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In Utah, trans teenagers’ mental health teeters as first gender-affirming care ban of 2023 is signed
The law’s passage also dealt a blow to trans teens’ faith in Gov. Spencer Cox, who invoked the importance of acceptance while vetoing the state’s anti-trans sports bill last year.
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How Dobbs made the Wisconsin Supreme Court race one of the biggest elections of 2023
The state’s women-dominated Supreme Court will have the final say on abortion access in the state — and the race could come down to two women judges.
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Tyre Nichols’ funeral service marked by tears, a somber sisterhood and the call to ‘take action’
Other mothers who have lost children to police joined the Nichols family and Vice President Kamala Harris in asking for "non-negotiable" policing reform legislation.
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Changes to AP African American Studies course set a ‘scary precedent,’ advocates say
In response to backlash from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and education officials, the College Board made subjects like queer studies and intersectionality optional but not required.
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What Black History Month means to The 19th staff
Black history is all around us: within our families, in the ways we’ve educated ourselves about our people and our achievements, and how we choose to express ourselves.
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Americans don’t know if abortion is legal in their state, new poll shows
The survey also showed that people in states with abortion bans thought they could not legally access emergency contraception either.
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A woman's calls sustained her incarcerated grandson. Now a law in her name will lower prison phone rates.
The law in Martha Wright-Reed's name calls on the FCC to better regulate the exorbitant costs of prison and jail phone calls for incarcerated people and their families.
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New program aims to invest in Black women's leadership in the South
Twenty-five women — among them attorneys, formerly incarcerated women and advocates — make up the inaugural class of the program.
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Rep. Nancy Mace warns her party to adopt a more ‘centrist’ abortion agenda or lose women voters
The anti-abortion South Carolina Republican wants her party to welcome exceptions to abortion bans, back expanding access to contraception and find "common ground" with Democrats. It's not clear if anyone is listening.
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A vast majority of Americans are concerned people could face criminal penalties for abortion
A majority of Americans are worried that medical professionals and patients could be charged with crimes for providing or having abortions, a new poll finds.