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Jennifer Gerson
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IVF patients started moving their embryos out of states with abortion bans when Roe fell
Fertility patients are beginning to move their frozen embryos to states that protect abortion, worried that abortion laws could strip them of their choices.
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These influencers are using their TikTok platforms to make abortion-related #sponcon
Favor, a birth control and emergency contraception provider, has turned to TikTok to seek out influencer partnerships via “activation campaigns” centered on abortion rights and the end of Roe.
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Abortion clinic director says Ohio’s swift move toward a six-week ban was ‘an unnecessary cruelty'
Ohio’s six-week ban took effect shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving an abortion clinic director and her staff scrambling to cancel appointments and redirect patients.
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How clinics in states where you can get an abortion are preparing for 'a wave of clients'
In this post-Roe reality, states where abortion access is still legal serve as critical access points. Clinics now must figure out how to serve the deluge of patients soon to be coming their way as more and more states limit or ban access in the coming weeks and months.
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The complicated history of cheerleading, Title IX and what it means to be a sport
Title IX was supposed to move women off the sidelines. But while cheerleading has moved far beyond game day, it still doesn’t have that official recognition.
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The 19th Explains: How would overturning Roe v. Wade affect IVF?
Different state definitions of personhood, designed with abortion in mind, may have legal ramifications for fertility treatment and embryos
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Vast majority of Americans don’t want Supreme Court decisions on marriage, contraception overturned, new poll shows
With Roe v. Wade poised to be overturned, Momentive and The 19th asked about the decision in that case, plus Loving v. Virginia, Obergefell v. Hodges, and Griswold v. Connecticut.
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Exclusive: Four new states will extend postpartum Medicaid coverage to 12 months
About 126,000 families may benefit from this expansion, which health officials hope will reduce the number of pregnancy-related deaths.
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U.S. Soccer guarantees equal prize compensation to men’s and women’s teams
‘Equality goes both ways’: A long fight and support across the sport helped establish a new level of pay equity.
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The choice to work: Jill Biden’s biography examines how the first lady’s teaching career redefines her office
In continuing to work outside the White House, the first lady establishes a household that better reflects that of many American families. Historians say it’s about time.