The DOJ’s Office on Violence Against Women is withholding $150 million in funds meant to help survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and trafficking. @19thnews.org reached out to over 250 domestic violence shelters, organizations, and municipalities to determine the impact.

Are you a New Mexico freelancer who covers childcare, or do you know an ace reporter who does? HMU, please!

Frustrated by modern dating, young South Asians in the U.S. are reviving a longtime cultural tradition: Having their parents find their partners for them—this time, online.

Every week, the RNG team rounds up some of the most important news in sex, gender, and reproductive justice of the week. Check out this week’s news:

New name, same condition. Martha Kempner breaks down why PCOS is now called PMOS, and what we know about this “poorly understood” condition:

ICYMI: “Born-alive” bills like the one recently passed in Missouri promote the wild lie that doctors are murdering newborns.

Fed up with America’s dating crisis, South Asians in the U.S. are turning to their parents’ WhatsApp networks to find love. @tmavuram.bsky.social reports:

This week in repro news: An Arkansas judge revived a lawsuit against the state’s abortion ban, workers at the National Abortion Hotline went on strike, and Maryland passed a law protecting life-saving emergency abortion care.

super fun story from @tmavuram.bsky.social about how South Asian Americans are turning to our cultures' longstanding town hall to date: WhatsApp rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/05/29/w...

For @rewirenewsgroup.com, I wrote about how South Asians in the U.S. frustrated with America's dating crisis are turning to WhatsApp networks to find love:

PCOS has a new name. Read RNG sex columnist Martha Kempner’s latest on what polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome is, what causes PMOS, and what prompted the name change:

ICYMI: @angryblacklady.blacksky.app has a message for Missouri, which recently passed a “born-alive” law promoting the wild lie that doctors are murdering newborns.

What's in a name? PCOS is now PMOS, following a global renaming effort. Sex health writer Martha Kempner explains why this "poorly understood" condition needed a better name, and interviewed an OB-GYN, a midwife, and patients with PMOS see if they think it'll make a difference.

An anti-abortion group sued seven Utah fertility clinics, claiming their disposal of embryos as part of the IVF process violates the state’s wrongful death law. This story was originally published by @stateline.org.

The premise of every “born-alive” bill ever introduced—of which there are dozens—is that abortion providers are delivering live infants and then killing them. @angryblacklady.blacksky.app has a message for Missouri, which recently passed its own “born-alive” bill:

It's already illegal to kill a newborn. There's even a word for it. "Murder." or "infanticide" if you like. The thing about partnering w/ @hegemommy.bsky.social for 10 years on repro rights and law is that there's nothing we haven't seen and debunked already on Boom! Lawyered. Literally nothing.

Missouri Rep. Brian Seitz wants to buy infants that "survive" abortion a house. He can't put food on Missouri kids' table, but he's gonna buy an infant a house. Give it an award! Meanwhile, 7 years ago, Jess Pieklo and I thoroughly debunked "born alive" bills. rewirenewsgroup.com/2019/03/07/m...

Conservatives have launched a campaign to redefine motherhood in culture and the law. On the latest episode of Boom! Lawyered, @hegemommy.bsky.social and @angryblacklady.blacksky.app unpack how the Supreme Court’s order on mifepristone access fits into the right’s larger plan:

Missouri voters enshrined the right to abortion in the constitution in 2024 and Missouri Republicans have been PANICKING. Their new effort? A "born alive" abortion survivor law making it illegal to kill newborns. As if it's not already illegal. As if doctors are killing newborns willy nilly.

“Born-alive” bills promote the wild lie that doctors are actually out here murdering newborns. And infanticide is already a crime. From @angryblacklady.blacksky.app:

A bill authorizing the construction of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum failed to pass after Republicans amended the legislation to require that the museum exclude transgender women. This story was originally published by @19thnews.org.

Disability justice advocate Rebecca Cokley of the @fordfoundation.org has a message for “special needs mommy” influencers who post content about their child’s disability online.

ICYMI in repro news: Iowa passed legislation requiring medication abortion to be prescribed in-person, a woman in police custody gave birth in a Brooklyn courtroom, and veterans are suing the Trump administration over the VA’s abortion ban.

Reintroducing The Fallout: @hegemommy.bsky.social’s newsletter on abortion, contraception, and the courts. Sign up today to get timely, smart, feminist commentary on law and policy delivered to your inbox once a month:

House Democrats voted against the construction of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum after Republicans amended the legislation to require that the museum exclude transgender women. This story was originally published by @19thnews.org.

