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[Photo: Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson stands on stage, looking stern, prior to the start of an event.]

Legislative Lowlights: Abortion Restrictions Sweep Through GOP-Held Legislatures

Brie Shea

Arkansas Republicans are ensuring legal abortion will end in the state should Roe v. Wade fall, while GOP lawmakers in Missouri push a so-called fetal heartbeat abortion ban.

[Photo: Close-up of Black, female doctor's hand measuring blood pressure of a Black patient.]

Racism in Medicine: As Doctors, We Must Do Better

Dr. Zia Okocha

I implore my colleagues to acknowledge the many ways Black bodies have involuntarily contributed to medical advances we take for granted.

[Photo: A young, black girl smells a flower. Her friends talk amongst themselves in the background.]

What We Risk When We Fail to Protect Black Girls

Natasha Crooks & Akilah Wise

Emerging research implicates this systematic lack of protection in the disproportionately high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Black girls and women.

[Photo: President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the Susan B Anthony List gala.]

‘Victory’: Anti-Choice Groups Cheer Trump’s Plan to Decimate Family Planning Program

Ally Boguhn

Anti-choice groups and activists lauded the Trump administration for acting to restrict federal family planning funds.

[Photo: Close up of a Planned Parenthood sign on a building.]

Trump Administration Releases Final Text of Domestic ‘Gag Rule’ Restriction on Title X (Updated)

Katelyn Burns & The Problem of ‘Evil’ in Describing Southern Baptist Abuse Crisis

Anti-choice officials installed by the Trump administration at HHS have long held the goal of defunding Planned Parenthood, a primary recipient of Title X family planning funding.

[Photo: The lead clinician at a Planned Parenthood clinic talks in one of the clinic rooms.]

What You Need to Know About Trump’s Attacks on the Federal Family Planning Program

Laura Huss, Katelyn Burns & The Problem of ‘Evil’ in Describing Southern Baptist Abuse Crisis

The Trump administration presents a threat to the Title X family planning grant program that hasn’t been seen before.

[Photo: Two genderqueer individuals pose for a picture during a parade.]

Ask a Queer Chick: Do I Have to Come Out to My Conservative Family?

Lindsay King-Miller

Also: How do I stand up for a friend being misgendered at work? And how do I know if I'm nonbinary?

The Way We Never Were: Calling Out Evangelicals For Hypocrisy Misses the Point

Hollis Phelps

Much of the discussion of white evangelicals laments the loss of their moral standing, but such criticisms suffer under the misunderstanding that white evangelicalism in the United States has somehow devolved from a once salutary moral vision to brute political opportunism.

[Photo: A river flowing under a moonlit night between a bank of pine trees, with mountains rising in the background.]

‘Honoring Our Monthly Moons’: Some Menstruation Rituals Give Indigenous Women Hope

Mary Annette Pember

The way the media represents these menstruation practices is crucial. There are myriad practices and, for some, they hold the key to healing from ongoing colonial violence.

The Problem of ‘Evil’ in Describing Southern Baptist Abuse Crisis

Carol Howard Merritt

Now that I’m a pastor, I hold this truth within me: Every person has the capacity to do horrible things and so our congregations need to be set up with ways to report that go beyond a distraught housewife armed with a telephone.

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