U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Trump Rules Involving Abortions

GENE JOHNSON / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2020 Taxpayer-funded clinics in the Title X program for low-income women are barred from making abortion referrals. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Reproductive Rights Groups Sue Administration Over Birth Control Access

Emily Wells / Truthdig May 2, 2018 Trading in contraceptive methods for shame- and abstinence-based programs "is wrong, it's bad for public health, and it’s outside the law," a plaintiff says of the federal guidelines. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Teens Say Pregnancy Prevention Programs Are Worth Keeping

Jane Kay / Reveal Oct 18, 2017 Educators and health researchers worry that youth pregnancies could climb again with the Trump administration's stance on prevention and sex ed programs. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Trump Rolls Back Employer Birth Control Mandate

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / AP Oct 6, 2017 The president issues new rules allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost contraceptives to women by claiming religious or moral objections. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Oregon Passes Nation’s ‘Most Progressive’ Reproductive Rights Bill

Emma Niles / Truthdig Aug 16, 2017 The Reproductive Health Equity Act requires health insurers to offer birth control and abortion without charging patients a copay. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Want to Slow Global Climate Change? Don’t Have Kids, Study Suggests.

Emily Wells / Truthdig Aug 2, 2017 Lund University researchers also noticed how people's attitudes about climate change influenced their emotional responses to their findings. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hobby Lobby Fined $3 Million for Smuggling Iraqi Religious Artifacts

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2017 The home crafts chain imported more than 5,500 Iraqi artifacts that were intentionally mislabeled, federal prosecutors say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Six ‘Miracle’ Drugs Big Pharma Now Regrets

By Martha Rosenberg / AlterNet Oct 30, 2016 Are you depressed? It may have less to do with your mood than with your pills for birth control, high blood pressure, hair loss or even antibiotics, according to new research. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Top U.S. Scientist: Pope’s Climate Push Is ‘Raving Nonsense’ Without Population Control

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 25, 2015 Without detracting from the moral significance of the pope’s message, a leading U.S. scientist has pointed out that the pontiff’s call for action on climate change is meaningless without a corollary call to limit the size of the human population. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Right-Wing Christian Leaders Are Often Indifferent to Needless Suffering

By Valerie Tarico / AlterNet Sep 24, 2015 Conservative readings of the Bible demand suffering for women, the sick and the dying. And this has an impact on our lives today. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: The Colorado Family Planning Initiative

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 12, 2015 The politics of control over the female body often stand in the way of health and safety, but one program has done an unprecedented job of putting women’s well-being and futures into their own hands. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Colorado Finds a Radical Way to Prevent Teen Pregnancies and Abortions

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 7, 2015 Between the years 2009 and 2013, there was a 40 percent drop in teen pregnancies in Colorado as well as a 42 percent decrease in abortions, especially in the poorest regions of the state. How exactly did the Centennial State achieve such remarkable results? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )