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California Is Ready to Ensure Every Public College Student Has Access to Abortion
The California state legislature has passed the first bill in the nation ensuring medication abortion is available on UC and CSU campuses.
AmeriCorps Adopts Health Screening Process That’s Fair to Candidates with Disabilities
Susie was disqualified from AmeriCorps NCCC for seeking therapy. Now they're changing their screening process so everyone can apply to serve.
Stripped of Their Rights
In 2011, guards at an Illinois prison violated the constitution when they carried out a mass strip-search of incarcerated women.
The Challenges of Breastfeeding as a Black Person
How our workplaces and healthcare system create barriers to breastfeeding.
Patients’ Needs, Not Personal Beliefs, Come First in Health Care
The refusal of care rule violates the Constitution and numerous federal legal protections for patients and so the rule should be prevented from going into effect.
Abortion Rights for All Means Your Access to Abortion Shouldn’t Depend on Where You Live or How Much You Make
Candidates should also commit to working with Congress to pass and sign into law the EACH Woman Act, which would lift bans on abortion coverage in government insurance programs once and for all and also stop politicians from meddling with abortion coverage in private insurance plans.
New York Passes a Bill to Ensure No One Loses Their Home for Calling the Police
We are calling on the U.S. Senate to address this issue by supporting the housing protections in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, which passed the House in April. These protections would help secure people's housing and livelihoods.
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