an effort to show that abortion is dangerous and providers dodgy.”

[Photo: Jean Whitehorse sitting on a couching in her home.]

‘Amá’ and the Legacy of Sterilization in Indian Country

Mary Annette Pember

The story of sterilization of Native women is a history that has been overlooked for far too long.

[Photo: Alex Azar speaking during a committee hearing]

HHS Secretary Backs Trump Official Who Tried to Block Immigrant Teens From Abortion Care

Tina Vasquez

“For too long, young people, women of color, and immigrants have borne the brunt of extreme anti-abortion policies. No more. Scott Lloyd must go.”

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States Are Racing to Overturn Roe. As State Legislators, We Are Fighting Back

Joe Bolkcom, Margie Bright Matthews & Kathy Sykes

We won’t stand idly by while opponents of legal abortion proudly announce their goals to criminalize abortion.

LGBTQ Hate Group on Pompeo as Secretary of State: ‘A Very Smart Move by President Trump’

Christine Grimaldi

"We have already seen a State Department under President Trump that has stayed silent and refused to take necessary steps to combat and condemn the growing epidemic of anti-LGBTQ ... and now that department will be helmed by someone with an extensive anti-LGBTQ record."

[Photo: A doctor consoles a crying patient in a waiting room.]

In Fight Against Abortion Rights, Fetuses Could Soon Have Legal Standing in Indiana (Updated)

Teddy Wilson

“If they are successful in securing the same constitutional rights for a pregnancy as for a pregnant person, they could potentially nullify the right to abortion completely."

[Photo: Group of women in red 'Handmaid's Tale' costumes stand at press conference behind woman speaking at podium]

New Hampshire GOP Legislator Sees Fetus ‘Running,’ ‘Playing,’ in Justifying Anti-Choice Bills (Updated)

Auditi Guha & New Hampshire GOP Legislator Sees Fetus ‘Running,’ ‘Playing,’ in Justifying Anti-Choice Bills (Updated)

Rep. Jeanine Notter's description fits a pattern of anti-choice legislators describing fetuses as having the features and abilities of fully formed people.

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