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Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, has died

Richards also was a “fearless champion for abortion access and gender justice to the very end of her extraordinary life,” said National Women’s Law Center President and CEO Fatima Goss Graves. “Cecile leaves behind a...

Meet the Trump Nominees Who Could Gut Abortion Rights Across Government Programs

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary The Department of Health and Human Services—the government agency that employs more than 80,000 people and oversees the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for...

Kamala Harris Was Poised to Crush the Women’s Vote. What Went Wrong?

In more than a dozen interviews with advocates trying to motivate women of color as well as white women to vote for Democrats, two top-line reasons stand out. First, abortion played out differently than many...

Expect This Project 2025 Co-Author & Trump Cabinet Pick to Help Gut Reproductive Care

Reproductive rights organizations now warn that Vought’s appointment could be devastating for access to reproductive care across the country. His positions on the broad powers of the executive branch to direct funding show he supports “policies...

House Passes Bill to Ban Transgender Athletes from Women’s Sports

Opponents to the bill say it's discriminatory in nature, especially for the three percent of American high schoolers who identify as transgender, according to the CDC. “This bill is framed as protecting women and girls'...

House passes bill restricting transgender athletes from women’s sports

Advocacy groups supporting transgender students immediately criticized the vote as an attack and warned of a potential Senate vote on the measure as soon as next week. “All students deserve to play sports alongside their...