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[Photo: A woman breastfeeds at a protest]

With Breastfeeding in Political Crosshairs, Advocates Must Reach Out Beyond Our Bubble

And that means making sure breastfeeding isn't isolated from reproductive justice and health—and that it's not framed as a simple matter of "choice."

[Photo: A stressed patient speaks with a doctor filling out a form]

In West Virginia, Doctors Assumed My Chronic Pain Was Really a Drug Problem

Andrea Fekete

When anyone in my city, specifically someone young and healthy-looking, is lethargic and incoherent, an EMT’s first guess is an heroin overdose.

US Fails to Reunite Detained, Deported Parents With Their Young Children (Updated)

Tina Vasquez

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw, who issued the court order requiring separated families be reunited, said in a Tuesday status conference that the deadlines in place are "firm deadlines" and not "aspirational goals."

New York Legislators, Advocates Call Out Trump’s Efforts to Suppress Breastfeeding

Auditi Guha

“We should not be bullying other countries and attempting to water down resolutions that would recognize the importance of breastfeeding for infants and would work against misleading attempts to sell substitutes for a mother’s milk,” said U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney.

[Photo: A 3-week-old child named Jayceanna Charnoski sleeps in her new cradleboard]

Amid Staggering Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates, Native Communities Revive Traditional Concepts of Support

Mary Annette Pember

“They say that historical trauma is in the DNA of Native peoples, but love is in there too. We need to focus on that and bring it to the surface."

Legislative Lowlights: State-Level Republicans Green Light Discrimination Against LGBTQ Adoption

Brie Shea

South Carolina became the tenth state to allow publicly funded adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples and other prospective parents based on the agency's religious beliefs.

[Photo: Activists rally in Philedelphia to protest Immigration Customs and Enforcement]

Demonstrators Occupy ICE Building in Philadelphia Amid Police Brutality

Danielle Corcione

All over the United States, groups of socialists, anarchists, communists, and other leftists are camping outside ICE offices to prevent agents and their detainees from entering and exiting the buildings.

[Photo: A group of white people stand with their hands raised. One holds a sign that says

An Open Letter to All White Women Seeking Redemption

Marcela Howell, Jessica González-Rojas & Sung Yeon Choimorrow

Facing the atrocity of our government’s attack on brown children at the border, will you continue to support Trump and his racist policies, or will you take this opportunity to redeem yourselves?

[Photo: Protesters hold signs as they march by the White House to support women's health programs and protest President Donald Trump's global gag rule.]

The Effects of the Global Gag Rule Are Being Felt Everywhere

Melvine Ouyo & Alexa Henderson

In Kenya, desperate pregnant women and girls who lack access to safe medical care because of funding cuts under Trump’s global gag rule are turning to "curtain clinics” to terminate their pregnancies. Such clinics are run by people who aren’t nurses or doctors.

[Picture: Sign that says Department of Health and Human Services]

Abstinence Advocate, Previously Cited for Neglect of Duty, Tapped to Create HHS Strategies

Katelyn Burns & Abstinence Advocate, Previously Cited for Neglect of Duty, Tapped to Create HHS Strategies

Valerie Huber's appointment to develop the OASH strategic plan has health providers concerned for the future of the programs administered by the office.

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