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This story was originally reported by Jessica Kutz of The 19th, and republished through Rewire News Group‘s partnership with the 19th News Network.
Rhonda Anderson has spent nearly three decades fighting for clean air and water in Detroit. As an environmental justice organizer with the Sierra Club, she led campaigns to raise awareness about lead poisoning of babies and children in the vicinity of...

“Did you know sx isn’t supposed to hurt?” read the words on an Instagram reel posted by the sexual health and wellness company The Pelvic People in early 2025.
At first glance, the missing “e” looks like a typo. But it’s not. A scroll through the Pelvic People’s Instagram page and others like it on the social media platform reveals videos littered with words like “s*x,” “lub3,” and “c00chie.”...

Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest.
Little Rock
Four Arkansas women and an OB-GYN filed a lawsuit this week challenging the state’s near-total abortion ban. The case’s lead plaintiff, Emily Waldorf, was denied antibiotics and abortion care after her cervix dilated when she was 17 weeks pregnant. She...

The U.S. has seen a massive expansion in private equity-linked fertility clinics since 2013, new research shows.
The peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in December 2025 found that more than half of IVF cycles in the U.S. in 2023 were done at clinics affiliated with private equity firms, or investment funds that raise...