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Pharmaceutical companies worry the Supreme Court's abortion pill ruling could have a wider effect on drugs and research
If the court restricts access to an abortion medication approved by the FDA, vaccines, birth control and other politically-charged therapies could be next.
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Missouri doulas give up wages to serve women on Medicaid. Legislators hope to fix that.
Doulas and birth centers are considered part of the solution to Missouri’s ‘unacceptable’ maternal mortality crisis. But current law makes it difficult to help mothers most in need.
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Many people now rely on telehealth to access abortion pills — but the Supreme Court could change that
Next week, the court will hear arguments in a case that could restrict the use of mifepristone, which a growing number of Americans get without an in-person appointment.
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Black LGBTQ+ youth need spaces that embrace them fully, researchers say
Two recent reports detail the challenges they face and provide a roadmap for services that acknowledge their intersecting identities.
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A Democratic state senator needs an abortion. She told her colleagues about Arizona’s ‘cruel’ laws.
While Eva Burch spoke on the Senate floor about her planned abortion, almost all of her GOP colleagues found something else to do.
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Biden just signed the largest executive order focused on women's health
From maternal health to menopause, government agencies will study the health issues that emerge across a woman’s lifespan.
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After Alabama's IVF turmoil, patients in other states are making contingency plans
Although Alabama has moved to protect IVF providers, a court ruling that gave legal protections to embryos is having a ripple effect on people seeking fertility care in red states.
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For teens in Texas, getting birth control without parental consent just got even tougher
State law requires minors to obtain parental approval before receiving contraception. But some federal clinics were exempt from that requirement — until now.
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HIV is no longer a death sentence. But states still have laws targeting people who live with it.
Over the years, critics say, these laws have become another tool to criminalize Black people, LGBTQ+ people and sex workers.
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Alabama has restored IVF access. But legal battles are likely just beginning.
While treatment is set to resume, doctors say the Alabama Supreme Court's decision may have opened a sort of Pandora’s box on the future legal landscape for IVF in the state.