Parenthood

Stigma Surrounds Addiction Treatment for Pregnant People in Indian Country

Mary Annette Pember

“If I could save someone 100 times, I would," said one advocate. "Maybe after that 101st time they might be ready to get help. If they die, they’ll never get that chance."

Democrats Left in the Dark as GOP House Committee Launches Maternal Mortality Investigation

Katelyn Burns

Committee Democrats were not consulted in the decision to launch the investigation, according to a spokesperson.

Report Details the Real Toll of Trump’s Family Separation Policy

Tina Vasquez

"The United States is violating domestic law, international law, asylum law, judicial standards of impartiality—you name it, we're doing it as a country."

Abolish ICE: Beyond a Slogan

Tina Vasquez

What does it look like to #AbolishICE? Envisioning community-based alternatives to a violent immigration system.

In West Virginia, an Outbreak and Few Answers

Ellee Achten

Opioids and a rise in people experiencing homelessness have been blamed for a hepatitis A epidemic in West Virginia. But advocates for the homeless say the local census doesn’t support that.

New Paper Examines How Gender Bias in Health Care Can Be Deadly

Julissa Treviño

“We were really struck by the fact that there’s actually a big difference in who survives something like a heart attack," one of the authors of the paper told Rewire.News.

Stop Saying That Making Abortion Illegal Won’t Stop People From Having Them

Diana Greene Foster

Criminalizing abortion or making it less accessible means that some women carry unwanted pregnancies to term.

How Oklahoma’s Jail Policies Can Cause Years of Snowballing Debt for Mothers Behind Bars

Victoria Law

For parents specifically, even a few days in pretrial detention means having to navigate child welfare services—which can entail even more financial burdens.

Nicole Chung Captures All the Beautiful Messiness of Adoption in New Memoir

Katie Klabusich

Chung exposes the raw pieces of her heart, allowing the reader to feel all the complex emotions that came with learning the details of her origin as an adult who still yearned to hear that her birth parents—her first parents, the ones who might look like her—wanted her, even if they couldn’t keep her.

In Canada, Ontario Premier’s War on Sex Ed Sows Confusion and Sparks Protests

Ellen Friedrichs

The province's top leader says a 2015 curriculum's discussions about gender, sexuality, and internet safety were too much and too soon for younger students. Some parents and students disagree.