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Reproductive Justice
With House Passage of Extreme 20-Week Abortion Ban, GOP Continues Assault on Reproductive Rights
The vote came months after Republicans were forced to withdraw their initial version following dissent from women in their own party.
Price of Top-Tier Birth Control Plummets as New IUD Breaks Monopoly
This month, a new IUD became available to American women, and it may be a game changer.
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Women of Color Leaders Call for a Change: End Barriers to Abortion Care
More people of color have health insurance under the ACA, but barriers to women's health remain.
Four Activists Arrested at Salvadoran Embassy Protesting Imprisonment of 17 Salvadoran Women for Miscarriages
Four activists were arrested this morning at the Embassy of El Salvador where they staged a sit-in to call attention to 17 Salvadoran women currently serving extreme prison sentences …
Your Pregnancy May Subject You to Even More Law Enforcement Violence
For pregnant women, law enforcement violence isn't limited to physical brutality.
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Pushing Left: A 16-Priority Agenda for the 2016 US Presidential Election
Here's what sociologist Salvatore Babones suggests 2016 presidential contenders campaign about.
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Reproductive Health Care in Women’s Prisons “Painful” and “Traumatic“
The “care” ranges from a dangerous absence of care to the painful and humiliating.
Will Unequal Access to New IUDs and Implants Worsen the US Economic Divide?
Unwanted pregnancy is contributing to a new “caste system” in the US.
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Dahr Jamail | Addressing Population Growth – Through Freedom, Not Control – Is Crucial to Confronting Climate Disruption
Population-related problems, which exacerbate climate disruption, stem from overuse of resources in the West.
Facebook and Apple Want Your Unborn! Or, Why Corporations Should Keep Their Hands Off Employees’ Ovaries
We all knew the Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision earlier this year was only the tip of the iceberg.