Oversharing about your child’s disability has become a lucrative trend on social media. For disability justice advocate Rebecca Cokley of @fordfoundation.org, these videos look an awful lot like a modern-day version of the old circus “freak show.”

Each week, our editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Check out this week’s latest:

Tomorrow is Disability Reproductive Equity Day, dedicated to promoting the bodily autonomy and dignity of disabled people. At RNG, we are committed to centering disability justice in our work, and we wanted to share some of our disability coverage with you. 🧵:

“When you’re the parent of a disabled child, you’re not the person most impacted. Your child is.”

The right isn’t content with just going after birthright citizenship. If they dismantle the 14th Amendment, they’re going to go after the 19th Amendment next, argue @hegemommy.bsky.social and @angryblacklady.blacksky.app on the latest episode of Boom! Lawyered. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

This week in repro justice news: Iowa passed legislation requiring medication abortion to be prescribed in-person, a woman in police custody gave birth in a Brooklyn courtroom, and veterans are suing the Trump administration over the VA’s abortion ban.

Tomorrow is Disability Reproductive Equity Day, dedicated to promoting the bodily autonomy and dignity of disabled people. At RNG, we are committed to centering disability justice in our work, and we wanted to share some of our disability coverage with you. 🧵:

This week on Boom! Lawyered, @hegemommy.bsky.social and @angryblacklady.blacksky.app discuss why conservatives are skilled at changing the narrative—and how they’re using that playbook to try to criminalize medication abortion. rewirenews.link/4wJFMhC

Every Friday, we round up some of the most important repro justice news of the week in our Rewire Weekly newsletter. Sign up today to get RNG’s journalism delivered straight to you tomorrow morning!

On this week’s episode of Boom! Lawyered, @angryblacklady.blacksky.app and @hegemommy.bsky.social unpack the Supreme Court’s order on mifepristone access and explain where it fits in the Trump administration’s crusade to redefine motherhood nationwide. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:

At the Queer Fake Shaadi in New York last month, LGBTQ+ South Asians shook off cultural norms by visualizing their own weddings and reimagining traditional customs.

Over one-third of family caregivers in the U.S. have disabilities—and are more likely to be caregivers than people without disabilities.

Reintroducing the Fallout: @hegemommy.bsky.social’s newsletter on abortion, contraception, and the courts. Sign up today to get timely, smart, feminist commentary on law and policy sent to you once a month:

A new study found that miscarriage patients in states with abortion bans have fewer treatment options, as providers shift away from mifepristone—the subject of many legal battles—and opt for misoprostol-only approaches, which is less effective. This story was originally published by @stateline.org.

Millions of people learned the language of power, oppression, and social justice online. So why has so little changed at the institutional level? @angryblacklady.blacksky.app and @blairimani.bsky.social discuss:

ICYMI: RNG’s intrepid sex columnist @cuteflesh.bsky.social explains the elusive phenomenon of female ejaculation.

“I’ve always wanted to get married, and I’ve always loved the idea of a big Desi wedding … but for a long time, I didn’t fully believe that was something I could have as a queer person.”

The future of medication abortion is playing out in the courts. Read all of RNG’s essential coverage on abortion pill access in one convenient place:

Last month, nearly 400 people in New York gathered for the Queer Fake Shaadi, a South Asian wedding-themed party where LGBTQ+ South Asians got to shake off cultural norms by reimagining traditional wedding customs.

Need a breakdown of the recent ruling on nationwide mifepristone access at SCOTUS? @angryblacklady.blacksky.app & @hegemommy.bsky.social have got you covered: www.reprosfightback.com/episodes-blo... Abortion pills remain available by mail in every state: www.plancpills.org

🚨 New Episode 🚨 This week on @reprosfightback.bsky.social I talk to two of my favorite podcasters @angryblacklady.blacksky.app & @hegemommy.bsky.social with @rewirenewsgroup.com. We dig into what is happening in the fight over mifepristone and talk about being "underbabied" (shudder). #podcast

On the latest episode of B*tch, Listen, @angryblacklady.blacksky.app and @blairimani.bsky.social discuss whether online political education actually moves institutions or just moves the people who already agree.

ICYMI: The Supreme Court ruled that the abortion drug mifepristone must remain available via telehealth, mail, and at pharmacies while a Louisiana lawsuit seeking to block medication abortion access plays out in a federal appeals court.

The Fallout, RNG’s feminist legal analysis newsletter on abortion, contraception, and the courts, is back this week! Sign up today to get @hegemommy.bsky.social's expertise in your inbox every other week 💌 rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/

More than one-third of family caregivers in the U.S. have disabilities—and are more likely to be caregivers than people without disabilities. This story was originally published by @19thnews.org.