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As families of trans kids fear state investigation, advocacy groups are suing Texas
As some families in Texas prepare for worst-case scenarios, the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal have sued the governor to prevent the state’s child welfare agency from investigating parents seeking gender-affirming care for their children.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and the power of Republican women as party messengers
As one of only three Republican women governors in the country, Kim Reynolds could prove beneficial to a party trying to appeal to suburban White women.
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What will Biden say in the State of the Union address? Here's what The 19th is watching.
Inflation, abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, voting, the Supreme Court and more may all come up as the president speaks more than a year into his administration.
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Collins, Murkowski introduce alternative Senate bill to codify abortion rights
The two Republican senators dropped the bill as an amendment to the Women’s Health Protection Act, which failed to pass the Senate Monday.
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Women have been sounding the alarm ahead of Texas’ first-in-the-nation primary
Elected officials, volunteers and advocates have raised concerns about confusion over new mail voting rules and the reversal of practices that made it easier for many women and people with caregiving responsibilities to cast a ballot.
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Texas schools must now teach students how to spot abuse — if their parents allow
A teenager’s family missed the warning signs of abuse before she was killed. Texas schools hope to prevent similar tragedies.
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Hear from Black women leading on the economy and environment in the White House
The 19th spoke to the chairs of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Council of Economic Advisers, both the first Black women to hold their jobs, ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
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Jessica Cisneros takes on the last anti-abortion U.S. House Democrat
The 28-year-old lawyer came close to defeating nine-term incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar in Texas in 2020. This year, Cisneros said she ‘owed it to the folks here to try it one more time.’
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Arizona’s anti-trans bills meet resistance among Republicans
Still, hesitation on some fronts may do little to stop the state’s remaining proposed anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ bills.
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Ken Paxton dined with the family of a trans kid. They now feel under attack.
Amber Briggle wants to know why her state’s attorney general issued a directive that states gender-affirming care is child abuse after Paxton visited her family for hours in 2016.