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Why some states are requiring ID to see adult content, porn online
Jan 29, 2024 · In 2022, Louisiana became the first state to introduce and pass a law requiring websites that host adult content to verify that users are over 18 years old. Last year, six more states, including Virginia, passed similar laws, in some cases directly copying the language used in the Louisiana bill. According to the Free Speech Coalition, the ...
The history of Donald Trump’s sexual assault allegations - The 19th
Oct 26, 2023 · November 5, 2024, 11:01 p.m. PT. Donald Trump has been elected to another term in the White House, as Americans chose someone whose time in national politics has been marked with a number of accusations of sexual misconduct, including one that emerged just two weeks before the 2024 election. A month before the 2016 presidential election, a ...
Why Congress did not codify abortion rights after Roe v. Wade
Jan 26, 2022 · Wade established the constitutional right to an abortion before fetal viability. There have been congressional attempts to pass a constitutional amendment overturning Roe, as well as efforts to codify the decision. All have failed. Along the way, abortion has transformed national politics and created a gulf between voters and party leaders to ...
The 19th Explains: What you need to know about Project 2025
July 16, 2024, 3:00 a.m. PT. Updated. August 21, 2024, 9:28 a.m. PT. After Project 2025 burst into the nation’s political consciousness during the summer, Republican President-elect Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the 920-page policy blueprint for his second term. Much of Project 2025, authored by the conservative Heritage ...
Forced sterilization is legal in 31 states, new report shows - The 19th
Published. February 4, 2022, 9:08 a.m. PT. A new report shows that 31 states and the District of Columbia have laws allowing permanent forced sterilizations. Little discussed and largely unmonitored, the issue grabbed national attention last summer when the pop star Britney Spears testified that she was forced to use birth control by her father.
School dress codes challenged by students, activists - The 19th
Jan 12, 2022 · But advocacy groups, lawmakers and students, in mostly Southern states including Georgia, Louisiana and Florida, are challenging rigid dress codes with lawsuits, policy changes and protests. The 19th thanks our sponsors. Become one. Some efforts have been successful, and others are still making their way through courts.
These gay voters are backing Trump. Here's why. - The 19th
Oct 30, 2020 · Jennifer Pritzker, transgender billionaire, backed Trump four years ago. This time around, she has funneled more than $100,000 into defeating him. Conservative values have often been painted as antithetical to LGBTQ+ rights. But the people who encapsulate both of those groups present a different picture.
Texas abortion law banning D&E procedure upheld. Here’s what’s …
Reporter. Published. August 19, 2021, 6:56 a.m. PT. Dilation & evacuation — also known as a D&E — is the most common way of performing an abortion in the second trimester. But a federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a law banning it in Texas, which could make the state the first in the nation to implement a ban on the procedure.
What it’s like to be a pregnant trans man in America - The 19th
Dec 7, 2023 · A 32-year-old transgender man went to the emergency room with severe abdominal pain, only to discover several hours later — to his surprise, and to the surprise of medical staff — that he was pregnant. At that point, there was no fetal heartbeat. The patient was correctly identified as a man when admitted to the ER.