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Mariel Padilla
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The 19th Explains: Why child marriage is still legal in 80% of U.S. states
Child marriage was legal in all 50 states until 2018. Since then, 10 states have passed bans, and advocates continue to push lawmakers to end the practice.
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Abortion bans are causing ‘chilling effect’ for OBGYNs, study says
According to a new KFF study, the majority of OBGYNs also say they are concerned about legal repercussions to providing care.
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Many AAPI people still feel unwelcome or unsafe, new surveys show
Recent surveys found that about half of Asian Americans feel unsafe and nearly 80 percent of Asian Americans, particularly young women, do not feel like they belong.
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Family building has long been a challenge in the military community. Limited IVF access has only made it more difficult.
Service members and their spouses struggling with infertility are starting to speak out, encouraging policymakers to expand insurance coverage for family-building treatments.
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IVF would be covered for federal employees under proposed bipartisan bill
The legislation would require the largest employer-sponsored health insurance program in the world to cover assisted reproductive treatments and services.
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Supreme Court rules that mifepristone will remain available without tightened restrictions — for now
Despite recent efforts to severely limit access to the abortion pill, mifepristone can continue to be used for abortions up to 10 weeks of pregnancy and distributed by mail.
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Court rules mifepristone can remain available, but with tightened restrictions
The 5th Circuit ruled Wednesday that mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions, can remain on the market. But restrictions in the ruling could present hurdles for abortion access.
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One of the leading coalitions that pushed for the Equality Act has quietly disbanded
Advocates say Freedom for All Americans was founded in 2015 for what was supposed to be just a few months ahead of Hillary Clinton’s presidency and an administration ready to advance LGBTQ+ rights.
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Nashville shooting suspect’s gender sets attack apart from most mass shootings
Several conservative and far-right media figures are using the shooter’s reported transgender identity to shift the conversation away from gun control.
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Meg Cabot talks book bans, the rise of YA and 'The Quarantine Princess Diaries'
Eight years after the last Princess Diaries book, the author is again showing her longtime readers how they might navigate adulthood, power and responsibility, all while lurching from one crisis to the next.