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[Photo: Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a podium with dozens of of Democratic members of the House of Representatives standing behind her.]

Push to Abolish Trump’s Health-Care Discrimination Wing Underway in Congress

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s legislation is unlikely to advance through the GOP-held U.S. House of Representative, but it underscores what advocates for reproductive rights and LGBTQ equality have called a license to discriminate.

[Photo: A nurse checks a female patient's health with a stethoscope.]

Gavel Drop: Nurses May Be the Key to the Abortion Provider Crisis

Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo & Gavel Drop: Nurses May Be the Key to the Abortion Provider Crisis

Two lawsuits challenge laws that ban nurses from providing abortion care. And in other news, a Texas lesbian couple were told they couldn't adopt a refugee child because they don't "mirror a holy family."

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Wyoming GOP Pushes ‘Death Certificates’ for Miscarriages (Updated)

Nicole Knight & An Organization Founded by Roy Moore Is Trying to Make Fetal ‘Personhood’ Law in Alabama

Opponents of the Wyoming bill called it a veiled attempt to give legal rights to fetuses.

Texas Republican Gets Anti-Choice Activists’ Backing After Funding Them for Years

Ally Boguhn

Kathaleen Wall's campaign page highlights her anti-choice views, stating that she is devoted to “defending the right to life from conception to natural death.” That language parrots rhetoric from extreme “personhood” legislation.

[photo: Various forms of contraception spread out on a white background.]

Trump’s Health Agency Appears to Undermine Family Planning with New Funding Criteria

Christine Grimaldi

Reproductive health groups were still analyzing the nuances of the 60-page HHS announcement by press time, but some voiced worry.

[Photo: President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference.]

We Translated Trump’s Top CPAC Dog Whistles Undermining Reproductive Health

Christine Grimaldi

Trump cheered on the GOP's overhaul of the federal judiciary and piecemeal attacks on the Affordable Care Act, but he failed to acknowledge their human cost. Here, Rewire accounts for it.

[Photo: A bowl of 'Pro-Freedom Pro-Life' buttons.]

At CPAC, Anti-Choice Leaders Split on Strategy to Ram Through Restrictions

Christine Grimaldi

Anti-choice leaders at a Conservative Political Action Conference panel had conflicting opinions on whether Senate Republicans should do away with the filibuster to force through bills to restrict or end abortion access.

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It’s Getting Even Harder for Refugees to Access Health Care

Hannah Harris Green

The Trump administration's policies have likely exacerbated these problems, both for women struggling with access in their home countries and for those who eventually flee to the United States.

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TRAP Laws Have Ensured ‘Separate and Unequal Treatment’ for Abortion Care

Nicole Knight & An Organization Founded by Roy Moore Is Trying to Make Fetal ‘Personhood’ Law in Alabama

Lawmakers in more than a dozen states with TRAP laws have imposed no regulations on office-based surgeries like liposuction, breast augmentation, and vasectomies.

An Organization Founded by Roy Moore Is Trying to Make Fetal ‘Personhood’ Law in Alabama

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The arguments made in two separate amicus briefs show that even as anti-choice advocates defend piecemeal abortion restrictions, they remain focused on ending legal abortion entirely.

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