The Anti-Choice Movement’s Obsession with Abortion Pills (Podcast) Conservatives are running a multi-layered campaign to try and ban abortion pills entirely.

On the latest episode of Boom! Lawyered, @angryblacklady.blacksky.app and @hegemommy.bsky.social unpack the conservative legal movement’s latest attacks on medication abortion from courthouses to state legislatures across the country—including efforts to categorize mailing pills as drug trafficking.

Endometriosis Is Often Excruciating. Pelvic Floor Therapy Can Help Some Patients. Often prescribed following birth injuries, this treatment may improve common endometriosis symptoms, too, from painful sex and abdominal cramping to urinary dysfunction.

Pelvic floor therapy is often prescribed following birth injuries. But it can also improve common endometriosis symptoms, like painful sex and urinary dysfunction.

Court Reform Is the Only Real Exit from Today’s Political Hellscape Opinion: The problem starts and ends with Democrats' unwillingness to wield their power and money—whether they want to admit it or not.

The left-leaning American public is hyper informed about the courts after a decade of online education, Imani Gandy writes, but knowledge hasn’t translated into political power for progressives. What gives? From @angryblacklady.blacksky.app:

Doctors Can Refuse To Treat LGBTQ+ Patients in Several States—These Religious Exemption Laws Lead to Drops in HIV Testing The laws compound existing health-care disparities queer communities disproportionately face.

LGBTQ+ people already face greater health disparities than their heterosexual peers. Religious exemption laws allowing health-care providers to refuse to treat patients based on their religious beliefs could worsen that inequality.

Black Women's Health Care Undermined by Trump Policies: Analysis A breakdown of how Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill restricts Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, and sexual health services, disproportionately harming Black women’s health.

“The bill makes it harder for families to get the food support that keeps them healthy.”

Abortion is a Religious Freedom: Opinion Conservative Christians tend to be the loudest anti-choice voices. But many faiths believe in—and fight for—reproductive rights.

Conservative Christians tend to be the loudest anti-choice voices. But people of many faiths, Sally Steenland writes, believe in—and fight for—reproductive rights.

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Black Women's Health Care Undermined by Trump Policies: Analysis A breakdown of how Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill restricts Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, and sexual health services, disproportionately harming Black women’s health.

The “big, beautiful bill” weakened crucial federal health-care and safety net programs. Tatyannah King reports on what it means for Black women’s health:

Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis During Black Maternal Health Week 2026, Rewire News Group is highlighting our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are tak...

It’s the last day of Black Maternal Health Week 2026. You can read more of our coverage of threats to Black women’s reproductive health here:

Black Women's Health Care Undermined by Trump Policies: Analysis A breakdown of how Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill restricts Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, and sexual health services, disproportionately harming Black women’s health.

The “big, beautiful bill” weakened crucial federal health-care and safety net programs. Tatyannah King reports on what it means for Black women’s health:

Multiple Women Accuse Rep. Eric Swalwell of Sexual Misconduct Plus: DOJ accuses prosecutors of weaponizing law to punish anti-abortion protesters, and Sen. Josh Hawley targets abortion pill manufacturer.

This week in repro news: Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales have resigned from Congress following sexual misconduct allegations, the DOJ fired attorneys involved in prosecuting anti-abortion protesters during the Biden administration, and Sen. Josh Hawley is going after medication abortion—again.

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The Anti-Choice Movement’s Obsession with Abortion Pills (Podcast) Conservatives are running a multi-layered campaign to try and ban abortion pills entirely.

New on Boom! Lawyered: Imani and Jess unpack the conservative legal movement’s latest attacks on medication abortion, from courthouses to state legislatures across the country—including efforts to categorize mailing pills as “drug trafficking.” Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Court Reform Is the Only Real Exit from Today’s Political Hellscape Opinion: The problem starts and ends with Democrats' unwillingness to wield their power and money—whether they want to admit it or not.

The public is ahead of the politicians when it comes to court reform. That’s not nothing, but it’s also not power—not yet. What will it take to actually make change?

Abortion is a Religious Freedom: Opinion Conservative Christians tend to be the loudest anti-choice voices. But many faiths believe in—and fight for—reproductive rights.

Conservative Christians like to invoke religious freedom in their anti-choice advocacy, but many faiths believe in—and fight for—reproductive rights. From Sally Steenland of @americanprogress.bsky.social:

The Anti-Choice Movement’s Obsession with Abortion Pills (Podcast) Conservatives are running a multi-layered campaign to try and ban abortion pills entirely.

