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

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.

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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