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State lawmakers are weighing bills that would treat abortion as homicide
None of the bills are likely to become law. But they illustrate a growing divide in the anti-abortion movement and could punish pregnant people.
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Five years after the height of COVID, nurses are still fighting for their rights
Registered nurses from the nation’s largest union for the profession spoke with The 19th about the first days of the pandemic, and how it’s shaped their ongoing efforts for job protections.
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Reproductive health clinics are losing federal funding — and conservative states will be hit hardest
The Trump administration’s cuts to Title X could disrupt medical services for close to a million people, predominantly low-income Americans.
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Trump wants to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood. The Supreme Court will hear a case aimed at that.
The case concerns a South Carolina policy that would prevent people from using Medicaid — which predominantly insures people of color — at the nation’s largest family planning provider.
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What happens to health research when 'women' is a banned word?
Trump's federal funding cuts are shutting down studies on Alzheimer’s care, uterine fibroids and pregnancy risks — all because they focus on gender.
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What RFK Jr.’s plans for baby formula mean for parents
Advocates and public health officials say there is room for improvement in formula regulation — though some question that execution amid food safety oversight cuts.
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A new Texas bill is coming after online abortion pills
The 43-page measure, introduced Friday, may be the most meaningful attempt this year to block the ordering and mailing of medication abortion.
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Hospitals that paused youth gender-affirming care continued controversial intersex surgeries, group says
Intersex advocates say that they have been shut out of the conversations about gender and health, even as a recent executive order has far-reaching consequences for intersex kids.
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The reality of navigating immigration enforcement and abortion bans as a pregnant migrant
The 19th spoke with the head of the Women’s Equality Center about how inadequate medical care and the fear of deportation can lead to dangerous outcomes in the Trump administration.
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The 19th Explains: Is Trump cutting Medicaid?
Republicans are aiming to cut billions in federal spending to finance tax cuts — and a lot of it could come from the government's health insurance program for lower-income Americans.