This article was originally published by Vanity Fair. Approval of the Supreme Court sank to a new low, just 100 days after Roe v. Wade was overturned, showcasing a diminishing trust in the nation’s highest court before it begins a new term. According to a new Gallup poll, 47% of Americans said they have at … Read more
Even as numerous Republican-governed states push for sweeping bans on abortion, there is a coinciding surge of concern in some Democratic-led states that options for reproductive health care are dwindling due to expansion of Catholic hospital networks. These are states such as Oregon, Washington, California and Connecticut, where abortion will remain legal despite the U.S. … Read more
Happy New Music Friday! Your favorite artists, from Billie Eilish to Flo Milli, are coming in hot with a stack of best new songs and exciting releases. We’re definitely feeling the heat this week, and we’re not just talking about this record-breaking heatwave. This NMF, Billie drops a long-awaited song duo, Flo Milli releases her … Read more
A sexual assault survivor chooses sterilization so that if she is ever attacked again, she won’t be forced to give birth to a rapist’s baby. An obstetrician delays inducing a miscarriage until a woman with severe pregnancy complications seems “sick enough.” A lupus patient must stop taking medication that controls her illness because it can … Read more
States that require consent from a parent: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas (both parents), Kentucky, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi (both parents), Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota (both parents), Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. States that require a minor notify their parents: Colorado, Delaware, … Read more
Danielle Maness has squeezed the hands of hundreds of anxious patients lying on tables in the procedure room, now empty. She’s recorded countless vital signs and delivered scores of snacks to the recovery area, now silent. Peering into each darkened room at West Virginia ‘s only abortion clinic, the chief nurse wondered whether she’d ever … Read more
Doctors across the U.S. are reporting a surge in requests for vasectomies following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade legal precedent that once guaranteed the federal right to an abortion, according to The Washington Post. Doug Stein, a urologist from Florida, a state that recently banned abortion past 15 weeks’ gestation, … Read more
The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has set off a frenzy of activity in courthouses around the country, with judges asked to decide when or if state-imposed bans or other far-reaching restrictions on abortion can go into effect. Some of the disputes involve bans that have been on the books, unenforced, for generations. … Read more
With abortion now or soon to be illegal in over a dozen states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech companies that vacuum up personal details of their users are facing new calls to limit that tracking and surveillance. One fear is that law enforcement or vigilantes could use those data troves against people … Read more
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that has for decades affirmed the right to abortion, only some states across the country will still protect access. “The U.S. Supreme Court has taken the radical step of overturning Roe v. Wade outright, thus unleashing uncertainty and harm onto … Read more