harming women

Trump administration abruptly cancels grants for teen pregnancy prevention

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Nicholas Mark from the University of Wisconsin argues that the reason that agency gave for canceling these grants — “normalizing sexual activity for minors” — is a “bizarre” framework. “In a world where teens have smartphones, teens are surrounded by sex and such easy access to sex and sexual imagery, sexual iconography,” he says. “It … Read more

The pastor who wants to repeal voting rights for women is becoming more mainstream

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Wilson is a self-described Christian nationalist who wants to repeal a woman’s right to vote, has defended slavery and believes homosexuality should be a crime. His beliefs are extreme, and not long ago they were considered fringe. But today, Wilson’s teachings are entering the mainstream, according to religion and history scholars, including Kristin Kobes Du … Read more

The Trump administration is calling frozen embryos children – opinion

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But the move represents a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s pursuit of fetal personhood, the doctrine that anti-abortion forces aspire to enshrine in law whereby fertilized eggs are granted constitutional rights as persons – a regime that would ban all abortion and many kinds of birth control and miscarriage management, would curtail the basic … Read more

Alabama jail staff didn’t help when she went into labor – other inmates did, lawsuit says

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From 2022 to 2024, at least 192 people in Alabama were charged with pregnancy-related crimes, according to a report from Pregnancy Justice. Such arrests, according to Pregnancy Justice, are tied to the concept of fetal personhood, which extends legal rights to fetuses and embryos. The mishandling of pregnancies behind bars is a widespread problem, with … Read more

Why aren’t Republicans thrilled by the fall in teen pregnancies? – opinion

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By demonising birth control, she is toeing the Project 2025 line. Republicans aren’t just content with overturning the right to a safe and legal abortion; they’re also quietly undercutting access to contraception. What’s next? The party of “family values” rallying behind child marriage? Oh, wait, they’ve already ticked that one off. In recent years, several … Read more

Trump has turned Title X upside down: from a contraception program into a pronatalist machine – opinion

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This month, the Trump administration renewed its attacks on Title X, the federal reproductive health program that provides birth control to an estimated 2 million low-income Americans. In the White House’s proposed budget, funding for the program was eliminated altogether. Then, the Title X administrators at the Department of Health and Human Services announced new … Read more

‘Am I going to die?’: more women join challenge to Arkansas abortion ban

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Those protections mean a broader range of plaintiffs can sue the state. Duane said this was the first lawsuit since Dobbs that brings together plaintiffs who illustrate the ways that abortion bans harm people, including women who experience obstetrical emergencies, fatal fetal conditions, ectopic pregnancies, sexual assault and simply being pregnant against their will. “It … Read more

The Trump administration is sending underage migrant girls who are pregnant to this Texas shelter

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But they — along with more than a dozen former government officials, health care professionals, migrant advocates and civil rights attorneys — worry the Trump administration is knowingly putting the children at risk to advance an ideological goal: denying them access to abortion by placing them in a state where it’s virtually banned. “This is … Read more