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This applies today's issues by the fact that our current president, Trump is making it more difficult for lower income women to obtain more affordable birth control and services. While applying that the newly written law would "prohibit Title X from funding from going to any clinic that performs abortions".

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Trump health officials plan to rewrite guidelines for a federally funded family planning program to make it harder for low-income women to obtain birth control.

The 32-page proposed regulation mentions contraception three times aside from the footnotes and proposes removing the requirement that family planning services be medically approved, saying it could cause confusion.

"Medical doctors and professional organizations can differ on which methods of health care they approve, including different methods of family planning," said the regulation prepared under abstinence advocate Valerie Huber, now a senior policy adviser at Trump's Department of Health and Human Services.

"This policy is straight out of The Handmaid's Tale," said Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Trump said at an anti-abortion gala sponsored by Susan B. Anthony List that the new rule would "prohibit Title X funding from going to any clinic that performs abortions."

Vice President Mike Pence, who has pushed Congress to defund Planned Parenthood, has said that legal abortion would end in the United States "in our time."

Title X, signed into law in 1970 by former Republican President Richard Nixon, serves more than 4 million low-income women and a much smaller number of men. Nearly two-thirds of patients in the program are at or below the federal poverty line.

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In 2016, programs funded by Title X provided 5.1 million tests for sexually transmitted infections, including 1.2 million HIV tests and about 700,000 Pap tests. About 80% of patients receive birth control which helped prevent an estimated 800,000 unintended pregnancies in 2015.

Researchers call areas where it is difficult to get birth control "contraception deserts." About a third of adult U.S. women who tried to get a prescription for hormonal birth control reported problems.

A 2016 study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health credited better use of contraception to reducing teen pregnancies, which dropped by 25% from 2007 to 2011.

Our nation's teen birth rate remains high compared with other industrialized nations, particularly among poor and minority women. More than a quarter of U.S. women become pregnant by age 20.

A Case Western study in 2005 of Ohio abstinence programs where Huber managed the state's abstinence education efforts found they misrepresented religious convictions as scientific fact and contained false information about contraceptives such as implying that condom use can lead to death.

The latest round of grants is just for seven months which could help the Trump administration push to defund Planned Parenthood and other organizations that help girls and women make their own choices about when or if to have babies.

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Trump health officials plan to rewrite guidelines for a federally funded family planning program to make it harder for low-income women to obtain birth control. The 32-page proposed regulation mentions contraception three times aside from the footnotes and proposes removing the requirement that family planning services be medically approved, saying it could cause confusion.

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Law placed on when or whether a women is able to receive an abortion on certain terms

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This article breaks down a steady timeline of specific obstacles that have taken place since the effect on restrictive laws placed on women's reproductive rights. With females having harder access receiving services for reproductive reasons and access to safe abortions

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During the past few months, several states have passed increasingly restrictive laws dealing with women's reproductive rights, including access to abortion. This week, we've gathered a selection of pieces about the steady erosion of these rights across the country. Charles Bethea reports on a standoff between anti-abortion protesters and clinic volunteers at the last abortion clinic operating in Montgomery, Alabama. In "To Have and To Hold," Jill Lepore recounts the case of Griswold v. Connecticut and examines the history of the Supreme Court's rulings on the right to privacy. Margaret Talbot explores how new laws are making it more difficult to receive access to safe abortions. In "Daughters of Texas," Jeffrey Toobin writes about the fight to defend reproductive rights and funding for Planned Parenthood in the Texas legislature. Kelefa Sanneh talks to the head of the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life version of EMILY's List. Finally, in "They Were Eleven," published in 1930, Helena Huntington Smith profiles the birth-control activist Margaret Sanger, who was one of the founders of Planned Parenthood. These pieces capture the difficult choices regarding reproductive health that often confront families-and the ever-expanding role of government in the lives of women across America.

"A patient headed for the abortion clinic door, holding a male companion's hand. Her face was hidden beneath a beach umbrella with 'Title 13A § 13A-11-8,' Alabama's legal code for harassment, handwritten across it."

"That sex and marriage can be separated from reproduction is fundamental to both the reproductive-rights and gay-rights movements, and to their legal claims."

