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This Week in Sex: Another Step Closer to Male Birth Control?

Martha Kempner

And elsewhere, the FDA warns men away from "Rhino" sexual enhancement products, and another reminder that children who find used condoms aren’t really at risk for contracting STIs.

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Legislative Lowlights: Michigan Moves to Make Telemedicine Abortion Ban Permanent

Brie Shea

If the attempt to make the telemedicine abortion ban permanent fails, it would expire at the end of the year.

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With Black Women at High Risk for HIV, Why Are So Few Taking the Prevention Pill?

Demetria Mosley

One in 48 Black women in the United States will contract HIV in her lifetime. But knowledge of—and access to—the pill that can prevent infection remains a problem.

[PHOTO: Two white pill bottles, a dozen sky-blue pills, and a bright green medical tray.]

‘One Size Is Not Going to Fit All’: The Need for More HIV Prevention Methods

Heather Boerner

A National Institutes of Health decision will put the brakes on development of some topical methods, including those many gay men might use.

Catholic Hospital Mega-Merger Includes Reproductive Health-Care Safeguards in California (Updated)

Amy Littlefield

The merger's conditions include what the California Attorney General's Office called “the largest commitment by a system to serving Medi-Cal beneficiaries and charity care in state history.”

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Where Are All the Sperm Donors of Color?

Miriam Zoila Pérez

Not in the nation's sperm banks, and that's an issue for prospective parents who want options.

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No, the Future Is Not Female. It’s Nonbinary.

Jessica Porten

This popular motto is supposed to be a statement about women’s rising power. But this framing feeds into gender binaries that feminists must discard.

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Meet Christus, the US Catholic Health Chain Restricting Access to Reproductive Care in Mexico

Amy Littlefield & Laura Gottesdiener

As Mexico's largest Catholic health-care system, Christus restricts a range of reproductive health services, including contraceptives, sterilization, abortion, and in vitro fertilization.

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It’s Time to Retire the Media’s Sad Transgender Trope

Katelyn Burns

Transgender writers shouldn’t have to perform sadness or pain just to get published.

Legal Advocates Seeking #JusticeForRoxsana Announce Lawsuit

Tina Vasquez

According to an autopsy report, the transgender asylum seeker suffered physical abuse before dying in custody.

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