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US cuts global family planning aid, leaving millions without contraception
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (625+ words) Cuts to US family planning aid are forcing clinics to close and women to seek dangerous alternatives, raising fears of rising maternal deaths and unplanned pregnancies. In Kilifi, on the east coast of Kenya, nurse Kephine Ojung'a says that in…...
Trump Administration Expands Mexico City Policy to Target Abortion and DEI Programs
3+ mon, 19+ hour ago (445+ words) Vice President Jay Vance on Friday said that the Trump administration is expanding the so-called Mexico City Policy to ban not only funding by the U. S. government to organizations that conduct or promote abortions, but also those that, in the administration's…...
US Supreme Court to Hear Case on New Jersey Pregnancy Center Subpoena
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (467+ words) The U. S. Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday arguments regarding a subpoena issued to a nonprofit religious organization in New Jersey that runs crisis pregnancy centers " a case that united civil liberties advocates with conservative groups across the country. First Choice…...
US Anti-Abortion Movement Escalates Legal Battles Over Shield Laws
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (521+ words) The anti-abortion movement in the United States is testing new tactics aimed at provoking sharp legal and political clashes around shield laws in blue states that protect abortion providers from prosecution. The escalation is driven by rising abortions after the…...
Changing Youth Perspectives on Hormonal Contraception in the US
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (634+ words) Kristen Hawkins isn't the kind of figure typically described as unifying. She is the founder and leader of the organization Students for Life of America, a national network that opposes abortion, and she regularly travels to campuses to debate abortion…...