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A Patchwork of Access: Self-Managed Medication Abortion in Post-Roe America

Medication abortion, sometimes called “abortion with pills,” is a critical component of abortion access that has allowed many individuals to end a pregnancy at home. Following the June 2022 Dobbs…

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LGBTQ Youth and Young Adults Are Coming Out Into a Polarized Environment—and Finding Valuable School and Community Support

Youth in the United States who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) face widening health disparities compared with their straight or cisgender peers, and LGBQ young adults…

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Pandemic Lockdowns Disrupted Family Planning and Other Reproductive Health Care Worldwide

Shutdowns and restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted contraceptive services, abortion access, and other sexual and reproductive health care across the globe, new research shows. In many places, providers…

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High Premature Birth Rates Among U.S. Black Women May Reflect the Stress of Racism and Health and Economic Factors

Racism-related stress may help explain why Black women in the United States are over 50% more likely to deliver a premature baby than white women. Just over 14% of Black…

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When a Parent Is Incarcerated, Partners and Children Also Pay a Price

“We live in a country where we have huge numbers of children exposed to parental incarceration. When we talk about the need to reform the criminal justice and mass incarceration…

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This Mother’s Day, Family Life Is More Complicated Than Ever—and Coronavirus Is Making It Worse

As Mother’s Day 2020 fast approaches, the coronavirus pandemic—coupled with ongoing demographic trends—is making family life even more complicated for Americans. Millions of families are at increased risk of falling…

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