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Why bills to end spousal rape loopholes hit snags
Some state lawmakers have sought to make changes, but others have perpetuated rape myths in response to bills.
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'It cannot be this way': What is period poverty and how to solve it
The 19th spoke to advocates and experts leading the charge to make menstrual products more accessible and break stigmas.
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Study: 42 percent of LGBTQ+ youth report suicidal thoughts during the pandemic
The past year has presented unprecedented challenges for LGBTQ+ people, queer youth in particular, advocates say.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Mississippi challenge to Roe v. Wade
Justices are likely to rule next summer on whether a ban on abortions after 15 weeks is constitutional.
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Women in health care are at a breaking point — and they’re leaving
In the pandemic, women are abandoning health care jobs, citing burnout and decades of inequities in a system that was never designed to support them.
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Parents are vaccinated, kids can’t be. That complicates the new masks-off guidance.
‘He won’t wear one if I don’t wear one’: Some parents may keep masking and taking precautions until a COVID-19 vaccine is approved for children under the age of 12.
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Could sex ed halt trans homicides? Some advocates say yes.
As transgender homicides surge, experts say teaching kids that an attraction to transgender people is OK could curb the crisis.
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‘A bigger hit than the cancer itself’: How some states are working to help cancer patients with infertility
A bill in Texas has stalled, but this year Utah joined other states that have tried to make procedures including egg, embryo and sperm freezing more accessible to those getting treatment.
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How expanding vaccine eligibility for kids will impact mothers
The FDA authorized the Pfizer vaccine for those 12 to 15. Experts say that could help moms get back to work.
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Biden restores transgender ACA protections, ending Trump era of uncertainty
The change comes as many state legislatures are pushing restrictive anti-trans medical bills.