A stockpile of $9.7 million worth of contraceptives that was stuck in limbo at a Belgium warehouse for months following the dismantling of the the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) earlier this year was said to have been destroyed on orders from the Trump administration. However, Belgian authorities told …
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Donald Trump has long criticized the Affordable Care Act; he ran and won the presidency in 2016 on a promise to “terminate” Democrats’ signature health care law. But after he won, he and the GOP-controlled Congress repeatedly failed to repeal the legislation, as promised. More recently, Trump has declared on …
Read More »Trump on Restricting Access to Contraception: 'We're Looking at That'
Donald Trump signaled in an interview with a local Pittsburgh TV station that he is open to restricting access to birth control. KDKA aired an interview with the former president shortly after his defense team rested its case in his criminal hush-money trial in New York. “Do you support any …
Read More »Where to Buy Birth Control Online in 2024
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Since the repeal of Roe V. Wade, the reproductive rights and bodily autonomy of the people of the United States are increasingly under attack. Twenty-one states have either …
Read More »Rep. Glenn Thompson Voted Against Same-Sex Marriage, Then Attended His Gay Son's Wedding
While attending his son’s same-sex wedding, Republican representative Glenn Thompson shared how “blessed” he felt to have “a new son enter the family.” But just days before the happy occasion, Thompson voted against a House bill that would codify the right to same-sex marriage into federal law. Last week, 157 …
Read More »All But 10 House Republicans Voted Against Ensuring the Right to Contraception
One-hundred and ninety five Republicans have voted against a House bill codifying the right to contraceptives into federal law. The Right to Contraception Actpassed the Democrat-controlled House 228-195 on Thursday, and it now faces an uncertain future in the Senate. The bill affirms an individual’s right to access and use …
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