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Missouri GOP Rams Through Planned Parenthood Defunding in Budget Vote

Erin Heger

Cutting Planned Parenthood out of the Medicaid program harms the 7,000 Medicaid patients who visit Planned Parenthood health centers every year in Missouri, leaving them with few options to access preventive health care.

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Trump Judicial Nominee Ryan Bounds Would Be Dangerous for Survivors of Sexual Assault

Fatima Goss Graves

Ryan Bounds' disturbing views on campus sexual assault are not an isolated example of his apparent disdain for civil rights.

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For OB-GYN Group, Recent Social Media Flap Needs to Be a Wakeup Call

Monica McLemore, Didi Saint Louis & Karen A. Scott

Essentially telling women at higher risk for pregnancy-related complications to simply “wrap it up" and avoid pregnancy is unacceptable.

Bailing Out Black Mamas Means Bailing Out Trans People

Rachel Anspach

Southerners on New Ground hopes that the organizing strategies it is developing in partnership with the Transgender Law Center will provide guidance to other organizations in the bailout coalition that are also facing difficulties finding trans and gender nonconforming folks to bail out.

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Gavel Drop: Did California Just Shake Up the Gig Economy?

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The California Supreme Court just issued a decision that might mean businesses like Uber have to start following employment laws.

Caravan Asylum Seekers Let in, but Their Harrowing Journey Continues

Ari Honarvar

“We are in a refugee crisis."

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No One Faces Higher Barriers to Paid Leave Than LGBTQ Workers of Color

Erin Heger

Forty percent of LGBTQ respondents of color reported their employer has LGBTQ-inclusive leave policies, while 27 percent say they are afraid to request time off to care for a loved one because it might disclose their LGBTQ identity.

A Bill Making Abortion Free Was Pulled in Colorado. Here’s Why Advocates Still Have Hope.

Jason Salzman

The legislation serves as an "organizing tool" that could "lay the groundwork" for the repeal of Colorado's ban on public abortion funding, said Karla Gonzales Garcia, director of Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights.

This Week in Sex: Senior Citizens Are Pretty Satisfied With Their Sex Lives

Martha Kempner

And in other research, having sex in your kitchen might be good for your relationship.

Queer Nuns: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are “Serious Parody,” Forcing Us to Redefine Nuns

Melissa Wilcox

Many think they’re mocking nuns, but parody or camp and mockery are often very different things. In fact, one of the easiest ways to move a Sister to tears is to tell her that nuns from other orders (Roman Catholic, Buddhist, etc.) recognize and respect her work.

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