Parenthood

For OB-GYN Group, Recent Social Media Flap Needs to Be a Wakeup Call

Monica McLemore, Didi Saint Louis & Karen A. Scott

Essentially telling women at higher risk for pregnancy-related complications to simply “wrap it up" and avoid pregnancy is unacceptable.

Bailing Out Black Mamas Means Bailing Out Trans People

Rachel Anspach

Southerners on New Ground hopes that the organizing strategies it is developing in partnership with the Transgender Law Center will provide guidance to other organizations in the bailout coalition that are also facing difficulties finding trans and gender nonconforming folks to bail out.

Caravan Asylum Seekers Let in, but Their Harrowing Journey Continues

Ari Honarvar

“We are in a refugee crisis."

‘Things That Helped’ Is an Elegant Memoir of Living Through Postpartum Depression

Eleanor J. Bader

In this essay collection that's a testament to recovery, Jessica Friedmann writes about debilitating sadness and inertia after her son's birth—and how creativity helped her find balance again.

Lawsuits Challenge Trump Administration’s Changes to Title X Family Planning Program

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The lawsuits filed in federal court claim the administration acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it announced changes to how grants are awarded under the federal family planning program.

Small Wins Led to a Big Victory for Paid Sick Leave Advocates in New Jersey

Bryce Covert

“Once you have [paid sick leave] in place in a few localities, you’re not talking about these issues from a theoretical perspective. You’re talking about real-life benefits and real-life people.”

The New ICE Age: An Agency Unleashed

Tina Vasquez

Trump is giving ICE the tools, financial resources, and presidential backing to go after immigrant communities as never before. While John Kelly and Stephen Miller may be the main architects of Trump’s nativist anti-immigration policy, they are not its most important and powerful supporters. For that, look to the labor union that represents ICE’s agents.

Anti-Choice Activists, Lawmakers Press Trump to End Funding for Planned Parenthood

Ally Boguhn

There's a renewed anti-choice push to reinstate a Reagan-era prohibition on abortion referrals, commonly referred to as the “domestic gag rule.”

Getting Pregnant After 35 May Be Considered ‘High-Risk,’ But It Doesn’t Have to Be High Stress

Charity Woods

As I began to push myself to be open and honest about my journey, I encountered more and more women who are in the same predicament: sifting through the mounds of information and statistics, sorting emotional baggage, and coming to terms with related expenses and changes to life plans.

While Rohingya Refugees Are Being Raped, Agencies Lack Needed Funding

Beth Schlachter & While Rohingya Refugees Are Being Raped, Agencies Lack Needed Funding

Rohingya women and girls have suffered unspeakable atrocities of rape and they’re still suffering, yet the United States has pulled its aid to the organizations doing the most to address the crisis.