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[Photo: Woman of color's hand holding on to cell bars.]

First-of-Its-Kind Study Fills in Decades-Long Blank About Pregnancy in Prison

Victoria Law

More than 30 percent of the world’s incarcerated women live in the United States, but little remains known about the gender-specific health conditions they face.

[Photo: A woman sits during an exam at a reproductive health clinic.]

You Can’t Redefine Reproductive Health Without a Reproductive Health Provider

Dr. Jennifer Conti & You Can’t Redefine Reproductive Health Without a Reproductive Health Provider

As a physician whose job it is to care for my patients, I won’t stop asking why this administration is so fiercely invested in controlling reproductive decisions domestically and abroad.

[Photo: Main cast of 'One Day At A Time' pose for a photo during the show's final season premier.]

‘One Day at a Time’ Was One of a Kind. And Netflix Screwed Up by Canceling It.

Julio Salgado

Where else have you seen a Latina mother's honest struggle to support her queer child—and a show with Latinx folks behind the camera?

[Photo: Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and ranking member Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) confer during a hearing.]

Senate Democrats Call for Hearing on Trump’s Domestic ‘Gag Rule’

Katelyn Burns

Democrats on the HELP committee join a growing chorus of congressional criticism of the "gag rule," which is set to go into effect on May 3.

[Photo: Disability activists in the Bay Area protesting cuts to Medicaid.]

Progressives Court the Disability Community While Republicans Make Plans to Send It to the Poor House

Rebecca Cokley

By standing in the way of progress, Republicans are showing they don’t understand the lived experience of disabled people and their families, and don’t understand that their voices are required at any policy table.

[Photo: A middle-aged Black man looks at the camera defiantly.]

In This Small Georgia City, an Unpaid Court Fine Can Get Your Utilities Cut Off

Lewis Raven Wallace

“The fear and the panic is palpable for people who are in danger of losing their power, losing their water, losing other utilities” due to unpaid fines tacked onto their bills by the city, said one attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights.

[Photo: A young, Black woman looks at her pregnancy test in shock.]

This Week in Sex: New Clue Into Why Some Birth Control Users Get Pregnant

Martha Kempner

Hint: It might not be their fault.

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Less Than a Third of Catholic Hospital Websites Note Religion’s Impact on Reproductive Care

Amy Littlefield

One possible reason is that Catholic facilities don’t want the religious restrictions known to patients.

[Photo: United States President Donald Trump, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence looking on, delivers the State of the Union address.]

Why Trump’s Upcoming Budget Spells Bad News for Women and Families

Melissa Boteach

This budget will likely be a multi-pronged attack on their economic security, health, and safety.

[Photo: A Black father holds and consoles his young, crying son.]

‘It’s Horrifying to Think About’: Migrants and Their Young Children Are Held in Isolation at Family Detention Centers

Tina Vasquez

“Even if we give this detention center the benefit of the doubt and say they had good intentions, it’s important that the American public not underestimate how traumatizing these facilities are."

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