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‘It Feels Like It’s ‘Build Back Better’ for Everything Except Abortion’

Galina Espinoza

President Joe Biden ran on a pro-choice platform. Yet neither he nor his administration has said the word abortion.

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‘We Have to Take Seriously the Option to Rebalance the Court’

Galina Espinoza

One option for "rebalancing the court" includes adding justices to the Supreme Court.

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Editor’s Note: Grading Biden’s First 100 Days

Galina Espinoza

Hear conversations with a diverse group of leaders in the reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice space who evaluated how the Biden administration has handled these issues three months into the presidency.

[PHOTO: Image on left of author Audrey Clare Farley and on right, The Unfit Heiress book cover]

What the Sterilization of a Wealthy White Woman Reveals About Eugenics

Julia Métraux

The story of Ann Cooper, told in The Unfit Heiress, "helped to modernize eugenics by shifting focus from hereditary to environmental defects."

To Prepare for Motherhood, I Looked to the Past

Cassandra Lane

I was rushing against time to locate and pick up all my missing parts before I had the responsibility of young Black life under my hands.

How Politicians Exploit Fears About Death to Attack Abortion Care

Rewire News Group Staff

If we’re so afraid of death—and we are—then equating fetal burial legislation with abortion will only impede access.

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Hey, Texas! It’s Not Child Abuse to Respect Your Trans Kid’s Gender Identity

Imani Gandy

SB 1646, part of four anti-trans bills Texas Republicans considered this week, is a disaster of a bill even by Texas standards.

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What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines, Birth Control, and Blood Clots

Martha Kempner

Comparisons of COVID-19 vaccines to the birth control pill, which carry a higher risk of blood clots, is not helpful nor entirely scientifically accurate.

I Got an IUD. Why Didn’t Doctors Prepare Me for the Searing Pain?

Gina Tron

I learned that my experience is common. I also learned that anesthesia, or any prescribed pain management for IUD placement, is nearly nonexistent.

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How Medical Misogyny Fails Patients Who Report Pain

Rewire News Group Staff

Gabrielle Jackson's book Pain & Prejudice details how medical providers failed her as she tried to get answers about her pain.

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