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"Is this normal?" "Why does it feel like that?" "How do I even bring this up?" Sex ed never addressed those questions. So we did. Today, we’re launching This Week in Sex: real answers to the questions you may have been too embarrassed to ask.

Virginia. Nevada. Idaho. Missouri: These 4 states have abortion ballot measures. In another 7, voters will weigh in on LGBTQ+ rights, especially re trans kids in sports. In GA's governor's race, a rare blue wave could liberalize state abortion laws. We're watching them all. Follow along with us.

RNG is tracking reproductive justice in the 2026 midterms. We’re covering places that put abortion on the ballot, like Nevada, and races where voters won't weigh in on abortion—yet the outcome could affect their rights and access to care. Find all our midterms coverage on our website, no paywall.

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 the latest from the past week.

New from @natasharoy.bsky.social: What 'Love is Blind' cast gets right—and wrong—on abortion

I love editing young reporters. In this collab w/ @fullerproject.org, Maia Capuano asked her fellow UGA students about the GA governor's race. Turns out, they're not much focused on the remote possibility that a Dem wave could overturn the state's abortion ban. They have more kitchen table concerns.

Love Is Blind rarely pushes back on abortion misinformation. This season, a cast member did. John Shannon asked why anyone would have an abortion at six months “because you just, like, never got around to it.” Sarah Williams, a health-care manager, set him straight. By @natasharoy.bsky.social.

Laws permitting abortion up to fetal viability are still abortion bans for the people who hit the viability limit while they’re trying to scrape up money to pay for an abortion. And new research suggests that voters don’t even need the limit to support abortion access. 🎧 New Baby Boom! Lawyered.

Voters in seven states will weigh more than half a dozen ballot measures on LGBTQ+ rights, many aimed at trans youth. In Washington, where a sports ban is on the ballot, the state’s school sports group knows of about ten trans athletes among 200,000+ students. By @19thnews.org. buff.ly/1lw3LSp

Breast cancer awareness month usually comes with pink ribbons and mammogram reminders. And that's all well and good. But the reality is that while a breast cancer diagnosis is life-changing, it's often just the start of a longer journey that's often invisible. rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/10/19/a...

What happens after active treatment for breast cancer ends? Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy can take a serious toll on survivors’ physical and emotional health. A growing number of providers are working to improve follow-up care. Story from @cameronoakes.bsky.social.

Poignant story from @cameronoakes.bsky.social this morning on the challenges breast cancer survivors face in managing post-treatment care with primary care docs, gynecologists, and other non-oncology physicians. “It’s not just enough to be cured,” one doctor said. rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/10/19/a...

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 the latest from the past week.

🚨Last call🚨 Signal Awards Listener’s Choice voting closes tomorrow. B*tch, Listen with @angryblacklady.blacksky.app is a finalist for “The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men,” with @elienyc.bsky.social. Make an account, cast your vote, done!

I'm currently in the lead by 3 points, but a podcast by a bank is closing in on me. I'm not kidding. I don't mind losing to another Black podcaster or to Peabody Award winning NPR producers. But lose to a bank? Please don't let me lose to a bank. Vote now. Vote again! STUFF THE BALLOTS.

Here’s something cool. An episode I did of @angryblacklady.blacksky.app’s show is up for an award. :)

We put the "ed" back in bed. Our new series, This Week in Sex, is coming this month.

You can watch the new episode of Baby Boom! Lawyered below. Or listen to it wherever you get your podcasts.

Anthony Comstock: Morality crusader. Professional hater. Dildo hoarder. He collected porn, sex toys, and books. And he showed them to Congress to sell lawmakers on the Comstock Act, an 1873 law which conservatives could use to ban abortion nationwide. New Baby Boom! Lawyered Out now.

Consent isn’t complicated. If they don’t say yes, don’t. If they can’t say yes, don’t. And if you see someone being harmed, don’t just watch. Step in or get help. Here’s how to start teaching this to your kids now, so they carry it to college.

While we await a federal ruling on a potential telehealth abortion ban, anti-abortion activists are preparing plans for laws that would require women to go to a doctor's office, have an ultrasound, or wait before receiving the abortion pills. From @stateline.org.

Ohio. North Carolina. Michigan. All three states have open supreme court seats on the ballot this November—and whoever wins will rule on abortion access and trans rights for years. These races matter. Rewire News Group partnered with @us.theconversation.com on this explainer. Here's what's at stake.

RNG is partnering up w/other newsrooms to cover the midterms. There's many races and high-stakes issues to follow; independent outlets can do more by working together. We worked with @us.theconversation.com on this judicial races explainer. Stay tuned for our next collab, with @fullerproject.org

Wanna know what fetal personhood is? It's giving fertilized eggs, embryos, and fetuses a constitutional right to life which competes with the pregnant person's. Then a medical decision can become a fight between two “people,” w/ the state acting as referee. Guess who loses? (The pregnant person.)

New Baby Boom! Lawyered episode, “What the Hell Is Fetal Personhood?” is out now.

Most women will go through menopause, yet fewer than 4,000 physicians are certified by the Menopause Society. @jweisswolf.bsky.social's new book, out today, argues that's no accident. It's a policy failure.

My perimenopause and I loved chatting with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf about her new book, When In Menopause. It's out today! Weiss-Wolf believes that women are people whose dignity and wellbeing matter (radical!)--and that in healthy democracy, that fact makes menopause a public policy matter.

What did sex ed never teach you? We’re answering it with our new series, This Week in Sex, coming later this month.

Daycare for two kids costs more than the median annual rent in 47 states. Nearly 60% of Gen Z voters want more federal spending on childcare, more than any other age group, per a new @19thnews.org and YouGov poll.

New Baby Boom! Lawyered: In a SCOTUS filing this week, Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas likened the mailing of abortion pills to mailing anthrax or mail bombs. (Only one of those has FDA approval.) The ban states are challenging New York, California, and Massachusetts' telehealth shield laws.

The ban states are making a fetal personhood argument about injury to their residents. I walk through why the ban states’ claims echo the Fugitive Slave Act— and why Black women have always paid the price when this country fights over who counts as a person. New Baby Boom! Lawyered. Out now.

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 the latest.

Black women are 40% more likely than white women to die from breast cancer, even when diagnosed at the same stage. Read why this gap exists and what Black women need to know about screenings, access, and their care options.

There isn't a single trans woman in the WNBA. In 2024, the NCAA estimated fewer than 10 of its 510,000 athletes were trans—about 0.002%, or 1 in 51,000. Yet trans athletes are a defining culture war issue of the 2026 midterms. It's a manufactured panic, writes @angryblacklady.blacksky.app.

"This is a ginned up trans panic, brought to you by Republicans who know that if you can manipulate public opinion on the culture war issue du jour, you can distract people from the economic issues that actually matter to them: outrageous gas prices and barely affordable groceries."