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How can we talk about workplace equality when we still punish women for getting pregnant?
Women shouldn't have to hold off looking for a new job, or raising funds for their company, just because they're thinking about starting a family.
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On average, moms see a 4% LOSS in income for each child they have. Meanwhile, dads see a 6% income BONUS. Why is pregnancy discrimination STILL a thing in 2019???????
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How #MeToo is changing sex ed policies, even in red states
Liberalized sex education policies are being considered in more states, even traditionally conservative ones, as more female lawmakers take office.
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Learning about consent MUST be a part of comprehensive, inclusive sexual education. nbcnews.to/2KTYsFl #MeToo
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If You Don’t Want To Use Hormonal Birth Control Or Condoms, Here Are Your Options
In this week's Sex IDK column, Emma McGowan, certified sex educator and writer, answers your questions about finding and using non-hormonal birth control methods that aren't condoms.
Q: What are the best non-hormonal birth control methods that are…
Catholics for Choice: There's a war on your birth control
Catholics in particular should be especially angered by people trampling the rights of the already downtrodden.
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.@Catholic4Choice: "Cheating millions of vulnerable Americans of the ability to access birth control and other reproductive health services is unconscionable." bit.ly/2z1YFk3 #ProtectX
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Inside the 'fake clinics' where women are persuaded to carry pregnancies to term
‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ give counseling, pregnancy tests – and outnumber abortion providers three to one in Georgia
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So-called “crisis pregnancy centers” are anti-choice orgs that seek to lure in pregnant people who believe they are abortion providers. The centers often have ZERO medical professionals on staff and offer NO actual healthcare. They exist to spread lies.
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Climate of Fear: When Part of a Country Bans Abortion
Northern Ireland’s draconian rules, separate from the system in the rest of Britain and in Ireland, may provide a foretaste of life in some American states if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
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In Northern Ireland, where abortion is currently criminalized, police raid women’s homes looking for abortion pills. The punishment for getting caught can be life in prison. If the anti-choice movement has it their way, this could be our future, too.
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"I couldn't afford anything": How Donald Trump's war on abortion will screw over millions of low-income women
Title X transformed this woman's life, but it may not be an option for much longer
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Millions of Americans like Emma rely on Title X for affordable reproductive healthcare. 60% of women who use Title X say it's their ONLY source of healthcare. Thanks to the Trump-Pence admin's domestic gag rule, their access is now hanging in the balance.
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The 'escorts' who ward off anti-abortion protesters at Mississippi's lone clinic
‘Clinic escorts’ create a buffer between protesters and women arriving at the clinic as its role becomes ever more important
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Shoutout to all the amazing clinic escorts across the country who got up early this morning to protect patients from anti-choice harassment. We see you, and we love you. 💜
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Town Hall - NARAL with Pete Buttigieg and Reproductive Freedom voters of Iowa! · NARAL
On August 21st in Des Moines for the next in a series of town hall events, join NARAL National Political Director, NARAL members and Presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg in a discussion about Reproductive freedom and economic equality for...
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Near Des Moines this coming Wednesday? Join @NARALIowa members, our National Political Director & presidential candidate @PeteButtigieg on 8/21 for the next reproductive freedom discussion in our Presidential Town Hall series! RSVP today: bit.ly/2N8Wxzt #2020Election pic.twitter.com/vtlFkIjxZA
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Near Des Moines this Wednesday? Join @NARALIowa members, our National Political Director, and presidential candidate @PeteButtigieg on 8/21 for the next reproductive freedom discussion in our Presidential Town Hall series! RSVP today: bit.ly/2N8Wxzt #2020Election pic.twitter.com/5L4CNdALiN
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Tennessee Anti-Abortion Republican Claims He Remembers His Birth
A Tennessee Tea Partier claimed earlier this week he has a “conceptual memory of being born” – he then went...
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…..This guy is one of the "witnesses" that Tennessee's anti-choice politicians brought in this week to testify in support of their TOTAL abortion ban. Yes, really. bit.ly/30jfvHv #StopTheBans #TNLeg
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This Woman Had A Stillbirth And Is On Trial For It — Again
Evelyn Hernández was convicted of aggravated murder after a stillbirth, but was released after serving 33 months. This week, she is going back to court for the same alleged crime.
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Salvadoran Evelyn Hernández was recently released from prison after serving 33 months of a 30-year sentence for experiencing a stillbirth. And now, she's back in court and being tried again. This is what criminalizing abortion looks like in practice.
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The American Workplace Still Won’t Accommodate Pregnant Workers
Pregnant women face discrimination up and down the economic ladder—but low-wage workers suffer the most.
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Pregnant people, especially those who are low-income, are STILL getting fired for being pregnant in 2019. This is NOT acceptable. This country HAS to do better.
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The safe house shielding patients as abortion wars rage outside
The Power House gives women a place of sanctuary as they wait for their procedures at Montgomery’s only abortion clinic
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Alabama's Power House gives abortion patients "a place of sanctuary" to wait for their appointments away from anti-choice harassment and "a few overnight spots that provide somewhere to sleep for those unable to afford a hotel." Such important work 🙌💜
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New Title X Regulations: Implications for Women and Family Planning Providers
This brief reviews the Trump Administration’s new final Title X family planning regulations, compares them to the current program rules and discusses the implications of these changes for low-incom…
The Myth of Male Birth Control
It’s been “10 years away” for the past 50 years. Are we just getting conned?
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NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT of women surveyed said they wish there were a male birth control option beyond using condoms or having a vasectomy. Can we PLEASE get some birth control equity????
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Racist Iowa Rep. Steve King Asked If There'd "Be Any Population Left" Without Rape And Incest
Democratic presidential hopefuls have called on King to resign for Wednesday's comment.
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Representative Steve King is an anti-choice extremist, a rape apologist, a white supremacist—and a national embarrassment.
Resign.
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Total bans on abortion ignore the opinions of most Americans
In no state more than a fourth of people are in favor of banning abortion in all cases
U.S. Rep. Steve King: If not for rape and incest, 'would there be any population left?'
King said some conservatives told him he would get more support on abortion legislation if he allowed certain exemptions. He did not agree to the caveats.
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"What if we just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest? Would there be any population left?"
—Anti-choice activist and white supremacist Rep. Steve King, just now. While arguing that rape or incest survivors should be forced to give birth.
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Poverty is a hurdle for women seeking abortions in rural America
In the US south and beyond, getting an abortion is not only logistically and emotionally difficult – it can push someone over the financial edge
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"Dominique picks up two extra shifts to pay for her abortion. She has $150 put aside. The clinic is giving her another $100. Her boss is giving her the next paycheck a couple days early. That still leaves her $30 short."
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"The procedure itself equaled two months of LT’s rent for the four-bedroom trailer she lives in with her sister. She’s behind in bills by more than $2,500...Her bank account is negative. She has a four-year-old to feed and keep in childcare."
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