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Clinics begin closing as Trump admin continues freeze on family planning funds

Dozens of medical providers from California to Maine, including nine Planned Parenthood affiliates, have struggled to stay afloat since more than $65 million dollars for the Title X family planning program was withheld on April 1 — a funding freeze the Trump administration said was aimed at enforcing executive orders on diversity and immigration. Federal … Read more

Mike Johnson melts down after House proxy vote failure exposes MAGA’s “pro-family” lie

But it’s not quite right to attribute this to hypocrisy. Johnson’s behavior is perfectly consistent with the renewed Republican enthusiasm for pushing women out of public life and back into the kitchen. As David Graham at the Atlantic wrote in a recent article on how Republicans are implementing Project 2025, the party under Trump has … Read more

An effort to block non-citizens from voting could impact married women, too

The bill would require an individual to present in person a passport, birth certificate or other citizenship document when registering to vote or updating their voter registration information. Such a requirement could pose barriers for large swaths of Americans: More than 9 percent of citizens of voting age — or 21.3 million people — do … Read more

“It’s not being looked at as a crazy thing”: Emboldened Republicans renew push to restrict divorce

The recent bills targeting no-fault divorce come against a backdrop of a slew of executive actions at the federal level that threaten civil rights and freedoms for a host of Americans. While these state bills have previously failed to gain any traction in their respective legislatures — Republican Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers’ 2024 attempt at eliminating no-fault … Read more

“Another barrier”: GOP “voter fraud” proposal could make it harder for married women to vote

That’s where the SAVE Act presents an additional hurdle. If someone’s birth certificate does not match their legal name — which is more often the case for married women who have taken their spouse’s last name — they may have to provide additional documentation to register to vote under the measure. Marriage certificates and name-change … Read more