"Since the nineteen-nineties, states have enacted hundreds of new restrictions on the constitutional right to abortion, from obligatory waiting periods and mandated state counselling to limits on insurance funding."

"For politicians seeking to limit abortion, Marjoie Dannenfelser, the president of the Susan B. Anthony List, is a valuable link to the grass roots of pro-life activism-a committed activist who understands the art of messaging."

"Since the Republican gains in the 2010 midterm elections, abortion rights-and Planned Parenthood itself-have been under siege in the states."

"In 1923, Margaret Sanger started the first contraceptive clinic in America, with doctors in charge, and in seven years some eighteen thousand women have been advised there."

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Sunday Reading: The Challenge to Reproductive Rights in America

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During the past few months, several states have passed increasingly restrictive laws dealing with women's reproductive rights, including access to abortion. This week, we've gathered a selection of pieces about the steady erosion of these rights across the country. Charles Bethea reports on a standoff between anti-abortion protesters and clinic volunteers at the last abortion clinic operating in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Here is a chart of a select few common contraceptive methods that are used today that breaks down where each of them are inserted, its effectiveness, and adverse effects that may come along as well.

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As I came across this Tweet, I realized that it says a lot in this threshold of feminism while applying that since birth control has been available for anyone to take there has been a positive notable shift in productivity throughout our country alone.

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As our Threshold Concepts in Women and Gender Studies states Feminist Praxis as the, "Integration of learning with social justice. As praxis is defined as "Applying one's knowledge to challenge oppressive systems and unequal traditions".

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This articles entails numerous books that exposure children to intersectionality- several parts to womanhood that are not incidental but we are all unqiue individuals that come from many different background and experiences. These books exposure children early not to judge or base people solely on apperances

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For little learners, bedtime stories (or anytime stories) can be one of the best parts of the whole day. There are narrative arcs that draw kids in, pictures to help them see the story, and, oftentimes, some sort of lesson to be learned. It used to be that little girl books covered tea parties and dress up, princesses and knights in shining armor, while little boy books covered trucks and trains, superheroes and action. Now, however, children's books are increasingly moving towards more inclusive, less divisive themes and characterizations. There are even books that teach intersectional feminism to kids, which is an important topic to cover.

But, as important as it is, concepts like intersectional feminism can sometimes be tricky to teach little ones, whose worlds revolve so heavily around what they can see with their own two eyes and what directly affects them personally. Brittany Cooper, an assistant professor of women's and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University, gave Vox a description of intersectional feminism that seems easy for just about anyone to understand when she said:

Intersectionality simply means that there are lots of different parts to our womanhood. And those parts - race, gender, sexuality, and religion, and ability - are not incidental or auxiliary.

Children's books that incorporate intersectional feminism can help make this somewhat (for little ones) abstract concept real and more easily understood. Kids can watch their new feminist heroes championing all women and illustrating that women are just as capable and powerful as anyone else. Here are just a few titles to help you teach this important lesson to your little ones.

4. 'Ada Twist, Scientist' by Andrea Beaty

Ada Twist, Scientist comes from the duo behind Rosie Revere, Engineer, and focuses on an always-curious little girl with a passion for science. All books in the series show girls and boys that they anyone can pursue a career in STEM fields if that's what they one day want to do.
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7. 'Lena Likes Lizards' by Liza Dora

Lena Likes Lizards follows little Lena, who asks her dad if her favorite toy is for boys or girls. This is common problem in society, with girls worrying that they're not "girly" enough and boys worrying that they're not "manly" enough. This book is a reminder that what you like is most important.
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14 Books That Teach Intersectional Feminism To Kids

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Kimberlee Krenshaw is a women's activist who speaks and American Lawyer who speaks from her point of view within the American Judicial system. She speaks in this video, the notion that groups are segregated on double discrimination while speaking further into the fact that people are "stereotypically placed in certain positions within the workplace based on gender and race".

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The urgency of intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw | TED

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According to the Threshold Concepts in Women and Gender Studies, intersectionality is termed "The ways multiple forms of oppression and identity interact to create someone's experience of and access to social influence and individual and institutional power".

