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Firefighters’ careers could be impacting their reproductive health
High temperatures, stress and the ‘forever chemicals’ firefighters are exposed to could be factors in pregnancy and fertility complications, new research shows.
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Abortion rights leaders set focus on access, medication — and the long fight ahead
The presidents of Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America both say that they’re alarmed at attempts to decrease access to medication abortion and that they see young people as key to their ability to change policy in the long term.
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Kamala Harris, in Florida, takes aim at abortion restrictions as attacking ‘the very foundations of freedom’
The vice president, on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, tied the fight for legal abortion to Americans’ past fights for rights.
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The first post-Roe March for Life showed anti-abortion activists are far from done
Anti-abortion activists celebrated the end of Roe last year. Ahead of its anniversary, they’re setting their sights on federal restrictions.
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50 years since Roe. Seven months since Dobbs.
How the Supreme Court’s decision sparked legal chaos and altered abortion access in America.
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As states seek to scale back abortions, Montana wants to redefine medical necessity under Medicaid
Advocates and lawmakers have said the move is part of a broader agenda to whittle away access to the procedure, making it more difficult for low-income people to receive services.
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State laws restricting rights of LGBTQ+ youth are hurting their mental health, poll shows
Bills are being proposed to limit how LGBTQ+ youth access resources and support systems in schools and doctor’s offices.
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Democrats who flipped statehouses in 2022 are prioritizing abortion access in 2023
Democratic lawmakers who won full control of state government in Michigan and Minnesota have put abortion access at the top of their agendas in 2023 legislative sessions.
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States with abortion bans are also ‘economically disempowering’ people, report says
According to the Economic Policy Institute, states with abortion restrictions have on average lower minimum wages, unionization levels and rates of Medicaid expansion.
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Canceled high school play raises concerns over ripple effects of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law
A viral TikTok video explaining the cancellation of 'Indecent' landed the Jacksonville school and its students in the middle of a conversation about censorship.