Pronatalism requires that people who are able to carry pregnancies — mostly women — be pregnant for large periods of time. These pregnancies can have a major impact on women’s participation in the workforce and economic mobility. “Part of the language around pronatalism is language about gender roles, and the expectations of pronatalism is very … Read more
Black women in the US died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal mortality fell below pre-pandemic levels overall but racial gaps widened, according to federal health data released Wednesday. In 2021 and 2022, the maternal death rate for Black women was about … Read more
When it comes down to brass tacks, “natalists” like Musk seem only interested in raising birth rates in the most inhumane way possible, by force. Musk loves to bleat lies about how birth control is dangerous, which is an unsubtle pretext to take it away, perhaps by likely Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, chosen … Read more
“What was in Project 2025 that made it so widely hated across the political spectrum? A few things: firing civil servants, weaponizing the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, unleashing force onto protestors, and targeting political opponents, restricting abortion nationwide, ripping retirement and health care benefits from seniors, dismantling public education,” Sen. … Read more
Under the new rules at Cuny’s Graduate Center, employees are no longer required to provide pregnant students with the contact info for the coordinator tasked with ensuring that the school abides by Title IX, a 1972 law that prohibits sex discrimination in the thousands of educational programs that receive funding from the US government. Employees … Read more
Senator Ruben Gallego has accused social media giant Meta of “presumptively bowing” to the Trump administration by making abortion-related content more difficult to find. Read more at The Guardian
Between Friday and Tuesday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) resources for tracking, preventing and treating HIV; handling sexually transmitted infections (STIs); and prescribing contraception have flickered in and out of existence. A guide to gender-affirming care and young people, once hosted on the website for the office of the assistant secretary for health, … Read more
Senate File 125 could limit access to any treatment that ‘causes harm’ to the heart, lungs, brain and other organs Read more at The Guardian
After the 2022 Dobbs decision, the anti-abortion movement’s sights are now set on medication abortion Read more at The Guardian
Among the CDC pages missing on Friday was one with information on contraception and emergency contraception. Information on contraception and the abortion pill, or mifepristone tablets, can still be found on CDC webpages through more detailed searches, but those main landing pages have been made to appear blank and might halt users seeking more background … Read more
