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Black Women’s Health Care Undermined by Trump Policies: Analysis

Black Women’s Health Care Undermined by Trump Policies: Analysis

For millions of U.S. women, July 4, 2025, wasn’t a day of independence or celebration. Instead, the date marked the beginning of their loss of...

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Tatyannah King

Multiple Women Accuse Rep. Eric Swalwell of Sexual Misconduct

Multiple Women Accuse Rep. Eric Swalwell of Sexual Misconduct

Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ rights—to bring you the most urgent...

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The Anti-Choice Movement’s Obsession with Abortion Pills (Podcast)

The Anti-Choice Movement’s Obsession with Abortion Pills (Podcast)

In this episode, Imani and Jess unpack the conservative legal movement’s latest attacks on medication abortion, from courthouses to state...

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Imani Gandy

Abortion is a Religious Freedom: Opinion

Abortion is a Religious Freedom: Opinion

An estimated 7 in 10 women who’ve had an abortion identify as Christian. That statistic may surprise you, given the persistent public narrative that...

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Sally steenland

Court Reform Is the Only Real Exit from Today’s Political Hellscape

Court Reform Is the Only Real Exit from Today’s Political Hellscape

In the last episode of my podcast B*tch, Listen, I mused about a problem I can’t stop thinking about: Online progressives have built the most...

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Imani Gandy

Doctors Can Refuse To Treat LGBTQ+ Patients in Several States—These Religious Exemption Laws Lead to Drops in HIV Testing

Doctors Can Refuse To Treat LGBTQ+ Patients in Several States—These Religious Exemption Laws Lead to Drops in HIV Testing

An increasing number of U.S. states have passed laws that allow health-care providers—including doctors, nurses, and pharmacists—to refuse to...

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Nathaniel M. Tran

Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis

Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis

It’s Black Maternal Health Week 2026—the ninth annual week designated for amplifying the perspectives of Black pregnant people and bringing...

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Tisya Mavuram

Can You Share Sex Toys?

Can You Share Sex Toys?

I was at a party recently where one of my friends started gossiping about someone they knew very tangentially, which happens to be one of my favorite...

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Vera Blossom

Trump Administration Redirects Family-Planning Grants toward Fertility Awareness, ‘Family Formation’

Trump Administration Redirects Family-Planning Grants toward Fertility Awareness, ‘Family Formation’

Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ rights—to bring you the most urgent...

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I Live in Colorado. Conversion Therapy Destroyed My Life

I Live in Colorado. Conversion Therapy Destroyed My Life

This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. This story contains mention of suicide and...

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Sami tacher

Women’s Health Surgeries Reimbursed at Lower Rates, Doctors Say

Women’s Health Surgeries Reimbursed at Lower Rates, Doctors Say

Minna Lee Jamison spent years in pain waiting for a diagnosis. When a specialist finally approved her for surgery, she was forced to wait three more...

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Sarah goh

Federal Judge Stays Louisiana Mifepristone Case Pending FDA ‘Review’ (Updated)

Federal Judge Stays Louisiana Mifepristone Case Pending FDA ‘Review’ (Updated)

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which attempts to restrict access to...

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Natasha Roy

Cancer Can Often Be Treated Safely During Pregnancy: New Expert Guidance

Cancer Can Often Be Treated Safely During Pregnancy: New Expert Guidance

Historically, pregnant people diagnosed with cancer have faced the wrenching choice of deciding whether to terminate their pregnancies in order to...

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Cameron Oakes

The Push to Include Religion in Classrooms Could Shape How Schools Treat Gender and Identity

This story was originally reported by Nadra Nittle of The 19th, and republished through Rewire News Group‘s partnership with the 19th News...

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Nadra Nittle

Republicans Probe Abortion Pill Manufacturers

Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ rights—to bring you the most urgent...

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Will Donald Trump Put Ted Cruz on the Supreme Court? (Podcast)

In this episode, Imani and Jess dive into the Supreme Court’s conversion therapy decision, birthright citizenship oral arguments, and rumors that...

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Imani Gandy

IVF is Pricey. Some Patients Are Crowdsourcing Their Fertility Medications

My wife and I sat in a Starbucks off the highway in Greenwich, Connecticut, waiting for a non-descript woman who said she would be holding a cardboard...

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Amanda smith

Birthright Citizenship Is Absolutely On the Table

Update, April 1, 2026: Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Trump administration’s efforts to end birthright citizenship....

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Imani Gandy

For Trans Community, U.S. is Less Safe Under Trump

The past year has seen the Trump administration systematically dismantle trans rights and autonomy, making the country a less safe place for trans...

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Tisya Mavuram

Dolores Huerta Feared Speaking About Her Abuse for Years. The Farmworkers She Advocates for Understand.

This story was originally reported by Candice Norwood of The 19th, and republished through Rewire News Group‘s partnership with the 19th News...

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Candice Norwood

Government to Investigate States That Require Insurers to Cover Abortion Care

Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ rights—to bring you the most urgent...

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No, Abortion Pills Are Not Poisoning Your Drinking Water

The Clean Water for All Life Act, introduced last week by Illinois Republican Rep. Mary Miller, sounds like an environmental law. Its sponsors would...

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Martha Kempner

Telehealth Abortions Increased in States that Ban Abortion in 2025: Report

New data suggests that patients in states with total abortion bans are increasingly turning to telehealth and away from out-of-state travel for...

