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The 19th Explains: How Medicaid helps mothers, caregivers and children
The popular public health care program for low-income Americans covers nearly half of all births in America. Almost half of the nation’s children are also enrolled in the program.
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Two states are coming after a New York doctor for mailing abortion pills. Here’s what's next.
Cases from Louisiana and Texas represent the first test of a key law used to circumvent state abortion bans.
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Trump directive ‘dangerously’ conflates gender-affirming care with a human rights violation
Groups that work to end female genital mutilation and cutting worry about an executive order that co-opts the policies they’ve worked to pass over nearly 30 years.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed as Trump’s health secretary
Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist, will be able to shape federal abortion policy and has expressed openness to national restrictions.
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Anti-abortion centers face little regulation. The SAD Act could change that.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, would empower the Federal Trade Commission to regulate these often religiously affiliated centers.
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USAID’s reproductive health funding has saved millions of lives. Now it’s gone.
For decades, USAID’s family planning program was the main source for contraception and HIV treatment in some countries. Experts say without it, women and LGBTQ+ people will die.
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In Mississippi, systemic failures mean Black women with cervical cancer are more likely to die
The disproportionate mortality rates are a result of poverty, racism and lack of access to health care and education, a new report shows.
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Families sue after losing access to gender-affirming care under Trump's executive order
The lawsuit announced by LGBTQ+ advocates Tuesday was filed on behalf of transgender people under the age of 19 in Maryland, New York and Massachusetts.
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Louisiana mother, New York doctor indicted for allegedly giving minor abortion pills
It is the first criminal case of its kind in the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Senators asked RFK Jr. the vaccine questions American moms want answers to
The 19th spoke to medical experts about what Kennedy can and can’t do around vaccines if confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.