Sex

As UN Considers Status of Women, It’s Time for the Vatican to Take Its Rightful Place

Mary Hunt

It's hard to name a state or religious group that's done more than the Holy See to thwart the spirit and the letter of CSW which affirms that the fundamental freedoms of all women and girls is essential for the achievement of gender equality.

Will Trump’s Next FDA Head Push Anti-Choice Agenda?

Ally Boguhn

“The FDA should be about science and public health, not politics and anti-abortion obstruction."

Legislative Lowlights: Texas GOP Finds New and Inventive Ways to Legalize LGBTQ Discrimination

Brie Shea

Meanwhile, Utah Republicans want to control how educators talk about contraception, and GOP legislators in Oklahoma continue to push the anti-choice myth of abortion "reversal."

House Republicans Hide Behind ‘Lesbian Radical Feminist’ to Push Anti-Trans Agenda

Heron Greenesmith

Julia Beck has been granted a platform to give the right wing's anti-transgender activism the veneer of bipartisanship.  

Get to Know the People Who Make Abortion Care Possible

Regina Mahone

"When people are able to make their own decisions about if, when, and how they create families, we build stronger, healthier, and happier communities."

In Search of Safety: An Investigation of Abuse at an Immigration Facility

Tina Vasquez

Over a ten-month period, Rewire.News partnered with Latino USA to dig into the case of one woman's alleged sexual abuse. What we learned through a FOIA request raised questions about internal investigations at immigration facilities and the safety of thousands of detained immigrants.

A Second Person Is ‘Cured’ of HIV. But What Does That Mean?

Martha Kempner

Scientists are debating calling it a cure or remission. And while the treatment in question is important, it may never be common and probably won't change prevention practices.

‘More Than an Undue Burden’: Trump’s Domestic ‘Gag Rule’ Faces Flurry of Lawsuits (Updated)

Dennis Carter

Officials in 21 states are slated to bring lawsuits against the so-called domestic "gag rule," expected to go into effect in early May.

At CPAC the President Got the One Thing He Needed

Bradley Onishi

When you center abortion at the cost of all other issues, you center the unborn whose lives are supposedly at stake. The unborn become angels who must be protected at all costs, which means the rest of us—the born and bodied—are of secondary concern at best.

LGBTQ Methodists on Whether the United Methodist Church Will Ever Affirm LGBTQ People

Tris Mamone

'I have doubts that the UMC, as is, will ever become fully affirming. The path to full affirmation will likely involve a schism of some sort. We're just waiting to see who will leave, and what will be left in the wake of that exodus.'