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14 Apr

BREAKING: The Biden administration proposed a new federal rule to restore the Title X family planning program, which had been gutted under Trump.

The new rule would end the Trump policy that prohibited family planning clinics from providing Title X patients with referrals for abortion care and other requirements that resulted in the widespread loss of critical Title X providers — including 6 states that have none at all.

These clinics have been the source of affordable birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, and other essential health care for more than four million low-income people every year.

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13 Apr

BREAKING: The FDA is suspending its in-person pick-up requirement for medication used for early abortion and miscarriage care during the pandemic.

Of 20,000 medications regulated by the FDA, this is the only one patients had to pick up at a health center but could take at home.

Now, abortion and miscarriage patients won't be forced to unnecessarily risk COVID-19 exposure to access time sensitive, essential health care.

This critical victory comes after a year of litigation, and thousands of us making our voices heard.

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12 Apr

On Sunday afternoon in Minnesota, Daunte Wright was shot and killed by police after being pulled over, allegedly due to air fresheners hanging in his rearview mirror.

Daunte should still be alive today.

Black people living in America are constantly at risk of state-sponsored violence and death.

This is reprehensible and deeply unjust.

Police still exist to uphold white supremacy.

They have been empowered by laws and the courts to inject themselves into Black life for any reason, no matter how minor — even dangling air fresheners.

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8 Apr

Fainess’ employer brought her to the US promising a better life and opportunities, but that didn’t happen.

She wound up residing in her employer’s home, living on leftover food scraps, sleeping on the floor, and was forced to work 16 hours per day — earning less than 40 cents an hour.

Her experience is not totally unique. Domestic workers around the country often suffer unchecked horrific abuses like these.

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7 Apr

We and 17 other organizations are urging Arizona Governor Doug Ducey not to move forward scheduling executions.
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Arizona has not held an execution in seven years.

When the state last carried out the death penalty, it badly botched four executions in as many years.

The death penalty in Arizona is deeply racist — just as it is around the country.

Black people are disproportionately represented on the state’s death row.

It also has sentenced nearly a quarter of all Native Americans facing the death penalty in the United States.

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6 Apr

Three years ago today, the Trump administration announced its “Zero Tolerance” policy, which systematically separated children from their parents.

We now know that family separations had been going on for months before the policy was publicly announced.

In all, the Trump administration separated more than 5,500 children from their families.

Today the fight continues to reunite families and repair the harm this policy inflicted.

Hundreds of parents are still unaccounted for, while thousands of families are suffering from trauma and continued separation.

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