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BY RAMONA FLORES | New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that raised the age of consent to marriage from 14 to 18—making New York only the sixth state in the U.S. to end child marriage.

Cuomo heralded the move as a “major step forward in our efforts to protect children and prevent forced marriages.” 

BY MICHELE GOODWIN | In the latest episode of On the Issues, host Michele Goodwin and guests talk about sex, periods, non-binary health care, maternal health—and what don’t we know or ignore about our own bodies.

What do you wish you learned from your parents, in school, or even now? And when it comes to reproductive and sexual health as policy issues, what’s on the docket and on the ballot in 2021? Whose rights are at stake? Find the answers on our podcast.

BY MEG STONE | Mandy Meloon—widely recognized as one of the best taekwondo athletes in the U.S.—was told she could compete in the Beijing Olympics only if she took back her allegation that her coach and his brother were sexually and financially abusing her.

On August 8, the last day of the Tokyo Olympics, Meloon and the other taekwondo survivors will fly to Colorado where a class-action lawsuit alleging “intentional, reckless and negligent acts” committed by the United States Olympic Committee, including USA Taekwondo, “toward their own athletes” might get resolved.