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Presbyterians to Propose Historic Resolution for Religious Freedom and Against LGBTQ Discrimination

We believe it weakens religious freedom when it is invoked in ways that deprive people of their civil and human rights to equal protection under the law, or seek to justify exclusion and discrimination.

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Legislative Lowlights: Backroom Dealing Gives Pennsylvania Anti-Choice Measure a Boost

Brie Shea

Several states will wrap up their legislative sessions by the end of the month—but anti-choice lawmakers haven't given up quite yet on measures to restrict reproductive rights.

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Anti-Choice Lawmakers Use Federal Budget Bills to Launch All-Out Assault on Reproductive Rights (Updated)

Katelyn Burns

One bill includes provisions that would cut all Title X family planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program funding from the 2019 budget.

Reproductive Control: The Enduring State Violence Against Incarcerated Black Women

Jallicia Jolly

Recent campaigns have shined a light on the needs of incarcerated Black women. Often misunderstood by the general public is how the criminal legal system exerts reproductive control in direct and indirect ways.

Do Trump’s Dirty Work? Get Rewarded With a Lifetime Judicial Appointment

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The nomination of Chad Readler to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is another example of President Trump rewarding his loyalists with government jobs.

Pence Campaigns to Southern Baptists, But He May Want to Cool His Trump Jets

Daniel Schultz

The vote to invite Pence was only 60-40, and several audience members challenged his presence. Evangelicals may be overwhelmingly Trump's base, but not all of them.

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Trump’s Own Budget Office Puts the Brakes on Proposed Religious Imposition Rule

Katelyn Burns

"OMB’s delayed approval recognizes that the Department sacrificed the administrative processes designed to promote good government in order to satisfy the ideological zealousness of a handful of Trump appointees."

Vaginismus Is Very Real. But Doctors Often Ignore the Pain.

S. Nicole Lane

For those with this condition, sex—or inserting anything into their vagina—brings debilitating pain. And doctors' responses make it worse.

Gavel Drop: The Long Legal Life of David Daleiden and His Planned Parenthood Smear Campaign

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

Texas is still using Daleiden's video distortions as "evidence" to defund the health-care provider, and a California court tells the anti-choice activist to hand over documents.

Low-Income Virginians Will Soon Have Access to Long-Lasting Birth Control

Nicole Knight

With nearly half of U.S. pregnancies unplanned, public health experts are seeing a rising interest in LARCs.

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