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The State of Public Education in Oklahoma Is Dismal. Here’s How Betsy DeVos Made It Worse.

Ally Boguhn

The DeVos-supported Oklahoma Federation for Children Action Fund invested in derailing the campaigns of candidates who prioritized public education.

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Could a California Bill Be the Key to Addressing Mood Disorders in New Parents?

s.e. smith

AB 2193 takes a somewhat unique approach to the issue of mandatory screening for new parents—one that could become a model for other states.

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Catholic Rules Ban Condoms at Kentucky Needle Exchanges: ‘Where’s Galileo When You Really Need Him?’

Amy Littlefield

The Northern Kentucky Health Department is investigating a “cluster of HIV cases," but Catholic hospital rules mean two needle exchange programs are forbidden from distributing condoms.

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I Had a Miscarriage—and Needed the Help a Doula Could Provide

Yamani Hernandez

Why aren’t more providers telling us about doulas in our times of need?

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New Personhood Pushes Renew Threats to IVF

Angela Lawson

If personhood proponents have their way, they'll restrict the ways people with infertility can build the families they want and push us to illogical extremes.

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In Alabama, a Liberian Teacher Awaits Her Fate as Deadline Looms for Little-Known Immigration Program (Updated)

Tina Vasquez

President Donald Trump has until March 31 to make his decision about whether to extend the program, as previous presidents have done.

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Parents, Take Heed: Fake Clinics Are Teaching Sex ‘Education,’ and You Can Help Stop Them

Ellen Friedrichs

Awareness is a first step. A second one might very well be taking a leaf from a group of parents in St. Louis and demanding to see curricula and holding schools accountable for the presenters they bring in.

Missouri Doesn’t Need More Anti-Choice Politicians. That Includes You, Democrats.

Pamela Merritt

I can’t imagine a world where party leaders welcome candidates just as long as they pinky swear not to legislate based on their personal views.

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Nebraska GOP Takes Trump’s Lead, Seeks to Deny Funds to Family Planning Centers

Erin Heger

The Nebraska GOP plan to deny Title X funds to health centers that perform, counsel about, or refer for abortion services would harm family planning health centers in the state, potentially setting them up to violate federal law.

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The Trump Administration Is Making It Harder to Stop Foster Children From Being Trafficked

Annamarya Scaccia

Last week, the administration delayed an Obama-era rule that would have made it easier to collect data crucial to improving the lives of sex trafficking victims in the foster care system.

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