Claire Lampen and Marie Solis

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Claire Lampen and Marie Solis were Mic trending news writers with a focus in women's rights issues.
The big story this week in the reproductive rights arena is undoubtedly the Democratic party's squabble over its abortion platform.  Democrat Heath Mello's campaign ignited the debate when news broke that the Omaha, Nebraska, mayoral candidate has a…
In banner news for reproductive rights advocates, 2016 proved the most successful year on record for anti-abortion protesters, and that makes unfortunate sense. According to data released by the National Abortion Federation on Wednesday, "Incidents…
In top-line reproductive rights news this week, President Donald Trump signed off on legislation that permits states to deny abortion providers Title X funds. There's a strange twist to all of this: Title X money doesn't fund abortion. Instead, the…
This week, President Donald Trump continued his heartless rampage against global women's health initiatives when he halted U.S. contributions to the United Nations Population Fund, the U.N.'s endowment for maternal health, child care and…
In top-line reproductive rights news, Vice President Mike Pence had the unique honor of casting the tie-breaking vote advancing legislation that would give states the green light to withhold funds from abortion clinics.  In fact, the decision came…
With the House set to vote, maybe, eventually, on the American Health Care Act, Planned Parenthood and its patients must now brace for the possibility that the health care organization will lose its federal funding.  "One in five women have come to…
There's been a number of important news items about Planned Parenthood this week, but here's arguably the biggest: Monday's Congressional Budget Office report on the effects of the GOP's new health care bill predicts "several thousand" women on…
On Monday, House Republicans proposed a frustrating new way to screw over their constituents, including in their subpar Affordable Care Act replacement a provision that would defund Planned Parenthood at the federal level. The proposal would…
In top-line reproductive rights news, legislators in Indiana are hell-bent on forcing doctors to promote a supposed "abortion reversal" procedure that isn't supported by medicine or science.  According to the Washington Post, the Indiana House of…
Near the end of 2016, Texas finally moved on a promise it had held for over a year: defund Planned Parenthood statewide. At the eleventh hour, Planned Parenthood asked the courts to intervene, and intervene they did. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge…
As the GOP-led fight against reproductive rights wears on, House Republicans have resurrected a little-known measure to make defunding Planned Parenthood that much easier.  According to Vox, House legislators used the little-known 1996 Congressional…
With President Donald Trump in office, anti-abortion factions now have their shot at achieving a cherished ambition: Cutting federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Almost immediately, Congressional Republicans moved to block federal dollars from…
In top-line reproductive rights news, the Nation leaked a draft of President Donald Trump's impending "religious freedom" executive order, which spells disaster for thousands of Americans — including those who rely on access to contraceptives…
On Friday, anti-abortion protesters rounded out a tumultuous week in reproductive rights news with the March for Life in Washington, D.C., The demonstration happens annually, but this year, demonstrators are feeling a special kind of excitement for…