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How abortion bans are undercutting efforts to prevent domestic violence
OB-GYNs are often the first or only doctors to learn if a patient is facing intimate partner violence. As they leave places with abortion bans, domestic violence victims are feeling the impacts.
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States lose track of thousands of foster children each year. Some are never found.
Teens who disappear from the foster care system are at high risk of sexual exploitation.
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'There is still work to be done': Voters with disabilities face unaddressed barriers to the ballot
From transportation troubles to a lack of accessible equipment, researchers estimate that if accommodations were prioritized, over 2 million more votes would be cast.
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We asked every member of Congress about child care policy. Only 5 Republicans answered.
Child care has been billed as an issue as popular as “golden retrievers" by one Republican senator. So why were the vast majority of our responses from Democrats?
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Abortion rights keep winning, and Democrats see a lesson for 2024
Election results in Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky show the issue’s continued potency and give a boost to efforts to pass ballot measures in red and purple states next year.
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Danica Roem becomes first transgender state senator in the South
Roem’s victory in Virginia is significant for a region with such a large transgender population, the majority of which live in states that are passing laws to restrict their rights.
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Virginia Republicans embraced a 15-week abortion ban — and then lost
Tuesday’s election results in Virginia are a rebuke to what anti-abortion advocates and Republican politicians hoped was a limit that a broad swath of voters could get behind.
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Cherelle Parker elected Philadelphia’s 100th mayor, the first woman to win the post
Parker was heavily favored over Republican David Oh to replace term-limited Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney.
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New book explores the influences behind the life and work of bell hooks
An excerpt from ‘bell hooks’ Spiritual Vision’ by The 19th’s Nadra Nittle examines the late feminist's views on the role of religion in women’s liberation.
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How abortion became the central issue in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court race
Democrat Dan McCaffery won the vacant seat on a court that will likely make consequential decisions on abortion access in the near future.