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Power

To ‘Protect’ My Kids, the State Made Me Homeless

Elizabeth Brico

Parental homelessness does not serve a child’s best interest. I'm fighting back.

[A young person gets food from a homeless shelter]

Power

Trans People Are Terrified About the Trump Administration’s New Housing Rule

Carl Charles

Accessing emergency housing could depend on a person’s ability to pass a "gender test," which ultimately harms everyone experiencing housing instability.

[Photo: A group of Moms 4 Housing supporters hold a large banner that reads 'Moms 4 Housing. We Stand With Them.']

Parenthood

These Mothers Are Fighting for Their Families by Occupying Vacant Homes

Lizzie Tribone

The demand for shelter is a demand to keep mothers and their children together.

[A woman and her doctor at the doctor's office]

Abortion

I Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Rent or Paying for an Abortion

Katie Klabusich

We cannot fully build families and determine the direction of our own lives as long as the floor can be yanked out from underneath us.

[Protesters marching for housing justice]

Power

Why Losing Your Housing Is One of the Greatest Threats to Reproductive Health

Imani Gandy

How can a person parent their children in a safe and healthy environment if they don’t have stable housing?

[Person holding a megaphone rallying the crowd of protesters in the front of the Supreme Court.]

Abortion

Did That Really Happen? A Look Back at the Louisiana Abortion Rights Win

Jessica Mason Pieklo

A trip down memory lane in June Medical Services v. Russo—with GIFs.

[Photo: Representative Jan Schakowsky speaks during an outdoor press conference.]

Abortion

U.S. Anti-Abortion Policies Endanger Lives Worldwide. Here’s My Plan to End That.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky

The racist Helms Amendment effectively allows our country to control the health care and bodily autonomy of Black and brown people around the world.

[Image of Louisiana written along an empty road]

Abortion

One Month From the Big Abortion Rights Win in Louisiana: ‘We’ve Gained Nothing’

Susan Rinkunas

While June Medical Services v. Russo didn’t result in more clinics having to close, people in the state still face daily tragedies trying to access abortion care.

[Photo: US Representative Henry Hyde speaks passionately during a hearing.]

Abortion

What Is Going On With Congress, the Budget, and Abortion Access? A GIFsplanation

Jessica Mason Pieklo

House Democrats have re-upped the Hyde Amendment—but Rep. Ayanna Pressley and others are fighting back.

[Photo: A young Brown person wearing plaid smiles as they hug themself.]

Abortion

One Desi Woman’s Story: Taking Care of My Mental Health During My Abortion

Shelly Khan

This Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, it's critical to put your well-being first.

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