On this week’s episode of Boom! Lawyered, @hegemommy.bsky.social and @angryblacklady.blacksky.app discuss the conservative legal movement’s latest attacks on medication abortion, and what it means for the future of abortion access. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Court Reform Is the Only Real Exit from Today’s Political Hellscape Opinion: The problem starts and ends with Democrats' unwillingness to wield their power and money—whether they want to admit it or not.

New form @angryblacklady.blacksky.app: Online creators have built the most informed progressive public in U.S. history. So why has this not resulted in any power or institutional change?

Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis During Black Maternal Health Week 2026, Rewire News Group is highlighting our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are tak...

This week marks the ninth annual Black Maternal Health Week. Rewire News Group is highlighting our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate pregnancy and postpartum care.

Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis During Black Maternal Health Week 2026, Rewire News Group is highlighting our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are tak...

The ninth annual Black Maternal Health Week began on April 11. @tmavuram.bsky.social rounded up our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are taking their health into their own hands:

Doctors Can Refuse To Treat LGBTQ+ Patients in Several States—These Religious Exemption Laws Lead to Drops in HIV Testing The laws compound existing health-care disparities queer communities disproportionately face.

More states are passing “religious exemption laws” allowing health providers to refuse to treat LGBTQ+ patients. These laws worsen already stark health-care inequities. This story originally appeared in @theconversation.com:

Women's Health Surgeries Reimbursed at Lower Rates, Doctors Say Experts said this decades-long issue forces patients to wait long periods to see a specialist and spikes patient costs.

The U.S.’s antiquated system of calculating health insurance reimbursements often results in delayed patient care and increased out-of-pocket costs for endometriosis patients.

🧵 The ninth annual Black Maternal Health Week began on Saturday, amplifying the perspectives of Black pregnant people and bringing awareness to high death rates Black women face during pregnancy and after birth. We cover these issues year-round. Here’s some of our reporting on Black maternal health:

Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis During Black Maternal Health Week 2026, Rewire News Group is highlighting our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are tak...

New from me: This week marks the ninth Black Maternal Health Week began on Saturday. At Rewire News Group, we rounded up our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how Black women are taking action:

I Live in Colorado. Conversion Therapy Destroyed My Life A Supreme Court decision could overturn my state’s conversion therapy ban. That would be tragic for many LGBTQ+ kids.

“So when I learned that the Supreme Court ruled that this kind of messaging [could] be protected, that adults [may] be free to tell children that queerness is sickness, dangerous, shameful, or sinful...I hear the beginning of a tragedy for kids like me.”

Can You Share Sex Toys? Used vibrators, butt plugs, and dildos can spread infection. And some partners may find it sketchy to be offered a pre-loved toy. But there are safe and sexy ways to open the collective treasure chest...

Is soap and water enough to clean sex toys? Sometimes, @cuteflesh.bsky.social writes, and sometimes you need a boil. Let that fire burn and cauldron bubble:

Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis During Black Maternal Health Week 2026, Rewire News Group is highlighting our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are tak...

You can read @tmavuram.bsky.social’s full roundup of the state of Black maternal health for RNG here:

What Is a Doula? A medical student who trained as a doula breaks down what doulas do and how birth doulas serve their pregnant patients. (Opinion)

Communities without adequate access to maternal care are taking matters into their own hands. Timberly Washington, a medical student in the South who has also worked as a doula, wrote about why doulas are critical in making birth safer, especially for Black and Hispanic patients.

Data on Maternal Death Is Being Distorted or Hidden, Experts Say Pregnancy and childbirth have become more deadly in states with abortion bans, especially for Black people. But the state committees whose job is to study those deaths with the goal of preventing them...

But in Texas and other states with abortion bans, the data on maternal mortality has become unreliable. And some of the state-run committees dedicated to tracking and responding to the problem have faced political meddling, reported Thalia Charles:

For Black Women in Texas, Juneteenth’s Promise of Freedom Remains Unrealized State control over reproduction in Texas didn't end with slavery in 1865. Today’s draconian abortion laws and bounty hunts keep Black women in reproductive enslavement.

Abortion bans have been especially dangerous in Texas. As @angryblacklady.blacksky.app called attention to last year, 160 years after the first Juneteenth, Black women in Texas are still denied full reproductive freedom:

How Maternal Health and Abortion Access Are Two Sides of the Same Coin States with the most restrictive abortion laws have the worst maternal and infant health outcomes, particularly for Black women.

That same year, Stephanie Mitchell and @avitalnn.bsky.social wrote about how pregnant people in states with abortion bans are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy, birth, or within the first year postpartum.