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The 19th Explains: Texas’ six-week abortion ban is still stuck in court. Here’s why.
Despite a December ruling allowing legal challenges to proceed, the abortion law remains in effect. Where do things currently stand? And where will they go next?
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Virtual mental health services are more available than ever. Is it enough?
Research suggests there could be benefits to virtual mental health care for women, who are more likely to have barriers to visiting a doctor.
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‘This does not feel like a green light’: Supreme Court ruling doesn’t change anything for abortion providers in Texas
Legal experts say the Supreme Court’s narrow ruling on who can be sued over the state’s six-week ban complicates a potential injunction on enforcement of the law.
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Supreme Court rules that abortion providers can sue over Texas law
The decision does not immediately change the availability of abortion in Texas and leaves open an avenue for states to pass future abortion restrictions.
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Home care workers are far more likely to have poor mental health, new study shows
Home health care workers, who are predominantly women, experience poor mental health at about double the rate of the typical American worker — and that was before the pandemic.
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Women doctors are getting paid millions less than men, a new study suggests
The study models how big the physician pay gap grows over a 40-year medical career. If anything, the figure likely underestimates the scale of the gap.
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Supreme Court indicates it could eliminate a core element of Roe v. Wade
A majority of justices seems likely to uphold Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. It would represent a major weakening of the landmark 1973 case.
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What you need to know about the Supreme Court case that could overturn Roe v. Wade
The future of abortion rights are up in the air as the court will hear arguments Wednesday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Here’s how to listen and background on the case.
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The last abortion clinic in Mississippi is at the center of a Supreme Court case that could end Roe v. Wade
If the Supreme Court upholds Mississippi’s 15-week ban, the decision would almost certainly weaken Roe v. Wade. In Mississippi and beyond, the impact would be tremendous.
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Why these public health experts (and moms) are getting their kids the COVID vaccine
The Pfizer vaccine, recently authorized for kids 5 to 11, works “better than most vaccines,” one said. But the majority of American parents have indicated some skepticism about the vaccine.