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Honoring Black History Means Fighting for the Future of Black …

WEBAs a Black mother and reproductive health, rights, and justice advocate, I know firsthand how critical this fight is and how cruel and brutally violent our health

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This Is What It Means to Go Beyond the Slogan 'My Body, My …

WEBWhen I was younger and first learning about reproductive health care, my stance on this issue could be easily defined by a single, pithy slogan: my body, my choice.

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Race Isn't a Risk Factor in Maternal Health. Racism Is.

WEBFor more anti-racism resources, check out our guide, Racial Justice Is Reproductive Justice. When 27-year-old activist Erica Garner died on December 30, …

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How Mississippi Leveraged the Pandemic to Further Decimate …

WEBReproductive health-care access across the country was decimated last year. Between COVID-19 interuptions to routine care and then-President Donald …

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Amid Staggering Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates, Native …

WEBAmid Staggering Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates, Native Communities Revive Traditional Concepts of Support Jul 9, 2018, 11:05am

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Songs for Our Reproductive Lives: A Playlist for Birth, Abortion

WEB“Brick” (Ben Folds Five) Let’s get this one out of the way. This song was the straw on the proverbial camel’s back that started the quest for this playlist.

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Meet the Educators Helping Indigenous Communities 'Own Their …

WEBOur ability to feel good and our level of health are intrinsically linked. And access to safe, culturally relevant sexual health services is essential for living a healthy life.

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The Six Pillars of Sexual Health

WEBEditor’s Note: This article is part of a series developed by the American Social Health Association (ASHA) in celebration of Sexual Health Month (September) 2012. …

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Garnet Henderson

WEBGarnet Henderson is Rewire News Group‘s Senior Multiplatform Reporter.. Prior to joining RNG, she spent a decade as a freelancer reporting on the intersections of health and …

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Landmark Study Surveys Reproductive Experiences of Deaf Women

WEBWomen with disabilities face a variety of challenges when it comes to accessing reproductive services like birth control and prenatal care. According to a new …

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Meet Another Religious Health System Restricting Reproductive Care

WEBRewire.News has reported extensively on the spread of Catholic hospitals, which restrict access to abortion, sterilization, and most contraception, and account for …

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Alabama Improved Contraception Access. But More Must Be Done.

WEBWithin the African American community, suspicion of contraception can be traced to eugenics and a need to control our sexuality. Yet despite the suspicion and …

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'One Size Is Not Going to Fit All': The Need for More HIV …

WEBTruvada is an extremely effective drug used to prevent HIV transmission. Yet most people at high risk for contracting HIV aren't on it. That leaves some advocates …

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People Have Multiple Abortions—and Stigmatizing Them Is …

WEBLast month, the Guttmacher Institute released a new study examining characteristics of patients who’ve had more than one abortion. This study is the first of …

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Eight-Hour Erection Case Leads to Complaint Against Men's …

WEBA complaint has been filed against the Minneapolis Men’s Clinic in Bloomington, Minnesota, on behalf of one of several patients who says the clinic pushed …

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Exclusive: Sens. Murray, Duckworth Reintroduce Reproductive …

WEBSens. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) are reintroducing the Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act today. The bill, first introduced in the …

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Health-Care Access in Virginia Pulls Focus in Political Landscape

WEBFor many Virginians, health care hangs by a thread. Given the disparities in access to care in the state and the looming threat from congressional Republicans to the …

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Not Just Abortion: How Criminalization of Pregnancy Also Impacts

WEB"As a provider of complex obstetric care, I am highly sensitive to the fact that any limitation or criminalization of abortion puts the health and well-being of all patients …

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Florida's Legal Showdown Over Viability Could Threaten Future …

WEBUPDATE, November 14, 2023: This article was updated with more comments.. Every single time that abortion has appeared on a ballot since the overturn of Roe v.Wade last year, …

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Florida Won't Cover Transgender Health Care. Two Trans Women …

WEBTwo transgender women are suing Florida government agencies for being denied gender-affirming health care under the state employee health plan’s exclusion …

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CHOICE/LESS: The Backstory, Episode 1: The 1956 Puerto Rican Pill …

WEBToday, many people might be appalled to hear of a medical study being conducted on unwitting participants, but the concept of informed consent as we …

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