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Truth to power. As a matter of fact. Evidence-based reporting on sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice.

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    Nov 28

    Don't read this without a box of tissues handy. From :

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    Virginia Democrats made critical gains in 2017 when they flipped 15 seats in the state house and kept the governor’s mansion. Now, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee will make an early investment in the state's General Assembly in 2019.

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    Gavel Drop: Arkansas Will Be in Court in Case Over Abortion Fees and Waiting Periods by (who you should be following by the way. hey that rhymed.)

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    4 hours ago

    Have you picked up your copy of yet? The empowering campaign of folks sharing their personal abortion stories is now a book!

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    4 hours ago

    As surreal as some of the policies are that have come out of the Trump administration, maybe the nomination of someone who justifies the targeted assault of a marginalized community is not that out of left field.

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    4 hours ago

    "As a disabled person, I constantly have to be aware of my safety in a world designed by nondisabled people who frequently perceive of me as an outlier, a freak, or an object of fascination."

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    3 hours ago

    “In some cases, women were denied access to their newborn babies unless they agreed to the procedure.” We stand with these indigenous women in Canada who were violated by doctors through forced sterilization.

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    In today's sperm banks, "a few good men" often translates to white, above-average height, healthy, and educated.

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  9. Bruno had been in sanctuary for 11 months when he left to attend a routine biometrics appointment at a USCIS office. Following his arrest, advocates claim ICE worked with USCIS to lure him out of sanctuary to quickly detain and deport him.

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  10. Only 64 percent of Black gay and bisexual men in an Atlanta clinic would have started Truvada the day they learned about it. Eventually, only 34 percent of the men got a prescription—one in five stayed on it long term.

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    5 hours ago

    "The Academy would sacrifice nuance for an undercooked mess of half-explored ideas about race and racism, designed for easy white consumption and enjoyment." ‘Green Book,’ Oscar Hype, and Black Folks’ Heavy Lifting in Interracial Relationships

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    5 hours ago

    "Happiness shouldn’t be the goal or purpose of transitioning, but equally, writers shouldn’t have to perform sadness or pain just to get published. It’s long past time for the media’s sad trans trope to die,” says via .

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  13. Several groups, including a purveyor of heavily doctored Planned Parenthood videos, were quietly invited to a meeting at the with several administration officials.

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    It's so much worse than the headline. A plethora of proselytizing and anti-choice programs"...paid for with federal funds intended for maternal health."

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    As recently as 2017 indigenous women in Canada have been sterilized without consent. A class-action lawsuit hopes to bring light to this violation of human rights Sterilized Without Consent: Indigenous Women in Canada File Class Action Lawsuit

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    7 hours ago

    In , a US-based Catholic health chain is restricting access to a range of reproductive health services, including contraception, sterilization, abortion, and in vitro fertilization.

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  17. What do anti-Semitism and the Women's March have to do with each other?

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  18. of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of race, national origin, color, sex, and religion. So why aren’t all LGBTQ people also protected? and explain.

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  19. At a time when women and providers are being criminalized for abortions and reproductive rights are under attack by a president who promised to reverse , this is an option that has already been lifesaving for many.

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  20. Most of the world's decades-old abortion laws don't reflect the advent of the abortion pill, and they permit the punishment of people who end their own pregnancies and nonmedical providers.

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  21. The after-shooting media cycle is the same: The right implies mental illness or terrorism; the left will demand why mentally ill people are allowed to purchase guns. But the connection between these perpetrators isn’t mental illness, but white supremacy.

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