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Actors Apurva Agnihotri and Shilpa Saklani are new parents in the town.

Government is being urged to scrap separate maternity and paternity leave and let parents choose how they divide childcare time

To show restore our humanity. to validate our love in law. that is what the respect for marriage act means. it can ensure that millions of americans will wake up and know that their marriages are safe and secure. and the marriage benefit isnt just a celebration. it means that we get access to over 1000 federal benefits that protect our families, our love, and our marriages. this is important. and this is coming out a moment where our community desperately needs a win. >> what are the bills -- re...

By these anti-choice laws. this used to be the planned parenthood, and so when the funding was cut, they turned the planned parenthood into an adult daycare center. so it was literally right here down the street from where i grew up. if you are someone from brownsville, like my hometown who needed abortion care, you would have to drive about an hour, an hour and a half to get to the clinic. and thats if you have access to transportation. like if i wanted to get an abortion and i was an undocumen...

In order to hurt planned parenthood. i made the argument that we were giving up about $30 million in federal funds that couldve otherwise been brought down for preventing abortion, which, of course, is the topic of this bill. somehow, that cumulative impact of those laws together, and the conversation about that cumulative impact was held to be not germane. it was absurd. - i dont think that the contents and the subject matter of the funding of planned parenthood is germane to this debate. [gave...

My friend, joe is a drag queen and he calls himself a dragstivist, because he mostly centers his drag around like doing nonprofit work for the lgbtq community. like he does a lot of hiv work. - clap for sadie, motherfuckers. [audience cheering] oh she got notes. - oh my god. hi. [audience cheering] thank you for coming. its really cool that you guys are here. i know cunts is really awesome, but so is planned parenthood. whoo! - yes! - were queer-friendly, we also offer services to trans people, ...

[dramatic music] if youre over 50, talk to your doctor [crowd chattering] - hey guys, just in case you dont know whats going on, we are planned parenthood texas votes, and todays our statewide lobby day. this is the biggest day of the legislative session, where we gathered over a thousand supporters from all over the state to come and talk to their legislators about why they support planned parenthood and why its important to keep our centers open and keep our advocacy going. okay. - hi. - hi, o...

In my work, its because we can speak to communities that have felt shut out from the reproductive rights movement. the whole point of reproductive justice is that everybody, no matter what gender identity, sexual orientation, economic class, race, or ability has access to affordable reproductive healthcare. ♪ stronger [audience cheering] [dramatic music] - today is my first day as a manager of grants at planned parenthood of greater texas. and so, we are getting ready to go take my daughter to...

I’m shocked by the ostentatious, expensive advent calendars aimed at the children of today

Gershon Schusterman reveals how he rebuilt his life following his wifes sudden death, in this exclusive essay.