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Yelp Fixed Its Anti-Choice Clinic Problem. Why Can’t Google Do the Same?

In contrast to Google, a Yelp search for an abortion provider in an area where there are none simply turns up no results.

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Roberts Court Resumes With Abortion, LGBTQ Rights at Center

Jessica Mason Pieklo

On the first day of its 2019-2020 term, the Roberts Court will consider taking up three different abortion rights cases.

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Ten Reasons Folks Should Care About the Hyde Amendment

Eveline Shen

The Hyde Amendment perpetuates harm against women of color and Indigenous folks. Repealing it would mean a leap toward reproductive justice.

When the ‘Biblical View’ for Evangelicals Was That Life Begins at Birth

Jonathan Dudley

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg was recently castigated by evangelicals and other conservative Christians for saying that, according to his read of the Bible, life begins at first breath. But there was a time, not long ago, when that same belief was at the center of evangelical thought. How quickly the Bible can change.

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The Rift in the Porn World About How to Approach HIV

Mark Hay

On the subject of HIV prevention, said one expert, “the adult film industry is a microcosm of the United States.”

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A Hurricane Is a Man-Made Disaster. The Same Is True for the Gutting of Abortion Rights.

Ash Williams

Three weeks ago, Hurricane Dorian forced me to reckon with the reality of what it's like to access abortion in the midst of a disaster.

Some Anti-Choice Democrats Still Haven’t Backed Impeachment Inquiry (Updated)

Alys Brooks

President Trump has delivered on major promises to abortion rights opponents, putting the president in line with anti-choice Democrats in the House.

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Hyde Makes Navigating Reproductive Health Care Even Harder for Black Muslims

Vanessa Taylor

Though Black Muslims account for a fifth of all U.S. Muslims, conversations around Hyde and reproductive health-care access have failed to take their experiences into account.

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This Routine Gyno Procedure Won’t Take Away Your Orgasm

Dana McQueen & Eduardo Hariton

As obstetrician-gynecologists who specialize in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, we want to reassure patients that permanent sexual dysfunction is not a known complication of a LEEP.

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The Fight for D.C. Statehood is a Fight for Abortion Access

Brooke Butler & The Fight for D.C. Statehood is a Fight for Abortion Access

Abortion access should not be restricted by partisan wins and losses. And the fight for statehood should not be restricted to D.C. residents.

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