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A tampon shortage, during a formula shortage, during a child care shortage
Addressing the shortages means overcoming not just disregard for people’s needs, but also the discomfort many Americans feel discussing menstruation and other issues affecting women and marginalized groups.
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Senator asks tampon makers how they’re going to fix the shortage
Sen. Maggie Hassan sent a letter to tampon manufacturers Monday seeking answers after reports of empty shelves started circulating last week. She wants tampons to be treated as an essential good.
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Florida wants to deny Medicaid coverage on gender-affirming care for trans patients of all ages
The state's proposal would disproportionately affect low-income trans people — and for some Florida families, accessing gender-affirming care under Medicaid was already impossible.
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Pushed by lawmakers and the formula shortage, FEMA boosts efforts to support breastfeeding families during disasters
The agency makes it more clear that parents qualify for reimbursement if they need breast pumps and other resources to keep their babies fed.
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Colorado is the first state to abolish anonymous sperm and egg donors. Activist Erin Jackson on why that matters.
Colorado has banned anonymous sperm and egg donation as well as regulated the number of families a single donor can be used to create. Donor-conceived activist Erin Jackson says this is only the start.
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The 19th Explains: How would overturning Roe v. Wade affect IVF?
Different state definitions of personhood, designed with abortion in mind, may have legal ramifications for fertility treatment and embryos
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Exclusive: Four new states will extend postpartum Medicaid coverage to 12 months
About 126,000 families may benefit from this expansion, which health officials hope will reduce the number of pregnancy-related deaths.
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With abortion rights in limbo, conservative lawmakers are eyeing restrictions on IUDs and Plan B
Contraceptive restrictions would almost certainly face legal challenges. But the Supreme Court has already laid the groundwork for states to restrict access.
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Medication abortion is recognized as safe — even without a doctor — but do enough people know about it?
Some scholars and abortion providers worry that those who don’t know how to access pills, or who aren’t plugged into the right communities, could be at risk of harm.
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New crisis, old inequities: How the baby formula shortage disproportionally hurts low-wage families
Carla Cevasco, a history professor, spoke about the communities hardest hit by the shortage and the historic structures that made their situation more precarious.