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- HealthUnited News Team 2 weeks ago
WVa delays chance to pass 1st new bill since abortion ruling
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers passed up the chance Friday to become the first state to approve new legislation…
Read More » - HealthUnited News Team 3 weeks ago
Minnesota abortion clinic braces for tide of out-of-staters
DULUTH, Minn. — On the top floor of a modest two-story brick building near the shore of Lake Superior, the…
Read More » - HealthUnited News Team 4 weeks ago
North Dakota’s lawyers say July 28 abortion ban should stick
FARGO, N.D. — A motion seeking to block enforcement of a so-called trigger law that would shut down North Dakota’s…
Read More » - HealthUnited News Team 4 weeks ago
Indiana doctor’s lawyer tells AG to halt false statements
INDIANAPOLIS — A lawyer on Friday emailed the Indiana state’s attorney general asking him to stop spreading false or misleading…
Read More » - HealthUnited News Team July 11, 2022
Biden admin: Docs must offer abortion if mom’s life at risk
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday told hospitals that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the…
Read More » - HealthUnited News Team July 3, 2022
Missouri lawmaker resigns from House after fraud conviction
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Missouri legislator has resigned her seat after being convicted of falsely claiming she was giving patients…
Read More » - AustraliaUnited News Team June 26, 2022
Fearful mum who left baby in toilet shown mercy in court
A pregnant and unmarried Indian woman under significant cultural and religious pressures “abandoned her humanity” and left her newborn baby…
Read More » - HealthUnited News Team June 26, 2022
A ‘sucker punch’: Some women fear setback to hard-won rights
At 88, Gloria Steinem has long been the nation’s most visible feminist and advocate for women’s rights. But at 22,…
Read More » - HealthUnited News Team June 17, 2022
Iowa court: Abortion not protected by state constitution
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or ban…
Read More » - HealthUnited News Team June 11, 2022
New York fund apologizes for role in Tuskegee syphilis study
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — For almost 40 years starting in the 1930s, as government researchers purposely let hundreds of Black men…
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