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Birth Control Usage Is Up—but Concern Over Access Grows

By strengthening the family planning infrastructure like increasing birth control access, we can help ensure everyone's reproductive well-being.

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COVID-19 Strained Public Health Systems. In Mississippi, Health Officials Made It Worse.

Erica Hensley

Some states used a rare loophole to divert family planning funds into the pandemic response, but the cuts were especially deep in Mississippi.

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Texas Abortion Ban Reality: ‘We Have to Say No to Patients Every Single Day’

Rewire News Group Staff

While Monday's oral arguments before the Supreme Court had promising moments, abortion providers stressed it does little for the reality in Texas.

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When a Miscarriage Becomes a Jail Sentence

Rewire News Group Staff

National Advocates for Pregnant Women painted a grim picture of pregnant people increasingly being prosecuted around the country for a miscarriage.

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Everything Parents Need to Know About Endometriosis

Rewire News Group Staff & Samantha Sanders

Are you a parent of a student with endometriosis or a parent with endo? This guide is for you.

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Why Biden’s ‘Gag Rule’ Reversal Came Just in Time for New Hampshire

Rewire News Group Staff

After New Hampshire Republicans stripped funding from the state's affordable reproductive health-care clinics, Biden's new Title X policy offers a lifeline.

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In Utah Jails, a Rare Reproductive Rights Bright Spot Emerges

Lizzie Tribone

A bill that went into effect in July now guarantees contraceptives for incarcerated people in Utah jails.

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How Mississippi Leveraged the Pandemic to Further Decimate Reproductive Health Access

Erica Hensley

Mississippi diverted federal funds for family planning into the state's pandemic response, leaving clinics without staff and patients without health care.

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Medical Students Are ‘Driving’ for Change Over Gender-Inclusive Language

Alys Brooks

"People don’t get this in their formative training ... when they have a patient in front of them [after training] and they don’t know what to do."

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Meet the Unlikely Pair Who Are Challenging Mississippi’s Pro-Life Claims

Erica Hensley

Faith leaders are doing "slow culture change work" to confront abortion stigma in their communities and rally against the "pro-life" status quo.

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