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[Photo: The campus of Georgetown University is seen nearly empty as classes were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Washington, DC, May 7, 2020.]

Attend a Private School? Your Birth Control Could Be at Risk.

Mansee Khurana

A "reckoning" might be ahead now that the Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to gut birth control coverage at religiously affiliated colleges.

[Photo: Volunteers separate condoms to give away during a free HIV testing event]

How College Students Can Have Safer Sex This Semester

Cassandra Corrado

As some students return to campus, here are four ways to think about sexual health in the age of COVID-19.

[PHOTO: Joe Biden talks behind a podium on the final night of the Democratic National Convention]

Democrats Love Abortion and Care About the Courts—or So I’m Told

Jessica Mason Pieklo

Democrats couldn't bring themselves to say "abortion" or talk about the federal courts during their convention this week.

COVID-19 Is Complicating Pregnancies. This Black Midwife Has a Plan for That.

Abbie Synan

Midwives have seen an interest in their services during the pandemic as pregnant people consider deliveries outside a hospital.

Black Women’s Suffrage Has Always Been a Matter of Life and Death

Anoa Changa

Black women fought—and still fight—for universal suffrage as a part of efforts to dismantle systemic racism and protect Black lives.

[Photo: Demonstrators carry a sign reading

Key Moments in the 100-Year Fight for Women to Vote

Kate Kelly

Ratification of the 19th Amendment capped a nearly century-long fight that carries on today with the push for the Equal Rights Amendment.

How to Make the Promise of Suffrage a Reality

Kate Kelly

One hundred years after ratification of the 19th Amendment, another constitutional amendment is poised to finish the job.

Denying Abortion Coverage Is Not a Religious Value

Sheila Katz, Sara Hutchinson Ratcliffe & Rev. Katey Zeh

We must ensure that each of us has quality health care, encompassing the full range of reproductive health-care options, including abortion.

[Photo: A young Muslim person holds a mug in one hand and a pill in the other. She looks hesitant.]

Fearmongering Headlines About COVID-19 and Birth Control Don’t Tell the Whole Story

Martha Kempner

The last thing we need right now are alarmist headlines suggesting contraceptives and COVID-19 are a deadly combo.

Betsy DeVos’ Sexual Assault Rules Won’t Protect Teens Like Us

Zoey Brewer & Celia Ziliak

If the new Title IX rule goes into effect on Friday, student survivors will bear the brunt of an education system that is willing to sweep sexual violence under the rug.

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