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Celebration and Suffering: Black Breastfeeding Week Has Room for Complexity

Latona Giwa

We need conversations about breastfeeding that are as nuanced and complex as is breastfeeding while Black.

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I Wanted a Child. Instead, I Had Three Abortions.

Sarah Myerson

And as a member of the clergy, I know the role of my religion is not to tell me what is medically permissible, including having an abortion.

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New Jersey Could Be an Abortion Safe Haven If ‘Roe’ Falls

Nina Henry

But the Reproductive Freedom Act remains stalled despite support from New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and most New Jerseyans.

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What It’s Like to Be a Pregnant Abortion Provider

Stephanie Chen

Being pregnant and providing my patients with abortion care does not change my ethical understanding of abortion, but it does give me a new perspective.

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If Mississippi Were Truly Pro-Life It Would Stop Banning Abortion

Erica Hensley

Mississippi has a health-care crisis. By asking the Supreme Court to ban abortion, attorneys for the state are deepening it.

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This Juneteenth, an Urgent Call for Black Maternal Health Solutions

Dawn Godbolt & Alise Powell

Without reproductive justice, we continue to live only partially liberated lives. Here's how Congress and the White House can act.

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Military Families Deserve Access to Quality Contraceptive Care

Rep. Jackie Speier & Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley

The Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act would provide basic health care by eliminating cost barriers to reproductive well-being.

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What Do Bridges, Roads, and Abortions Have in Common?

Erin Matson

They're critical infrastructure that needs to be funded.

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Mobile Health Clinics Could Revolutionize Reproductive Care in the South

Erica Hensley

Plan A is bringing health care directly to Mississippians—and at a time when access continues to be threatened.

Improving Maternal Health Outcomes Isn’t That Complicated

Shalini Raichur & Dawn Godbolt

Congress needs to mandate postpartum Medicaid coverage for at least one year. It would be just one step in addressing maternal health inequities.

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