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Roem’s victory in Virginia is significant for a region with such a large transgender population, the majority of which live in states that are passing laws to restrict their rights.

Tuesday’s election results in Virginia are a rebuke to what anti-abortion advocates and Republican politicians hoped was a limit that a broad swath of voters could get behind.

Parker was heavily favored over Republican David Oh to replace term-limited Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney.

An excerpt from ‘bell hooks’ Spiritual Vision’ by The 19th’s Nadra Nittle examines the late feminist's views on the role of religion in women’s liberation.

Democrat Dan McCaffery won the vacant seat on a court that will likely make consequential decisions on abortion access in the near future.

For the first time in at least a decade, the House has put forward a funding bill that includes no money for the only federal agency to “represent the needs and interests of working women.”

The results are a rebuke for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who had promised to work for a 15-week abortion ban if his party won. 

With the victory on Issue 1, abortion rights advocates are on a 7-and-0 ballot measure winning streak since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

The anti-abortion record of his Republican opponent, Attorney General Daniel Cameron, became a key issue in the race even though the governor’s office has little control over abortion policy.

Last year, the Supreme Court set a new standard for gun regulation. Now, in United States v. Rahimi, justices don’t know how it applies to domestic violence.