Elle

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    Is Abortion a Matter of National Security?

    Joining the military means relinquishing control over so many aspects of your life. For women, it also means being ready to sacrifice yourself for a country that isn’t willing to provide access to necessary health care—or grant full bodily autonomy.

  • Photo of  a little girl crying outside of a Border Patrol vehicle

    We Need To Hear the Sobs of Children At the Border

    The audio of inconsolable children desperately crying out for the parents they’ve been forcibly separated from at the U.S. border has been played all around the country. Psychologists explain why we must listen.

  • a close up photo of a military soldier in uniform

    What the Past 24 Hours Have Been Like for a Transgender Soldier

    “I'm a soldier who happens to be transgender. I'm a soldier first. And I will always be a soldier first—until the day they tell me I no longer am,” says Cathrine Schmid about Trump’s attempted ban.