Bodies, Gender & Health

Prism’s lens on how policy, power, and systemic inequities impact health, reproductive autonomy, gender liberation, and access to care.

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Black families need immediate relief from the formula shortage

Umme Hoque
a Black baby rests in a stroller with a formula bottle in his lap

Oklahoma defies Roe’s legality and bans abortion entirely

Alexandra Martinez
Oklahoma defies Roe’s legality and bans abortion entirely

Gen Z is preparing to fight for reproductive justice in a future without Roe v. Wade

Shriya Bhattacharya
an adolescent girl looks over her shoulder toward the camera during a pro-abortion rally. "my body" is written on her cheek

Attorney Rochelle Garza on why she’s running for Texas attorney general on a pro-choice platform

Tina Vásquez
Rochelle Garza, a Latina with dark hair a few inches past her shoulders, wears a dark silky blouse in front of a turquoise an

At least 13 companies say they will pay for employees to travel out of state for abortion care

Alexandra Martinez
pro-choice protesters hold signs reading "bans off our bodies" and "abortion is health care"

In a shifting political landscape, LGBTQ+ parents bear the costs of discrimination

Pamela Appea
two Black mothers sit with their daughter

Advocates say access to contraception will be the next battleground

Alexandra Martinez
pro-choice protestors hold yellow signs with red text reading "stop the bans"

Black mothers discuss continued struggles in year three of the pandemic

Vilissa Thompson
Sick African American boy blowing nose while sitting wrapped in a blanket on mother's lap at home.

States are dividing between abortion restrictions and protections after Roe leak

Alexandra Martinez
States are dividing between abortion restrictions and protections after Roe leak

Abortion bans will harm people who miscarry, too

Allison Torres Burtka
Abortion bans will harm people who miscarry, too

Abortion clinics in Oregon and Washington are gearing up for a post-Roe surge

Alexandra Martinez
a Black femme person wearing black clothing while holding a green sign reading "abortion on demand and without apology"

Anti-abortion bill rape exceptions never fulfill survivor justice

Thalia Charles
pro-choice demonstrators stand outside of the Boston State House. a person in the foreground holds a large pink poster that r