Health care industry
Anti-abortion states split on how to enforce ban, whether to prosecute or surveil doctors
Thousands take to the streets to protest in New York City. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is not only splitting the country into states where abortion is legal and illegal. It is also illustrating sharp divisions between anti-abortion states on whether to allow exceptions […]
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World Health Organization says monkeypox is not a global health emergency right now
The World Health Organization on Saturday said the rapid spread of monkeypox across dozens of nations does not represent a global health emergency at this time. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described monkeypox as an evolving health threat, however, and urged governments around the world to step up surveillance, contact tracing, testing and to […]
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Rage, despair, tears fill streets across nation as thousands protest Roe reversal
Abortion rights demonstrators gather to protest in Raleigh, United States. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Reaction came fast and furious Friday after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling guaranteeing a constitutional right to an abortion. Anger and dismay erupted first outside the Supreme Court moments after the decision was announced. […]
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Several U.S. states immediately institute abortion bans following Roe ruling
Pro-life demonstrators hold signs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as they await its decision on the legality of a Republican-backed Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on abortion doctors in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2020. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters Several U.S. states immediately banned abortion on Friday in the wake of the Supreme Court’s […]
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says gay rights, contraception rulings should be reconsidered after Roe is overturned
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff | Pool | Reuters Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday said that landmark high court rulings that established gay rights and contraception rights should be reconsidered now that the federal right […]
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Attorney General Garland warns against violent protests, says DOJ ‘strongly disagrees’ with high court ruling on Roe
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces charges against a suspect from Ukraine and a Russian national over a July ransomware attack on an American company, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, November 8, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland tried to ward off violent protests to the […]
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Biden to address the nation after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
[The stream is slated to start at 12:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh if you do not see a player above at that time.] WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is slated to address the nation on Friday after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that eliminates a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion after […]
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Roe vs. Wade: Landmark Supreme Court abortion ruling divides America
Pelosi accuses Republicans of seeking to ‘punish and control women’ with state abortion bans U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol May 12, 2022 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of seeking to “punish and control […]
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UK Covid cases surge following Queen’s Jubilee celebrations, new variants become dominant
A total of 1,739,700 people tested positive for the virus in the week to June 18, new estimates from the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Covid-19 cases are on the rise again, according to new data, which points to […]
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Four abortion clinics in Kansas brace for a deluge of patients from states banning the procedure
Trust Women health clinic in Wichita, Kansas was already overwhelmed with the volume of calls from pregnant women in neighboring states seeking abortions. About 60% of the clinic’s patients are out of state, said Zack Gingrich-Gaylord, a spokesperson for Trust Women. They mostly come from Oklahoma, where the governor signed a law in May that […]
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