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Conservatives Say They Want to End Abortions. The ‘Gag Rule’ Will Do the Opposite.

Abortion rates have been on the decline in the United States since the 1980s, due in large part to an increase in the use of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods, according to new research.

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Smoke and Mirrors: Ivanka Trump’s Trip to Latin America and the Global ‘Gag Rule’

Beirne Roose-Snyder & Smoke and Mirrors: Ivanka Trump’s Trip to Latin America and the Global ‘Gag Rule’

If Ivanka were serious about women’s economic empowerment, she would be actively advocating for legislation like the Global HER Act, which would permanently repeal the global gag rule.

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More Books I Loved That Will Carry You Into the Fall

Victoria Law

My favorites include With the Fire on High, Gods of Jade and Shadow, and The Satapur Moonstone.

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‘We Are Headed Toward a Public Health Crisis’: Title X Clinics Grapple With Trump’s ‘Gag Rule’

Erin Heger

Family planning officials in states with anti-choice restrictions see the new Title X rules as yet another barrier to health care for people with low incomes.

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This App Could Help Fill Health-Care Gaps Created by Trump’s Title X ‘Gag Rule’

Dennis Carter

Planned Parenthood is expanding availability of its Direct app, which can be used to order birth control pills for home delivery in some states.

[Photo: Pro-choice supporters hold signs as they rally against the Global Gag Rule.]

Why the LGBTQ Community Should Be Worried About Trump’s Gag Rule

Julianna S. Gonen

In recent years, many reproductive health care providers—like Title X clinics—have filled a critical gap in the provision of health care to the LGBTQ community.

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How a Mother in Sanctuary Became the Center of ICE’s ‘Crackdown on U Visas’

Tina Vasquez

“People need to be really concerned about this, about the lengths ICE is willing to go to silence a critic or someone fighting back."

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We Had No Idea How Much Physical Danger Stillbirth Can Cause

Hannah Harris Green

Patients who deliver stillborn babies are nearly five times more likely to experience life-threatening complications than those who have live births, a new study reveals.

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We Need to Talk About the Media’s Complicity in Violence Against Immigrants

Tina Vasquez

At what point are journalists doing Trump’s dirty work, aiding in the normalization of violence against immigrants and stripping them of their humanity?

On Being Black and ‘Disabled but Not Really’

Imani Barbarin

Despite the criticism of the episode, Hamilton’s appearance on Queer Eye felt like a step in the right direction for better representation of the diversity of disabled people.

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