NurPhoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images Beginning October 1, Louisiana has reclassified two drugs commonly referred to jointly as “the abortion pill” — mifepristone and misoprostol — as a Schedule IV dangerous controlled substance. Obstetricians in the state are sounding the alarm that this will create barriers to care in the delivery room. Mifepristone and misoprostol are used together...
SolStock/E+/Getty Images My oldest daughter is 10, and she’s in that beautiful sweet spot of having a core group of best friends for about two years now. The four of them travel in a pack — going to school events together, planning sleepovers, doing class projects as a group — and my favorite thing is...
NickyLloyd/E+/Getty Images We don’t often hear much about anti-trans bills once they’ve passed, but a new study suggests that young people’s lives might just depend on our continued attention. Researchers at The Trevor Project — the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people — published a study today in Nature Human...
Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service/Getty Images In a major win for LGBTQ+ kids, Democratic Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, banned the use of conversion therapy on minors in the state on Wednesday. The practice is widely regarded as dangerous in the medical community, and is already banned in 22 states and Washington, D.C. Beshear used his...