Natasha Roy

1 week ago | rewirenewsgroup.com | Natasha Roy

This story was originally reported by Orion Rummler of The 19th, and republished through Rewire News Group’s partnership with The 19th News Network. On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a 400-page analysis of research on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, as directed by President Donald Trump. The agency used the release of the report to declare that available science does not support providing gender-affirming care to trans youth.

1 week ago | rewirenewsgroup.com | Natasha Roy

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the United States’ top public health official, recently claimed some religious groups avoid the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine because it contains “aborted fetus debris” and “DNA particles”. The U.S. is facing its worst measles outbreaks in years with nearly 900 cases across the country and active outbreaks in several states. At the same time, Kennedy, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, continues to erode trust in vaccines.

1 week ago | rewirenewsgroup.com | Natasha Roy

Editor’s note: Three years ago this week, POLITICO published a leaked draft opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The following month, the Court officially overturned Roe v. Wade, forever altering the state of abortion rights in the U.S. In recognition of the anniversary, we are revisiting this episode of Boom! Lawyered, in which co-hosts Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo reacted to the leak in real time.

1 week ago | rewirenewsgroup.com | Natasha Roy

This piece first appeared in our weekly newsletter, Executive Dysfunction. Subscribe here. We’ve passed President Donald Trump’s second-first 100 days in office, and honestly, I have nothing pithy to say about it. I’m realizing the categories I use to try to make sense of the headlines every week are sort of blurring together—really, most of these could be categorized as anti-democratic actions, because they are.

2 weeks ago | rewirenewsgroup.com | Natasha Roy

Buckle up, y’all—we have a doozy for you today. This week, Imani and Jess get into the Supreme Court oral arguments in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools. It was supposed to be a narrow education rights case that looked at whether students have to meet an impossibly high bar to sue schools under the Americans with Disabilities Act—that is, until Supreme Court litigator Lisa Blatt entered the chat and made things a little spicier.