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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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Is #MeToo Misogyny ‘Unbiblical’? Southern Baptist Women Test Limits of Biblical Inerrancy

Karen E. Park

If conservative Christians want to challenge the misogyny in their institutions, they should be applauded and supported. But their call for change will remain problematic as long as they claim Biblical inerrancy as their reason for this call.

New York GOP Lawmakers Quash Contraception, Abortion Protections—For Now

Auditi Guha & Is Your Hospital Catholic? Many Women Don’t Know.

“I think this was a really strong indicator that women are not safe here in regards to attacks on the federal level, and that we still have a long way to go."

Is Your Hospital Catholic? Many Women Don’t Know.

Amy Littlefield

Patients seeking care in Catholic facilities have been turned away while bleeding and made to wait until they sicken to receive miscarriage treatment.

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