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Candice Norwood
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Biden administration clarifies that pregnant people can receive abortions for emergency care
A letter from the Department of Health and Human Services explicitly states that the procedure can be used to stabilize a patient during a medical emergency under EMTALA rules.
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What will happen if Obergefell is overturned? Queer legal experts are scrambling
35 states have marriage bans, and experts doubt that Congress could codify marriage equality.
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WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia
Her plea comes amid mounting pressure on the Biden administration to secure her release.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s swearing in makes history during unprecedented time for the Supreme Court
Jackson is the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, joining days after it ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade and weeks after a rare leak of a draft decision.
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Biden says abortion protections are up to Congress
Advocates say the president has more power than he’s exercising, but Biden says executive orders won’t restore abortion access.
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Mayra Flores’ victory set a record for women in Congress. It also reflects the growing visibility of Republican Latinas
The rapid gains Republican women have made since 2018 could be a signal for how the party fares in this year’s midterms
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Cytomegalovirus can have long-term health effects for newborns, but few parents know about it
Nearly one in three U.S. children will contract CMV by age 5, but doctors often do not counsel patients on it or routinely screen newborns for it.
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37 percent of voters say they will be more motivated to turn out if Roe v. Wade is overturned
A Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that 64 percent of U.S adults say they do not want abortion rights to be overturned, with 37 percent of voters saying a Roe reversal would make them more motivated to vote.
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Pushed by lawmakers and the formula shortage, FEMA boosts efforts to support breastfeeding families during disasters
The agency makes it more clear that parents qualify for reimbursement if they need breast pumps and other resources to keep their babies fed.
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Cheri Beasley won North Carolina’s Senate primary. Like other Black women, she laid the groundwork years ago.
Beasley has served as a judge in North Carolina for two decades, a key to her emergence as one of the most talked about Black women candidates for Senate.