Sex

Even in ‘Progressive’ States, Doctors Can Still Shame Women Out of Accessing Birth Control

Dr. Melissa Bird

In areas where medical care is scarce and everyone knows your name, OB-GYNs in private practice may refuse to provide desired long-acting contraceptive methods such as IUDs and implants, give inaccurate information about contraception, and openly judge women for their decisions to seek it.

SESTA Is Already Having Devastating Impacts on Sex Workers—Just Like They Predicted (Updated)

Annamarya Scaccia

Shortly after the legislation passed through Congress, Craigslist shut down its personals section, and Reddit removed several subreddits related to sex work. This, sex workers say, will put them in danger.

‘Only God Can Judge’: Why My Religion Supports—and Doesn’t Hinder—My Ability to Provide Health Care

Dr. Terez Yonan

It is not my place to justify why someone may need, for example, contraception or abortion; I only need to provide them access to such services.

Maine Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto to Pass Preventive Health-Care Protections

Auditi Guha

The law requires Maine insurance companies to cover preventive care services in line with coverage under the Affordable Care Act without cost-sharing burdens. It follows a move in the state to enshrine the ACA's birth control benefit.

We Should Be Concerned About Trump’s Latest Pick to Lead the CDC

Lisa Needham

Under George W. Bush, Robert Redfield helped to shape government policy on HIV by promoting a long-discredited theory that abstinence-only education was the best way to combat the spread of the disease.

The Trump Administration Wants to Expand Access to Insurance That Discriminates Against Women

Dania Palanker

Short-term plans are riddled with limitations and exclusions, many of which are prime examples of the kind of egregious gender discrimination that was rampant in the individual health insurance market before the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Catholic Rules Ban Condoms at Kentucky Needle Exchanges: ‘Where’s Galileo When You Really Need Him?’

Amy Littlefield

The Northern Kentucky Health Department is investigating a “cluster of HIV cases," but Catholic hospital rules mean two needle exchange programs are forbidden from distributing condoms.

Lawmakers in Cash-Strapped Oklahoma Are Determined to Pump State Funds Into Fake Clinics

Teddy Wilson

Tamya Cox of Planned Parenthood Great Plains said it was “disappointing” that state lawmakers would consider directing state or federal funds to organizations that don't provide reproductive health care.

LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Fight to Defeat Trump’s Latest Trans Military Ban (Updated)

Christine Grimaldi

A Lambda Legal attorney called the memorandum "nothing more than a transparent ruse cobbled together with spittle and duct tape designed solely to mask discrimination."

Parents, Take Heed: Fake Clinics Are Teaching Sex ‘Education,’ and You Can Help Stop Them

Ellen Friedrichs

Awareness is a first step. A second one might very well be taking a leaf from a group of parents in St. Louis and demanding to see curricula and holding schools accountable for the presenters they bring in.