There are many wonderful adoption stories in the world, but almost none of them feature the perspective of the birth mother. In the season finale of CHOICE/LESS, Angelique Saavedra tells her powerful and heart-rending story so that other birth mothers know they don't have to be invisible—their experiences matter.
Ensuring that all people—and especially young people—have a complete and accurate understanding of how sexuality can shape and affect us is a necessary and moral thing to do.
"There have been times," said 20-year-old Llondyn Elliot, "where I could not afford prescriptions or doctors' visits, and because of lack of funds was not able to access care."
The heightened advocacy on Capitol Hill comes as the Trump administration ditched protections for transgender students under Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination at schools that receive federal funding.
Carnival is about body positivity and resistance. But we need that freedom of physical expression all year long—and in school curricula and the broader culture.
Rewire identified multiple federally qualified health centers that restrict access to contraception or refuse to provide it altogether for religious reasons. Together, those centers operate health clinics in dozens of locations throughout the nation and collected $38 million in Affordable Care Act grants last year alone.
