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The analysis suggests that a coordinated misinformation campaign, spearheaded by conservative groups like the Susan B. Anthony List, Americans United for Life, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Heritage Foundation, is part of an underlying right-wing attempt to chip away at access to commonly used contraceptives such as Plan B or IUDs.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted this week to add further restrictions on reproductive health care at a time when Catholic hospital systems now make up four of the five largest nonprofit health-care networks in the U.S. and account for one in six of all hospital beds in the country. Women's organizations and consumer advocates are worried about the implications of this week's actions for reproductive and maternity care.

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Mallory Loyola was arrested and charged with simple assault two days after giving birth to her daughter

As teachers across the country rejoice that the school year is over, Catholic school educators in a handful of areas are having to decide whether to sign employment contracts affirming their wholehearted belief in Catholic precepts.

Hamer’s inclusion of sterilization in a hearing primarily organized to ensure the protection of Mississippi Freedom Summer volunteers and lay the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act highlighted how both the right to vote and reproductive freedom were necessary for justice for Black women in Mississippi.

The safest place for contraception to be is in the mainstream of medical care—available through your regular doctor and local pharmacy and covered, like all other needed health services, by your insurance provider.

Women's reproductive rights remain under assault, fueled by entrenched religious and right wing ideology.

New laws banning abortion after 20 weeks are based on pseudoscience -- and real research proves it conclusively