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Kansas Governor Vetoes Ban on Gender-Affirming Care For Minors and 2 Anti-Abortion Bills
April 12, 2024 BY JOHN HANNA TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a “vague” bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s actions set…
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GOP Suffers Desert Meltdown on Abortion
Justin Green Apr 9, 2024 A day after former President Trump thought he’d tamped down the GOP’s exposure on abortion, it popped back up in the key 2024 battleground of Arizona. Why it matters: Trump ushered in the end of Roe vs. Wade and its national protection of abortion rights, and now his party is suffering a…
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Republicans Rush to Distance From “Disaster” Arizona Abortion Ruling
Updated Apr 9, 2024 Andrew Solender Republican lawmakers and candidates for Congress are scrambling to create distance between themselves and an Arizona Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday upholding a near-total ban on abortion in the state. Why it matters: It’s part of the difficult political balancing act Republicans have had to perform since Roe v. Wade was overturned…
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Arizona’s Abortion Ban Upends 2024 Election
Apr 10, 2024 Jeremy Duda, Jessica Boehm Arizona Democrats are looking to the state Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday that bans most abortions to carry them to victory in November. The big picture: A measure to enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona Constitution is likely to be on the ballot. Democrats believe Tuesday’s bombshell decision will help them not only pass…
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Racism in the Health Care System is Killing Black Pregnant Texans
When issues like bleeding and postpartum depression are left untreated, they can lead to death. Black Texans and other groups of color experience maternal mortality at higher rates, but organizations are working to change that reality. By Elena River, KERA News April 16, 2024 A note: This story discusses mental health and suicide. For resources and…
Read MoreSouthwest Collective, CPS Parent University Launch Weekly Group Therapy for Chicago Migrants
By Stephanie Wade Tuesday, April 2, 2024 To watch video report click here. CHICAGO (WLS) — The road for a migrant to get to Chicago is not an easy one. “They are seeing a lot of things, a lot of trauma. A lot of rape. The children are going days without eating. The parents are going…
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Federal Trial Begins For Red Hill Water Contamination
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press Monday, Apr 29 The U.S. government said Monday it took responsibility for jet fuel that leaked into a Navy water system serving 93,000 people in 2021, but attorneys dispute whether the families who are suing were exposed to enough tainted water to make them sick. A trial for a mass environmental injury case began in federal…
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Supreme Court to Hear Another Major Veterans Benefits Case This Fall
By Leo Shane III Tuesday, Apr 30 The Supreme Court this fall will review the legal claim of two veterans denied medical benefits for what they insist were service-connected traumas, a case that could potentially expand benefits for thousands of veterans. Officials from the high court on Monday announced they will take up Bufkin v McDonough, which has been moving through…
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Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation
KFF Health News | By Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime Published April 29, 2024 at 9:52am ET As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be contaminated with cancer-causing pollutants. “They…
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