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White males overpower our teachings of history in schools 

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The author mentions and lists examples that today's education system is overdrawn by white males such as most literature taught in schools is written my male authors, white students are able to experiment without being criminalized based on race, and white males aren't told that the STEM field isn't for them

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13 Ways White Male Privilege Shows Up as Early as Elementary School

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The family tree assignment, like so many others, assumes that everyone has the same experience – one that doesn’t include having your heritage ripped apart by colonization, slavery, imperialism, and other oppressive forces.

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This meme states how the presence of white privilege is used within our judicial system when sentencing two individuals who committed a felony vs. someone who was found innocent

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Being warned of the oppression that comes with privilege of other individuals physical characteristics and race may overpower against you that triggers unfair treatment within our society

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This article mentions  White Privilege as an invisible advantage that occurs every day within our society that separates groups based on physical appearances based on the skin color they are. Advantages include hair products that are easily found in stores or "I can drive wherever and whenever I want, and not have to worry about my children’s or my safety"

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Human beings are drawn to community in cliques, so examples of white privilege from observation seem hard to find. We like to shop in our store. We like to stay on our side of town for lunch. We like to go to our own church. These cliques may be comfortable, but they can also keep us blind to the struggles of others. White Privilege is an invisible advantage that occurs every day, and for many people, this unseen privilege is a reality that white people need to recognize and understand.

It is being able to grab a pack of skin-tone bandages that would blend in with white skin. It is walking into the drugstore and finding a shade of foundation without searching for long. White privilege can be seen as superficial or unsubstantial, especially for those who don't know the history of racial tension in the United States. While white privilege is not necessarily racism, for many, it teeters on the edge of it. This subject must be understood in the context of the nation's dealings in race issues.

Racism and White Privilege: What's The Difference?

Racism relies on the thought process called "Racialization", meaning that people are grouped together based on similarities or differences in their skin tone. Once someone racializes someone, they either act on their thoughts, or they don't. Racism is what happens when examples of White Privilege are acknowledged as a usable tool, and transferred from thought to action.

For example, if a white woman is walking down the street and notices she is the only white person on the sidewalk, the act of her noticing is not racism. If she sees people of color walking on the sidewalk, and she crosses the road to avoid walking near them, that is a racist act. If a white person treats a person of color differently than they would treat a white person, that is racism.

Why White Privilege Exists

The systemic racism that brought the United States through its birth as a nation, all the way from 1776 to Brown v. Board of Education (1954) encompassed 178 years, or 73%, of our nation's history as we know it. That is a conservative number, considering the fact that schools were not immediately integrated, and communities still functioned under their idea of "normal" for years.

Three generations of people living together-27% of our country's existence thus far-is not a very long time. African-American grandparents of today's young adults were direct victims of systemic racism. This does not mean that racism is alive today as it was 50 or 60 years ago. It does mean that White Americans have the upper hand when it comes to an national history of not being oppressed.

Examples Of White Privilege From Observation

White Privilege, as previously mentioned, is an invisible power that can be used knowingly or without giving it an extra thought. Here are some examples of white privilege that I have personally acknowledged or experienced in the past five days:

My hair care is found easily, and in most stores.

My favorite T.V. shows feature an all-white leading cast.

I can easily surround myself with people of my own race in a place of my choosing.

If I chose to do so, I could rent a nice apartment in a facility that has nice amenities, and I could afford to do so.

I can trace my lineage back more than 300 years.

I can voice my opinion on subject matter that is uncomfortable to hear, and not be judged for my reactions based on my race/ethnicity.

I can drive wherever and whenever I want, and not have to worry about my children's or my safety.

Although I have curly hair, no one ever asks if they can touch it.

My children's father is not questioned.

I am almost always greeted with a trusting smile upon entering a business or store.

Small Steps Toward Kindness And Compassion

With the knowledge of these examples of white privilege from observation, it can be frustrating to not have a "fix it" button. There is no going back and fixing the mistakes that have been made, righting the wrongs, or healing the hurt. There is nothing that can be done except to move forward and try to plant something beautiful in the soil of our history that is riddled with pain, loss, and sacrifice.

If every person sought out one way to reach out and be kind once a day, week, or year, especially with the hopes of bridging the gap between white people and people of color, our world would begin to heal.

