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[Photo: Clive and Oneita share a smile while cooking together with Suyapa's family.]

In Sanctuary, Some Immigrant Families Cook for Joy and Survival

Tina Vasquez

Two families taking sanctuary at a church in Philadelphia host a monthly fundraising dinner to help cover their mounting expenses.

HHS Awards Nearly $1.5 Million in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Funding to Anti-Choice Organizations

Sony Salzman & HHS Awards Nearly $1.5 Million in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Funding to Anti-Choice Organizations

Two of the organizations receiving federal teen pregnancy prevention funding promote medication abortion reversal, which the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists considers "unproven and unethical.”

[Photo: A group of pro-choice supporters hold signs as they protest the gag rule.]

Trump’s ‘Devastating and Unlawful’ Title X Restrictions Go Into Effect

Dennis Carter

As the administration starts enforcing its Title X rule, clinics that provide reproductive health care to low-income people will start refusing the federal family planning dollars.

[Photo: In the foreground, two migrant women stand together crying. One woman holds a young chiild. In the background, a group of migrants wait to be interviewed by U.S. Border Patrol agents after they were taken into custody.]

There’s Nothing ‘Pro-Life’ About Denying Migrants Rights and Dignity

Jessica González-Rojas

It can seem incredibly hypocritical that the same administration that has launched a full-throated attack on access to abortion care is brutalizing pregnant migrants and letting babies die in detention centers. But, in fact, these policies are very much aligned.

[Photo: A young, Black high school teacher stands in front of her class as she presents a lesson on reproductive rights and health.]

How to Talk to Young People About Abortion

Ellen Friedrichs

We need to teach young people of all genders about abortion. Here are three ways teachers, parents, and health-care providers can do that.

[Photo: The outside of a Whole Woman's Health building.]

The Long Road to Opening South Bend’s Abortion Clinic (Updated)

Stephanie Russell-Kraft

"This is ridiculous that there are this many barriers for someone to open a clinic to provide something that is legal, something that’s normal medical care."

[Photo: A Black woman with a megaphone speaks at an abortion rights rally]

New Abortion Ban Lawsuit Places Black Georgians Squarely at the Center of the Fight

Imani Gandy

The lawsuit highlights how the attacks on abortion rights in Georgia will hit Black women the hardest.

[Photo: A sad mother of color breastfeeding her baby.]

I Had Postpartum Depression. But Because I Was Breastfeeding, I Couldn’t Access the Care I Needed.

Meredith Alston

After years of hearing about the importance of seeking help and accepting treatment for postpartum depression, it never occurred to me that a doctor would be more concerned about the level of antidepressants in my milk.

[Photo: The outside of a Catholic hospital.]

For Women of Color on Medicaid, Health-Care Options More Likely to Include Catholic Hospitals

Amy Littlefield

Women using Medicaid, particularly those who are Black or Latina, may be disproportionately funneled into Catholic facilities by their insurance plans, a new paper in the journal Contraception found.

[Photo: Two young, migrant children look on as their mothers wait in a holding room with an officer.]

‘Willful Recklessness’: Trump Pushes for Indefinite Family Detention

Renée Feltz

The Trump administration is taking steps to extend the detention of migrant families despite documented concerns from the medical community—including two doctors under federal contract to monitor the facilities where they are held.

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