Jun 30 WATCH: What to know about tech surveillance and abortion access By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn Cell phone technology can track user data, including applications, location services and browsing history. Law enforcement has also been able to obtain and use this information in criminal cases. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 8:35 Lack of adequate mental health care places heavy burden on young people By Cat Wise, Mike Fritz The U.S. surgeon general issued a rare public advisory in December, warning of a “devastating” mental health crisis among American teens. Symptoms of depression and anxiety for children and adolescents have doubled during the COVID pandemic. Special correspondent Cat Wise… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 7:11 Rollout of new national mental health hotline faces obstacles A new national mental health hotline will launch in July. Like 911, the hotline will be available by dialing three digits: 988. The idea behind it is to connect people in a mental health crisis to experts trained in how… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 5:57 Democrats pressure Biden to take executive action on abortion rights President Biden promised to do everything in his power to protect abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In the days since that historic ruling, pressure from Democrats in Congress and outside advocates is mounting on Biden… Continue watching
Jun 29 A ballot initiative in Michigan could let voters choose whether abortion is a protected right By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Michigan is one of several states across the country seeking to protect abortion rights as the question of legality returns to the states. But it’s also one of close to two dozen states with a law criminalizing the termination of… Continue reading
Jun 29 As states ban abortion, clinics scramble to divert patients By Heather Hollingsworth, Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press The Supreme Court's ruling allowing states to regulate abortion has set off a travel scramble in some parts of the U.S., as abortion providers redirect patients to states that still allow the procedure. A growing number of states are moving… Continue reading
Jun 28 Why some fear that big tech data could become a tool for abortion surveillance By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 5:44 News Wrap: Primary elections are held in six states In our news wrap Tuesday, primary elections are being held in six states with several marquee races including in Colorado and New York, rescuers in Ukraine searched for survivors in the ruins of a burned-out shopping mall hit by Russian… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 8:25 Illinois clinics ramp up aid for women seeking abortions across state lines By Lorna Baldwin and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News In the days since the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, one state after another has outlawed abortion. Illinois is one of the few states in the middle of the country where people can legally access abortion care. In… Continue watching
Jun 27 Sen. Joe Manchin says commission tasked with downsizing veterans facilities to be dismantled By John Raby, Associated Press Manchin says there is bipartisan support to avoid filling vacancies on the VA's Assets and Infrastructure Review Commission and to end the commission in the next National Defense Authorization Act. Continue reading