10 anti-LGBTQ+ bills impacting students go into effect across six states
Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill went into effect Friday, alongside multiple school sports bans for transgender students and Alabama’s bathroom bill.
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Democratic leaders in red states are figuring out what they can do to help people seeking abortions
Some leaders have announced plans to minimize abortion criminalization efforts. But state law limits their options.
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Biden says he supports changing Senate filibuster rules to protect abortion rights
Biden’s administration is under pressure to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision gutting Roe v. Wade. But he has said options are limited and it would be best for Congress to pass a law.
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White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson details how powerful officials leaned on her to ‘figure it out’ on Jan. 6
“I started to get frustrated because I felt like I was watching a bad car accident that was about to happen,” the former aide to the White House chief of staff said.
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Will Kina Collins be the next progressive Black woman to unseat a Democratic incumbent?
Gun violence, food deserts and poor health care access have created a life expectancy in Kina Collins’ Chicago-area House district that’s lower than surrounding areas. She calls the race a fight for her life.
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As Pride month closes, LGBTQ+ advocates are split on whether Biden is doing enough to protect the community
Some are cheering the administration’s efforts, while others say there’s more talk than action.
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‘A moment Kamala Harris was primed for’: What will the vice president do for reproductive rights?
The highest-ranking woman in the United States has made reproductive health a priority. Her response to Dobbs could be her defining test.
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With Roe overturned, governors in states like Michigan will shape what comes next
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer leads a state with a Republican-controlled legislature. The dynamic complicates her options in response to the overturning of federal abortion rights.
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Liberal justices’ dissent sketches out ‘the loss of power, control, and dignity’ in a post-Roe America
“After today, young women will come of age with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had,” Justice Stephen Breyer wrote.
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The Biden administration just hinted at how it could protect access to medication abortion
The administration may try to “preempt” state laws banning medication abortions, officials suggested.