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[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

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.

[Photo: A migrant woman looks out longingly between gate bars.]

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."

[Photo: Young Asian female doctor looks concerned.]

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.

[Photo: An HSI agent in gear looks on as migrant women are corralled during a raid.]

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.

[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 & How to Talk to Young People About Abortion

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.

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