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Rebecca Barker

We Did the Reading. Fascism Came Anyway (Podcast)

The most informed progressive public in American history is watching a fascist takeover in real time. In her first solo episode, Imani Gandy wants to...

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Imani Gandy

As Deadline Looms, Many Public Health-Care Facilities Still Lack Accessible Medical Equipment

Sometimes, a “routine” medical appointment is anything but. A wheelchair-bound patient arrives for their annual mammogram, only to discover she...

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Jason collins

Contraception Services Dropped After ‘Defunding’ Provision Hit Clinics

Visits for contraception and cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood clinics have dropped by double-digits after Congress passed a bill cutting off...

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Kelcie Moseley-Morris

Wyoming Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban (Updated)

Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ rights—to bring you the most urgent...

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Immigrants Survivors of Domestic Abuse Find Refuge and Community at Brooklyn Church

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE or text...

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Ilvea lezama

Detained pregnant people are entitled to full medical care. They say it’s not happening

This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and republished through Rewire News Group‘s partnership with the 19th News...

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Shefali Luthra

Georgia Woman Charged With Murder in Apparent Self-Managed Abortion

Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ rights—to bring you the most urgent...

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Some Endometriosis Patients Are Changing Their Diets to Manage Symptoms

Adanze Benjamin spent the end of 2024 feeling terrible. The lymph nodes in her armpits had swelled to the size of golf balls. Walking up the stairs...

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Nia watson

Black Women Deserve Answers About the Chemicals in Braiding Hair: Opinion

To get AngryBlackLady Chronicles straight to your inbox, sign up for Imani’s bimonthly newsletter here. Right now I’m wearing braiding hair that...

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Imani Gandy

Washington Law Will Make It Easier for State to Distribute its Abortion Pill Stockpile

Washington earlier this year had to return 30,000 expiring doses from its abortion pill stockpile to the manufacturer.  A state law signed March 14,...

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Jake goldstein-street

Queer Muslims Find Community Through Ramadan

One night during Ramadan each year, more than 100 queer folks find their way to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center tucked...

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Priyanka Bansal

Mississippi leads the nation in gun deaths among those who are pregnant and postpartum

Before dawn one warm Sunday in June 2021, Renata Flot-Patterson and her husband turned a street corner in their Biloxi, Mississippi neighborhood to a...

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Sophia paffenroth

Wyoming Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban

Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ rights—to bring you the most urgent...

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Ask A Sex Columnist: Vera Blossom

If there’s a topic that makes Vera Blossom skittish, I haven’t found it yet. Writing in the pages of Rewire News Group, our sex columnist has been...

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Catesby Holmes

The New Parental Rights Legal Grift (Podcast)

In this episode, Imani and Jess break down the latest anti-trans decision from the Supreme Court, Mirabelli v. Bonta, and explain how the conservative...

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Imani Gandy

Is Testosterone a Miracle Cure for Menopause?

Testosterone has entered the cultural conversation. Over the past few months, this sex hormone has received heightened media attention and celebrity...

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Maya Walsh-Little

Abortion Bans Reshaped Reproductive Health, and Now the Rental Market

This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and republished through Rewire News Group‘s partnership wiht the 19th News...

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Shefali Luthra

Louisiana’s Legal Fight Against Mailed Abortion Pills: A Timeline

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which attempts to restrict access to...

10.03.2026 10

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Natasha Roy

New Kansas Bathroom Law Likely to Harm Mental Health, Increase Risks for Trans People, Experts Say

Refusing to allow transgender Kansans the ability to use the bathroom of their choice or hold documents that match their gender affects their mental...

09.03.2026 10

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Morgan chilson

Indiana Court Blocks Near-Total Abortion Ban

Religious freedom wins in Indianapolis An Indiana court permanently barred the state from enforcing its near-total abortion ban yesterday. The ACLU...

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Indiana’s Religious Right to Abortion Wins in Court (Updated)

Editor’s note (March 6, 2026): A judge in Indiana blocked the state’s near-total abortion ban on March 5, 2026, ruling that it violated religious...

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Christine Ryan

There’s More Drama at the Supreme Court (Podcast)

In this episode! Imani and Jess spill the tea on the recent Supreme Court drama, from infighting among the justices in the Trump tariff decision, to...

05.03.2026 10

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Imani Gandy

Impacted by the Estrogen Patch Shortage? Here Are Your Options.

This story was originally reported by Jennifer Gerson of The 19th, and republished through Rewire News Group‘s partnership with the 19th News...

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Jennifer Gerson

The Supreme Court Keeps Finding New Ways to Make Discrimination Free

A Black landlord in Texas says that for two years, postal workers refused to deliver mail to her properties because she rented rooms to white...

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Imani Gandy

Too Afraid to Leave Home: ICE’s Toll on Latino HIV Care

For two weeks, Ablé Sanchez didn’t leave their house in South Minneapolis. “[I was] forced into survival mode,” Sanchez told Uncloseted Media...

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Sam donndelinger

Anti-Abortion ‘Bounty Hunter’ Laws Spread from Texas Across U.S.

From Kansas to Tennessee, U.S. states are copying a novel legal tactic from Texas to turn neighbors on each other and strip residents of their rights....

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Mia Brett

Surgeon General Nominee Flip-Flops on Birth Control

During her Wednesday confirmation hearing, surgeon general nominee Casey Means claimed a “huge amount” of hormonal contraceptives have been...

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