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New Book Outlines Medication Abortion’s Origins—From ‘Chance’ Discovery to Decades of Clinical Tests and Global Approval

“Just Pills” author Rebecca Kelliher discusses the U.S.' abortion fight and what to learn from Latin America’s reproductive justice battle.

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Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison

Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.

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Anti-Abortion Slenderman & Wife Are Going All in on Forced Birth Ballot Measures

The Missouri Senator took a break from feuding with the FDA commissioner to launch a group supporting constitutional amendments to ban abortion.

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Apartment fees crackdown, abortion coverage, cell phone repairs: These new Colorado laws take effect Jan. 1

The new year will mean the arrival of more than 20 new state laws limiting extra fees landlords can charge, expanding Medicaid coverage for abortion and establishing new gun show requirements.

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Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison

Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.

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Western ‘family values’ rhetoric undermines ubuntu and reproductive justice for all in Africa | Daily Maverick

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Delayed care to 2 Black pregnant women highlights maternal health disparities

Two viral cases in Indiana and Texas highlight systemic failures in maternal care and ongoing risks for Black mothers.

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Five key moments in the assault on the rights of women and girls in 2025

Since Trump’s second term began in January, global healthcare, especially for sexual and reproductive health, has been under constant attack

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Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison

Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.

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Capitol agenda: Parallel pushes for an 11th-hour health deal

Rank-and-file senators are invited to join a Problem Solvers Caucus meeting Wednesday to discuss a potential joint effort to extend key Obamacare subsidies. Rank-and-file dealmakers in both chambers are making last-ditch attempts to extend key Obamacare subsidies this week, even as it becomes crystal clear the subsidies will expire first. House GOP moderates are hashing out what sort of extension to offer as an amendment at Tuesday afternoon’s Rules meeting — even as they signal they will fall in line with Speaker Mike Johnson’s health care plan whether they get a vote or not. A bipartisan Senate group is working simultaneously toward an extension framework that they hope to announce by the end of the week, while acknowledging it won’t get a vote till next year. Here’s where the mod movement in each chamber stands. — In the House: Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Monday night there’s no “final decision” on putting a subsidy extension amendment on the floor. Tuesday morning’s GOP Conference meeting could get heated as frustrated moderates — who call a subsidy extension omission “a huge mistake” — make their last plea for a vote. But they face a huge obstacle at the 2 p.m. Rules meeting Tuesday afternoon, where Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and other moderates are unlikely to get a warm welcome from the panel’s conservative hard-liners, who are firmly against extending Obamacare in any form. The moderates could pull a page out of the Freedom Caucus playbook and threaten to tank the rule or the underlying bill in return, but that does not appear to be in the cards: “I wouldn’t vote against it in protest,” Fitzpatrick said. — In the Senate: Meanwhile, nearly two dozen senators convened by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) discussed issuing a roadmap this week toward a bipartisan deal. The rough framework under discussion would pair a two-year subsidy extension with a new income eligibility cap and fraud prevention language. A potential extension of open enrollment for Obamacare exchanges and possible restrictions on abortion funding also remain under consideration. That’s similar to Fitzpatrick’s proposal in the House, but the two efforts so far are entirely parallel. But there is some hope they might eventually converge: Rank-and-file senators are invited to join a Problem Solvers Caucus meeting Fitzpatrick is hosting Wednesday to discuss a joint effort. But this much is clear: The Dec. 31 deadline for the subsidies is certain to come and go. “The calendar precludes getting something done this week,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told reporters. “But, still, a commitment to work together is a lot of progress.” What else we’re watching: — Boat strikes oversight: The Pentagon will make video of the Sept. 2 strikes on an alleged drug boat leaving Venezuela available to all members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees later this week, a White House official said. It’s only been shown thus far to the Gang of Eight leaders as well as top members of the Armed Services and Defense Appropriations panels. — Approps movement in the Senate: Senate Republicans are getting close to reaching agreement within their own ranks to move a five-bill spending package before they leave for the holiday recess. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said that he and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) are in discussions with GOP leaders to get a vote stripping earmarks out of the package and potentially also an amendment related to balancing the budget. — SPEED Act speeds through: The House GOP’s flagship legislation to speed up federal permitting for energy projects is on track for the chamber floor after House Rules agreed to allow amendment votes demanded by conservative hard-liners — including three from foes of offshore wind, who had otherwise threatened to oppose the measure. One of those amendments would strip language that would limit the president’s power to revoke approved permits for energy projects. Meredith Lee Hill, Jordain Carney, Jennifer Scholtes and Josh Siegel contributed to this report.

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Josh Hawley picks a fight with GOP strategy with antiabortion stance | Opinion

Has the Missouri senator learned nothing? GOP sources wonder. But maybe he has — how to go his own way toward a 2028 presidential bid. | Opinion

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Figures reveal stark reality of US funding cuts as 1,394 family planning clinics shut

Survey by world’s largest network for sexual and reproductive health shows devastation to services, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, and amplification of anti-rights voices

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FDA OKs libido-boosting pill for older women who have gone through menopause

U.S. health officials have expanded approval of a much-debated drug aimed at boosting female libido, saying the once-a-day pill can now be taken by postmenopausal women up to 65 years old. The announcement on Monday from the Food and Drug Administration broadens the drug's use to older women who have gone through menopause. The pill, Addyi, was first approved 10 years ago for premenopausal women who report emotional stress due to 

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‘My Voice, My Choice’ initiative on accessible abortion | 15-12-2025 | News | European Parliament

MEPs will debate on Tuesday and vote on Wednesday on a proposal to establish a financial mechanism to ensure women can access safe and legal abortion across the EU.

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DeSantis must answer for illicitly diverting millions | Editorial

An explosive investigation by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times shows Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 million in public funds to his private wars against abortion and recreational marij…

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' election night coat sold at auction for $50,800. Photos show the iconic look.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wore a purple maternity coat on election night in 1960. Sotheby's estimated the coat's value at between $6,000 and $8,000.