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[Photo: An Obria Medical Clinics sign affixed to a clinic building.]

Anti-Choice Clinic Network Sues Because It Has to Use Title X Funds for Abortion Referrals (Updated)

Dennis Carter

Obria Group sued the Trump administration last week, claiming current Title X requirements violate the anti-choice group's First Amendment rights and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The Department of Health and Human Services Is Setting a Dangerous Precedent for Allowing Doctors to Deny Care

Sarah Stephan

For decades, health-care providers have had the ability to decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious beliefs. The new HHS rule goes above and beyond legal precedent.

[Photo: Kayla Gore stands with TLC’s organizing program associate Micky Bradford in front of an oversized purple banner that reads

Transgender People Report ‘High Levels of Violence’ in the U.S. South

Nico Lang

A new study found that nearly half of transgender people living in 13 Southern states reported “high levels of violence by strangers."

Pope Francis Dithering About Women, Skittish About Cops

Mary Hunt

In continuing to oppose women's ordination the pope argues that something has to be revealed in order for it to be done; but that we don’t do it so it must not have been revealed. A cursory examination of change on Catholic views of the death penalty and usury make quick mincemeat of that argument. Revelation provides direction toward increased justice; it's not a checklist of historical givens.

[Photo: An immigrant woman looks worried as she speaks to her doctor about treatment.]

The Trump Administration Is About to Make It Harder for People With Limited English Proficiency to Get Health Care

Nina Esperanza Serrianne & Wilmarie Ríos Jaime

For people with limited English proficiency, Section 1557 is the only line of defense against being denied service because of who they are, where they’re from, or the language they speak.

[Photo: Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton passionately challenges a ruling made by Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth.]

Legislative Lowlights: Alabama GOP to Make Abortion a Criminal Act (Updated)

Brie Shea

In Louisiana, Democrats continued to join Republicans to push through anti-choice laws.

[Photo: An Obria Medical Clinics sign outside a clinic building.]

An Anti-Choice Group Pledged It Would ‘Never’ Provide Contraception as It Pursued Title X Funds

Dennis Carter

Two months before the Obria Group got a $1.7 million family planning grant, its CEO emailed supporters to promise it would "never provide hormonal contraception."

[Photo: Tony Perkins gestures with his hand as he delivers remarks at the opening of an event.]

Family Research Council: The Extreme Anti-Choice Group Molding Trump’s Reproductive Rights Policy

Laura Huss & Kat Jercich

The Family Research Council has ingratiated itself with the administration, which could mean devastating consequences for the country's most vulnerable people.

LDS Church Rescinds Hurtful Marriage Policy Without Apology

Holly Welker

Given the ease with which the discontinuation of this policy was accomplished—two pages, three signatures—it’s worthwhile to ask: why now?

[Photo: A split screen of Senator Greg Albritton and Terri Collins.]

The Moral Outrage of Comparing Abortion to the Holocaust

Hara Person

The truth is that the ”forced-birth” mentality of those determined to eliminate abortion access is far closer to the Nazi philosophy of dehumanization and oppression.

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