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‘Feminist’ Groups Teaming Up With Phyllis Schlafly’s Organization to Put Trans Kids’ Safety at Risk

Phyllis Schlafly campaigned to stop the Equal Rights Amendment. At the Supreme Court, two self-identified feminist groups are taking the same side as the ultra-conservative policy organization she founded.

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In Netflix’s ‘Sex Education,’ Teens Are More Than Walking Hormones or STDs

Martha Kempner

A sex ed teacher's take on a new series that's heavy on shagging and light on the usual teen stereotypes.

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I Can’t Believe It’s 2019 and We’re Still Arguing About the Birth Control Benefit (Updated)

Imani Gandy

Regulations that would undercut the birth control benefit are set to go into effect January 14—but not if a handful of states have anything to say about it in federal court this week.

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Vatican Approves Hysterectomies If Your Uterus Isn’t ‘Suitable for Procreation’

Amy Littlefield

Here's how patients who have been affected by refusals of care at Catholic hospitals responded to the news.

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The Battle for the Meaning of Religious Freedom Day

Frederick Clarkson

A proposed resolution intended to commemorate perhaps one of the most radical, liberatory, and revolutionary pieces of legislation in the history of the world misses the point. And it's not a mistake.

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‘Surviving R. Kelly’ Left Me Sleepless—But I’m Nobody’s Victim

Brandi Collins-Calhoun

We have to make communities safe for Black girls and women, but we don’t have to take away their agency because history has denied them victim status.

Changes in Role of Mormon Women Can’t Be Discussed—But Let’s Discuss Them Anyway

Holly Welker

It’s gaslighting, moral cowardice, and yet another betrayal to deny women’s anger and pain, only to go and make some of the changes women have sought while still explicitly denying that women ever had any sort of legitimate complaint.

Religious Freedom Battle Is Far From Over: Here’s What to Look for in 2019

Patrick Hornbeck

While the issues are piling up, the Supreme Court—and U.S. society more broadly—will have to face the questions ducked in Masterpiece Cakeshop, or else be willing to settle for a level of uncertainty that serves no one.

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The Misogynistic Rhetoric Behind That Anti-Smartphone Op-Ed

Heron Greenesmith

In a foolish opinion piece that erases LGBTQ people and echoes incels, the New York Times suggests you trade in your smartphone to have sex 16,000 times a year.

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Employees Can Be Fired for Being LGBTQ in 26 States. Will the Supreme Court Make That Even Worse? (Updated)

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The Court is considering taking three cases that ask whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects against sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination.

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