Eight LGBTQ+ adults and two trans teens spoke with The 19th about their suicidal ideation and what helped them. Talking about it can help others feel less alone, experts say.
Some legal experts say the draft opinion leaves critical civil rights law vulnerable, including precedent that granted Americans the right to same-sex relationships and marriage equality.
Abortions remain legal in every state. But the leak is pushing providers to begin envisioning a country without federal abortion rights.
Some of the elements Alito describes in the opinion are still a work in progress. In other cases, they are leaving out some of the most vulnerable Americans, experts say.
The push comes after months of low morale at the institute — and just as the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling that could weaken or overturn Roe v. Wade
No new abortion ban has taken effect, but the impacts are already being felt in clinics across the state.
The nonenforceable guidelines single out socially transitioning rather than just medically transitioning. That puts Florida’s efforts to restrict gender-affirming care beyond many other states’, experts say.
Clinics are challenging the strict new abortion law, known as House Bill 3, in federal court.
The Violence Against Women Act requires states to bear the cost of rape kit exams, but hospitals don’t always know that, or have the right people to work with victims.
The price increase is a result of state-based abortion laws that have made the procedure more difficult and more expensive to provide.