Here’s How Trump’s Border Wall Budget Could Actually Put ‘People First’
Mr. Trump, don't build that wall. Invest in all of our people.
News
Arkansas Anti-Choice Bills Pass With Bipartisan Support
“This bill intrudes on the doctor-patient relationship by requiring doctors to become investigators and patients their suspects, and it does nothing to address the root causes of gender discrimination and bias,” Wright said.
Third Time Not the Charm for New Mexico GOP’s 20-Week Ban
The legislation would have only permitted abortions after 20 weeks in cases of life endangerment. Violators would have faced civil penalties of at least $500 and the suspension or loss of a medical license.
Florida’s Forced Waiting Period Law to Remain Blocked
“This law had one purpose: to limit a woman’s access to her constitutionally-guaranteed medical care. We are pleased that the court has agreed,” said Nancy Abudu, legal director for the ACLU of Florida.
D.C. Mayor Won’t Veto Paid Family Leave Measure
If approved by Congress, more than a half million people who work in the city—including those who live outside the District—will receive between 50 and 90 percent of their weekly paycheck while on leave.
Commentary
Repeating Falsehoods About Disabled People Isn’t the Way to Prevent Gun Violence
The rhetoric employed by lawmakers on both the right and the left makes me want to scream, for different reasons.
Two Studies Bring Bad News About Cervical Cancer Deaths and HPV—So What Can We Do?
We need more people to be screened and vaccinated—and less stigma.
Analysis
Federal Court Rejects Tribal Religious Challenge to Dakota Access Pipeline
The legal fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline could hinge on the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision.
Multimedia
CHOICE/LESS – Cherisse Scott: So Why Am I Here?
Fourteen years ago, Cherisse Scott was a singer finishing a national tour. The career she'd worked so hard for all her life was about to blossom. Then an unplanned pregnancy and a trip to what she thought was an abortion clinic changed all of that. Listen to her story on this episode of CHOICE/LESS.
Investigations
As Health Secretary, Tom Price Adds to Whiff of Kleptocracy
Now that Price is responsible for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its $1.15 billion budget, it’s worth taking stock of the allegations of conflicts of interest leveled against the Georgia congressman.
Defunding Planned Parenthood Would Hit Blue States Hardest
“If we do not get federal reimbursement for the care we provide, our health centers will close,” Beth Parker, chief legal counsel of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, wrote in comments that she provided to Rewire. “Our patients will have nowhere to go.”
How a Catholic Insurer Built a Birth Control Obstacle Course in New York
The New York state-based Fidelis refuses to cover a range of reproductive health services that conflict with directives from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, including abortion, sterilization, and most forms of birth control.
Gavel Drop: Republicans’ Full-Frontal Legal Assault Continues
The GOP is gunning for the Fair Housing Act, legislators who support sanctuary cities, and the appellate court that helped block Trump's travel ban.
Culture & Conversation
We Must Not Back Down in the Face of the ‘Eaters of the Earth’
The long-term implications of the election of Donald Trump as president and the inexorable corporate-driven greed of the Dakota Access pipeline have left me feeling vulnerable and in need of solace.
Roses Are Red, We All Are Blue: Activists Send ‘Love Letters’ to Speaker Ryan
Co-founded by Katrina Majkut and Wendy Allen, "Love Letters to Paul Ryan" is one of the latest online groups to spring up around social activism.
Before ‘Roe,’ This University Had an Abortion Fund for Students
Duke University was one of a handful of higher-learning institutions to have an abortion loan fund before abortion was legalized across the country. And this alternative funding model lasted for more than 30 years—though not entirely without opposition.
Office of Government Ethics Says Kellyanne Conway Should Be Investigated, But She Probably Won’t Be
As Office of Government Ethics Director Walter M. Shaub Jr. pointed out in his letter, Conway’s conduct is virtually identical to a hypothetical that the agency offers on its website as an example of what not to do.
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Editorial
Grassroots Legal Stars Working to Battle Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants and Refugees (Updated)
As a manmade disaster continues to play out in the wake of Trump's immigration orders, your support can fund organizations defending the rights of immigrants and refugees.
Gavel Drop: Republicans’ Full-Frontal Legal Assault Continues
The GOP is gunning for the Fair Housing Act, legislators who support sanctuary cities, and the appellate court that helped block Trump's travel ban.
RH Wire
- Non-Citizens Are Not Voting. Here Are the Facts. Brennan Center for Justice
- Christie says Trump made him order the meatloaf at meal together Boston Globe
- Pregnant women often have to travel an hour or more to deliver in rural America Stat
- What’s Killing America’s Black Infants? The Nation
- Women's March organizers announce date for general strike CNN
- Federal Judge Dismisses Defamation Suit Against Bill Cosby Over Alleged Sexual Assault Slate
- Congress Just Got a Lot Closer to Defunding Planned Parenthood Mother Jones
- Latinx members of Congress met with ICE—and they’re terrified about what they heard Fusion
