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[Photo: A pregnant migrant woman stands in line with other immigrants awaiting inspection.]

Meet the Federal Agency Helping to Criminalize Pregnant Migrants

Tina Vasquez

Pregnant asylum seekers in Texas are held in federal custody and must sometimes endure life-threatening circumstances, according to one advocate, because of the way the United States has chosen to criminalize those seeking asylum.

[Photo: An Obria Medical Clinics sign outside a clinic building.]

An Anti-Choice Group Pledged It Would ‘Never’ Provide Contraception as It Pursued Title X Funds

Dennis Carter

Two months before the Obria Group got a $1.7 million family planning grant, its CEO emailed supporters to promise it would "never provide hormonal contraception."

[Photo: Illustration of Tupac Shakur, and his mother, Afeni, on a pink painted background.]

In Tupac’s ‘Dear Mama,’ a Backstory About His Mother’s Activism, Mass Incarceration, and Bail

Brandi Collins-Calhoun

This Mother's Day, I'm listening to the song as a tribute to Afeni Shakur, but also to families separated by mass incarceration.

[Photo: An illustration of gender non-conforming parents of color ranging in size, shade, gender.]

This Mother’s Day, Support Mamas to Build Power and Save Lives

Elizabeth Dawes Gay

You can get involved in these three campaigns and make a difference for a mom in time for Mother’s Day.

[Photo: Tony Perkins gestures with his hand as he delivers remarks at the opening of an event.]

Family Research Council: The Extreme Anti-Choice Group Molding Trump’s Reproductive Rights Policy

Laura Huss & Kat Jercich

The Family Research Council has ingratiated itself with the administration, which could mean devastating consequences for the country's most vulnerable people.

[Photo: A young, Black woman gently comforts a baby boy in his crib.]

Mom-ish: When My Nephew Was Removed From His Home, I Literally Became a Parent Overnight

Cassie Hogan

Sometimes when he calls me mommy, I wonder if correcting him confuses him, when he's partially right.

[Photo: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry leave an event.]

If Meghan Markle Chose a Doula, an OB-GYN’s Mocking Proved Her Right

Samantha Griffin

A British doctor joined the royal-bashing, in questioning her birth plan. With physician attitudes like that, who could blame the Duchess of Sussex for considering midwifery, a doula, and a nonhospital birth?

[Photo: House Committee on Appropriations members (L-R) Representative Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) prepare to hear testimony at a committee hearing. ]

‘Budgets Reflect Priorities’: House Democrats Use Spending Bill to Fight Trump’s ‘Gag Rule’

Ally Boguhn

Democrats' pushback against the so-called gag rule includes Hyde Amendment language restricting federal funding for abortion care.

[Photo: Two young women stare at each other askance as they sit on a kitchen floor.]

In ‘Little Woods,’ a Film That Doesn’t Scream Loudly About Abortion

Lindsay King-Miller

Nia DaCosta's debut about an unplanned pregnancy in rural North Dakota makes a subtle case for abortion access without being didactic, a refreshing change from the polarized abortion debate.

[Photo: An illustration of hospital doors closed off by caution tape that reads

A Catholic Hospital in Iowa Offered Contraception for Decades. Then the Bishop Found Out.

Amy Littlefield

Catholic hospitals are supposed to follow religious directives that ban abortion, sterilization, and most contraception. But some of these facilities have found creative ways to get around the rules—until recently.

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