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The sex ed you get depends on your ZIP code — and your state’s politics

In some states, students learn about consent and healthy relationships. In others, they get "Baby Olivia."

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Gen Z men do care about abortion, actually

Gen Z men said abortion was likely to impact their vote after hearing from people affected by bans, new polling found.

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Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state

Texas now allows private citizens the right to sue health providers for mailing abortion medication.

Hillary Clinton Global Initiative summit in New York 2023

Hillary Clinton warns SCOTUS 'will do to gay marriage what they did to abortion'

"Anybody in a committed relationship out there in the LGBTQ community, you ought to consider getting married," Clinton said.

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Texas woman charged with murder for abortion accuses police of 'maliciously abusing their power'

Texas officials are trying to get a lawsuit dismissed under qualified immunity after wrongly charging a woman with murder for having an abortion.

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Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law

Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.

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Texas Democrats fleeing the state also stopped anti-abortion and anti-trans bills

Democrats left Texas to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, but they stopped other bills, too.

Women's March in Washington demanding continued access to abortion after the ban on most abortions in Texas, and looming threat to Roe v Wade in upcoming Supreme Court.

BREAKING: Trump administration to limit abortion for veterans after restricting gender-affirming care

The proposed policy would eliminate access to abortion through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Federal judge blocks Trump's ban on Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood

Trump's ban preventing Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood has been blocked nationwide.

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Trump administration will incinerate $10 million worth of birth control for poor women

The Trump administration is literally torching nearly $10 million worth of birth control.

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Heritage Foundation cofounder Edwin Feulner dead at 83

The Heritage Foundation announced cofounder Edwin Feulner's passing Friday, though it did not reveal the time or cause of death.

Abortion rights supporters rally at the Bigger Than Roe National Mobilization March in the rotunda of the Capitol building in Madison Wisconsin January 2022

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down abortion ban from 1849

A 176-year-old law "does not prohibit abortion in the State of Wisconsin," the state Supreme Court has ruled.

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Mark Robinson blames 'coward' Republicans for loss, not 'Black Nazi' trans porn scandal

Mark Robinson is mad Republicans wouldn't "stand up and fight for him" after he admitted to being a "black NAZI."

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Florida Republican who almost died from ectopic pregnancy blames Democrats, not abortion ban

Kat Cammack doesn't believe Florida's abortion ban was at fault for her near-death experience, but instead blames Democrats for "fearmongering."

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9 trans rights activists arrested in front of Supreme Court while protesting Skrmetti ruling

Nine activists were arrested outside the Supreme Court and detained for two hours, according to organizers.

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Melissa Hortman, assassinated MN lawmaker, was a champion for families and LGBTQ+ rights

Here’s a look at Melissa Hortman’s legislative history and legacy on abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and family aide.

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Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far

Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.

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People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy

The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than White women in those same states.

The Trump administration and conservative Christians are aiming to overturn Lawrence v. Texas

Why the White House wanting women to have more kids will lead to outlawing same-sex relations

Opinion: Telling women to have more children opens the proverbial bedroom door to the eventual overturning of Lawrence v. Texas, writes John Casey.

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Meet Raquel Willis, the transgender activist who's one of TIME's Women of the Year

"This honor was validating for my career and for my passion, but not for my womanhood," Willis tells The Advocate.