Historically in Texas, legislators saw family planning programs as a fiscally responsible solution to growing state costs stemming from unplanned pregnancies. But by the state’s last legislative session, conservative thinking in the Lone Star State had shifted.
The Texas legislature has slashed funding to family planning programs by nearly two-thirds.
Three different women speak on how so-called “women’s issues” will affect the outcome in one of the race’s pivotal swing states, Virginia.
Need to Know travels to Virginia to look at how women’s health policies on the local level may impact the general election.
Professor Dan Palazzolo on why Virginia is a battleground state unlike any other.
We report on the nation’s high obesity and diabetes rates, which are disproportionately impacting children in low-income communities.
One girl fights to overcome a family legacy: four generations of diabetes and obesity.
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