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The uncommon influence of guardians ad litem
They are appointed to represent the interests of children in custody battles. Experts say their presence often results in mothers losing their kids to their abusers.
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Here’s how you can use the Take It Down Act
The 19th explains how the new law on nonconsensual intimate imagery will be implemented — and how you can request the takedown of explicit images created or shared without permission.
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Case of a brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support is ‘gut-wrenching,’ advocates say
Adriana Smith’s case is the latest instance in which Georgia’s six-week abortion ban and its impacts on Black women have raised serious concerns.
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No proof of work could mean no Medicaid — and women stand to lose the most
Congressional Republicans want to impose work requirements aimed at “able-bodied” adults. But data shows it would actually target poor middle-aged women who have left the workforce.
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Fourteen years in America. A one-way ticket to El Salvador.
Yessenia Ruano worked to build a life in Milwaukee with her family, a teaching career and church community. Now she’s fighting to stop it from being uprooted.
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Millions of immigrant families would be shut out under new child tax credit proposal
By requiring both filers to have a Social Security Number, approximately 4.5 million citizens and legally present children would be ineligible for the credit.
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House panel advances measure to cut off Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funds
“You know the saying, ‘women and children first’? Well for Republicans, billionaires go first, and women and children go overboard,” Democratic Sen. Patty Murray said.
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A new generation of birth control skeptics leans right
More young women are embracing fertility tracking methods long popular among Catholics, looking to influencers, questioning doctors — and finding a home in MAGA.
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‘Toxic’ work environment at the largest U.S. feminist group prompts president to leave
In an exclusive interview with The 19th, Christian F. Nunes details her experiences at the National Organization for Women: ‘People were harder on me as a Black woman.’
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These Ukrainian women banded together after fleeing war. The U.S. may send them back.
As changes to parole programs leave them in limbo, women working for organizations helping immigrants and refugees are worried about their own status, too.