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Laws Protecting LGBTQ Youth From ‘Conversion Therapy’ Find Continued Success in 2018

Teddy Wilson

State-level legislation banning so-called conversion therapy could "protect tens of thousands of teens," said Christy Mallory, state and local policy director at the Williams Institute.

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Arkansas’ Medication Abortion Ban Was Hit With a Temporary Restraining Order. Here’s What’s Next.

Rachel Cohen

Planned Parenthood says the law, which forces doctors providing medication abortion to contract with another doctor who has admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, would force it to stop providing medication abortion at two Arkansas clinics.

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Finally, a Little Good News: Third Circuit Issues Resounding Defense of the Rights of Trans Students

Lisa Needham

The decision beats back the deliberately disingenuous and misinformed positions of law firms seeking to undermine LGBTQ rights.

Is Cardinal Dolan’s Pro-Life Piece More Evidence of Pro-Catholic Bias from RNS Publisher?

Evan Derkacz

Credible allegations of bias toward Catholicism have been recently made against Religion News Service. It's hard to read a recent regurgitation by Cardinal Dolan of the Bishop's position on reproductive rights as anything other than confirmation of those allegations.

Why the Methodist Effort to Discipline Sessions Is a Risky Business

Daniel Schultz

Self-definition and even strident public opposition are one thing. Parsing who's a "real" Christian and who's not is something else.

Justice Kagan Tries to Bring Kennedy Along on Partisan Gerrymandering, But Her Efforts May Not Pan Out

Jessica Mason Pieklo & What Anti-Choice Activists Say About Trump’s Policy on Families Seeking Asylum

In two recent high-profile cases, Justice Elena Kagan has written a concurring opinion targeting Justice Anthony Kennedy for a future vote. It's a smart strategy—but only if Kennedy sticks around.

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Should Preventing Unintended Pregnancy Be Family Planning’s Holy Grail?

Dr. Christine Dehlendorf

Our history is marred by examples of contraceptive coercion. Family planning programs and research can counter that history by changing how we define our goals and success.

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Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Wisconsin’s ‘Personhood’ Law

Jessica Mason Pieklo & What Anti-Choice Activists Say About Trump’s Policy on Families Seeking Asylum

A panel of federal judges on Monday dismissed a case challenging a Wisconsin law that allows for the involuntarily detention and treatment of pregnant people, while the fetus gets legal representation.

Alumni Ask Nielsen’s High School to Condemn DHS Chief and Policy to Separate Families

Katelyn Burns

The Berkeley Preparatory School community group’s GoFundMe campaign raised more than $1,700 for Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) Texas in just 17 hours.

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What Anti-Choice Activists Say About Trump’s Policy on Families Seeking Asylum

Ally Boguhn

Many anti-choice leaders don't necessarily see the plight of asylum seekers as a "pro-life" issue.

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