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Will pouring money into statehouse races help America reach gender parity?
The Ascend Fund is investing more than half a million dollars into groups that plan to recruit and train women to run for statehouse seats in Michigan, Mississippi and Washington.
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In Western Massachusetts, a clinic by and for transgender people seeks to revolutionize health care
Transhealth Northampton wants to change primary care for its trans patients — and also for everyone else.
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Proposed budget bill injects funding for reproductive health -- and drops the Hyde Amendment
A bill introduced in the Senate Appropriations Committee puts the focus on reproductive rights by proposing an end to the Hyde Amendment and offering an unprecedented level of funding for Title X
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Pregnant undocumented minors, many of them rape survivors, no longer have access to abortions in Texas
Officials have been ordered to transfer minors seeking abortions to facilities outside the state — delaying their access to the procedure.
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FEMA’s Deanne Criswell talks following your gut and the agency’s focus on equity in disaster response
The first woman in the agency’s top job said FEMA has to make sure it’s helping those who face barriers navigate bureaucracy.
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‘For all families and gender identities’: WNBA union denounces Texas abortion ban in New York Times ad
‘This directly affects a lot of people in our league as a women’s league and a league of people with uteruses,’ the union’s first vice president said.
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Pete Buttigieg took parental leave. LGBTQ+ advocates and administration officials say that should be normal.
A paid-leave proposal is part of the White House’s proposed Build Back Better legislation.
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Seeking more ways to reduce crime, officials look to universal pre-K
Law enforcement officials and policy makers discussed research suggesting that children enrolled in high-quality pre-K were 70 percent less likely to be arrested for violent crime by the time they turned 18.
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Country music has a gender issue. Kacey Musgraves is the latest woman to be shut out.
The singer's latest album, “Star-Crossed,” will not be eligible for a Best Country Album Grammy nomination — even as one of its tracks is a contender for Best Country Song.
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'It’s just been a living nightmare': Texas House passes anti-trans bill, and families struggle to cope
The legislation requires trans students to join single-gender teams according to what is on their original birth certificate, rather than one that was modified after transition