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Birth Control Empowered Me to Build the Career and Family Life That I Wanted—On My Own Terms

PUBLISHED 5/14/2018 by Maria Cardona

I am thankful for birth control—and the ways it empowered me to determine not just my family matters, but my economic life.

Mexico’s Supreme Court Rules That Abortion Care for Rape Survivors is a Human Right

PUBLISHED 5/10/2018 by Ana Muñoz Padrós

In two back-to-back landmark decisions, Mexico’s Supreme Court last month ruled that denying women access to abortion after rape is a violation of their human rights.

Kenyan Court Ruling Demands Accountability in the Global Maternal Health Crisis Facing Black Women

PUBLISHED 5/9/2018 by Jordannah Elizabeth

A woman who was physically and verbally abused while giving birth at a hospital in Kenya was awarded $25,000 last month in a landmark court decision that expanded conversations around black women’s reproductive health and rights—and the global maternal mortality epidemic facing black mothers.

Data is Driving Success in Life-Saving Interventions for Women and Girls—Why Isn’t it Driving Policy?

PUBLISHED 5/8/2018 by Bergen Cooper

An HIV/AIDS-reduction program saving the lives of women and girls worldwide is at risk under Trump’s Global Gag Rule—and serves as a testament to the ground we can lose when data doesn’t drive drive policymaking.

The Politics of Periods

PUBLISHED 5/8/2018 by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Given that this particular bodily function has been an essential slice of the human condition forever—and stigmatized, sidelined or, at best, ignored for just about as long—it is no small thrill that menstruation has become a modern cause célèbre. Now the time is ripe to harness all that momentum and go full-blown political: periods as a public policy agenda.

Reproductive Rights are Still Human Rights—Even if the Trump Administration Won’t Say So

PUBLISHED 5/2/2018 by Tiernan Hebron

The State Department’s Country Report on Human Rights Practices provides a detailed account each year of the status of human rights policies around the world. But the first version to be released under the Trump Administration didn’t include any coverage of reproductive health and rights.

Indiana’s Dangerous Anti-Abortion Laws are Mike Pence’s Legacy

PUBLISHED 4/25/2018 by Jaimalene Hough

A new law in Indiana requiring providers to track women’s medical lives after abortion is a pure expression of the ideology that men and the state must control women’s bodies and sexualities—and Mike Pence is its mascot.

What’s Next in the Fight for Reproductive Justice for Incarcerated Women

PUBLISHED 4/24/2018 by Maura Turcotte

North Carolina officials have announced that prison officers will no longer shackle incarcerated women during childbirth—but the organizers and advocates at SisterSong, the women of color reproductive justice collective that led the campaign against shackling in the state, aren’t yet embarking on a victory march.

Reproductive Justice Activists in Africa are Speaking Out Against Trump’s Global Gag Rule

PUBLISHED 4/24/2018 by Tiernan Hebron

Under previous administrations, restrictions on funding under the Global Gag Rule totaled around $575 million. Under Trump, those restrictions have extended to $8.8 billion—and women around the world are paying the price with their health and their lives.

Recognizing the Real Legacy of Dr. James Marion Sims

PUBLISHED 4/23/2018 by Natasha Pinon

A statue honoring Dr. James Marion Sims has been removed from Central Park—but the enduring effects of his grotesque experiments on enslaved women continue to imperil black women’s lives.

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