Fostering healthy relationships between people encourages dialogue, piques curiosity, and strengthens the unity of all people. Kindness, in its smallest or grandest forms, can never be wasted. By embracing the idea of kindness and relationship, our nation will grow stronger, and its future will be filled with colorful promises of unification and hope.

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Rachel is a born-and-raised Floridian wife and working mama to a little girl and a baby boy. Working full time as a director of worship at a church allows her to express her creativity while raising her children in faith. In her free time, she enjoys wine & cooking with her band director husband, making music with the family, and being outdoors with her entire clan, including the two dogs and the cat.

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This article may include advertisements, paid product features, affiliate links and other forms of sponsorship. Human beings are drawn to community in cliques, so examples of white privilege from observation seem hard to find. We like to shop in our store. We like to stay on our side of town for lunch.

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Forget blue versus pink. Some Michigan politicians want to say goodbye to gender-specific toys in fast-food kids' meals.

State Rep. Leslie Love (D-Detroit) introduced a resolution on Tuesday that urges the restaurant industry to stop the gender classification of toys in its kiddie menu items.

The aim is to erase the divide between boys' toys, often action figures or building toys in primary colors, and girls' toys, which lean toward stuffed animals and pastels. Instead, simply ask young customers which toy they want without citing a gender identifier.

"This is a significant issue, as billions of these meals are sold every year and this practice can influence and limit children's imaginations and interests by promoting some toys as only suitable for girls and others only for boys," reads the resolution, which has 14 sponsors. "While some food establishments claim to have abandoned this practice, many stores in Michigan continue to offer gender-classified options to customers."

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Some fast-food chains choose to include small toys in their kids' meals. Among the better known are the McDonald's Happy Meal and the Burger King King Jr. Meals.

Love said she was inspired to sponsor the resolution, in part because she often orders kids' meals for herself as a form of portion control and has had workers ask her if she wants a boy or girl toy. She didn't name the restaurants where this has happened.

"I just want you to give me a toy, whether it's a Power Ranger or a My Little Pony. Just put it in the bag," she said. "It's a new day, and it's time for us to stop using that kind of language and setting those kinds of limits on our children... We would never want to gender-identify careers, but we still do it with our toys."

McDonald's didn't respond to requests for comment.

Burger King said in an e-mail, "We are committed to giving our guests the best possible experience in all our restaurants, including the toys and promotions we offer to our youngest guests."

Christia Spears Brown, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Kentucky, agrees that labeling items boys' toys and girls' toys is a bad idea, because it ignores children's own preferences.

"It forces kids into stereotypes boxes when it's really unnecessary; there's no value added," she said. "Children develop skills and interests through play, so if you funnel kids into one type of toy, you're limiting what kinds of skills and interests develop."

Target, for example, moved away from gender-identifying toys in 2015. Over the years, there have been grassroots campaigns to rid fast-food kids' meal toys of the "girl" and "boy" descriptors, too.

The resolution, which also calls for copies of its wording to be sent to the CEOs of major fast-food chains in Michigan, has been sent to the state House's Committee on Commerce and Trade, according to the Michigan Legislature's website.

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CLOSE Forget blue versus pink. Some Michigan politicians want to say goodbye to gender-specific toys in fast-food kids' meals. State Rep. Leslie Love (D-Detroit) introduced a resolution on Tuesday that urges the restaurant industry to stop the gender classification of toys in its kiddie menu items. The aim is to erase the divide between boys' toys, often action figures or building toys in primary colors, and girls' toys, which lean toward stuffed animals and pastels.

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Threshold and concepts in Women's and Gender studies mentions, "the specific ways that gender is socially constructed at any given time also serve in the purpose of establishing and perpetuating sexism defined as prejudgeand discrimination based on sex. Furthermore, reacial, ethnic, and cultural identities frame expectations for appropriate gendered behavior, as does social class and sexuality." 

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While having a new little one on the way is a very exciting moment, as shown in this gender reveal video the image of gender in the form of either "pink or blue".

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What the Research Says: Gender-Typed Toys

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What makes a good toy for a young child? NAEYC asked two researchers about what their work tells us about toys, children, and play.

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Gender Stereotypes Are Messing with Your Kid

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A new Common Sense Media study shows that learning gender roles from movies and TV shows has real consequences on kids' self-esteem, relationships -- and even their future careers. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.