You Snooped, And Found Out Your Teen Is Having Sex. Now What?

Eight must-read stories about birth control bans, lonely boys, earlier periods and more. PLUS: Why are whole-body deodorants suddenly everywhere?

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In this edition:

• Conservative Attacks On Birth Control Could Threaten Access

• How We Broke the Social Safety Net

• Opinion: Boys Get Everything, Except the Thing That’s Most Worth Having

• You Just Found Out Your Teen Is Having Sex. Now What?

• Girls of Color Are Getting Their Periods Earlier. No One Quite Knows Why.

• Why Are Whole-Body Deodorants Suddenly Everywhere?

• Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Now Go To Religious Schools Via Vouchers

• New Book ‘Boymom’ Reimagines Boyhood In An Age Of ‘Impossible Masculinity’

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Conservative Attacks On Birth Control Could Threaten Access (Washington Post)

Since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion two years ago, far-right conservatives have been trying to curtail birth-control access by sowing misinformation about how various methods work to prevent pregnancy, even as Republican leaders scramble to reassure voters they have no intention of restricting the right to contraception, which polls show the vast majority of Americans favor. READ MORE

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How We Broke the Social Safety Net (Esquire)

Women are tired. If the past few years haven’t made that crystal clear, Jessica Calarco’s new book, Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net, certainly does. Calarco, a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin who researches family inequalities and education, didn’t intend to write a book about how women stand in for the country’s lack of a safety net; she was studying how mothers navigate parenting controversies.