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New York Shelter Will Let Domestic Violence Survivors Live With Their Pets

Animals are often the targets of abuse, and can be used to perpetuate domestic and economic violence.

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Home Birth: Out of Reach for Appalachians

India Amos

The centuries-old practice of giving birth at home, assisted by midwives, once common in rural areas, has become too costly and too complicated for some Appalachian families.

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Trump’s Own Budget Office Puts the Brakes on Proposed Religious Imposition Rule

Katelyn Burns

"OMB’s delayed approval recognizes that the Department sacrificed the administrative processes designed to promote good government in order to satisfy the ideological zealousness of a handful of Trump appointees."

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Sonia Sotomayor Is the Only Justice to Connect Voter Purge Laws With Their Real-Life Consequences

Imani Gandy

Justice Sotomayor's dissent puts into perspective just how much is at stake with the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to safeguard voting rights.

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‘The Oppressive Regime We’re Now Living Under’: A Q&A With Two Immigration Attorneys Seeking Justice for ‘Jane Doe’

Tina Vasquez

Rewire.News recently spoke with Brigitte Amiri and Rochelle Garza about the SCOTUS ruling in Azar v. Garza, what permanent relief for migrants in ORR custody might look like, and the retaliation immigration lawyers face under the Trump administration.

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Sessions’ Move to Limit Asylum Claims Is a ‘Slap in the Face’

Tina Vasquez

It is “a slap in the face [to] everyone with a valid asylum claim who was relying on decades of legal precedent to file those claims,” one attorney told Rewire.News.

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Data Analysis: Influx of Democratic Women Could Spell the Hyde Amendment’s Demise

Meredith Conroy, Sean McElwee & Jon Green

Predictive data analysis shows that electing more Democratic women could lead to the repeal of Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for abortion care.

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‘Give Them Their Union’: Colorado’s Gubernatorial Candidates Speak Out on Planned Parenthood Union Dispute

Jason Salzman

Federal regulators approved a plan for workers to unionize at 14 of 18 Planned Parenthood clinics in Colorado. Planned Parenthood has fought the proposal.

Gavel Drop: The Long Legal Life of David Daleiden and His Planned Parenthood Smear Campaign

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Texas is still using Daleiden's video distortions as "evidence" to defund the health-care provider, and a California court tells the anti-choice activist to hand over documents.

Supreme Court Conservatives ‘Fuel the Fire’ of Voter Suppression

Jessica Mason Pieklo & Supreme Court Conservatives ‘Fuel the Fire’ of Voter Suppression

The 5-4 decision gives Ohio voting officials the green light to re-start purging its voter rolls just in time for the midterm elections.

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