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
Jun 27 Watch 4:36 How Americans are responding to the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has set off a frenzy of responses across the country. From anger and protest by some to celebration by others, the effects of this decision are reverberating throughout all corners of… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 7:02 Louisiana judge blocks state's trigger law banning abortions Louisiana is one of the states with a trigger law where the ban on performing abortions went into effect on Friday. A state judge on Monday granted a request from the Hope Medical group for women in Shreveport, one of… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 9:25 Tamara Keith and Annie Linskey on the Roe v. Wade ruling, G-7 summit and Jan. 6 hearings NPR’s Tamara Keith and and Annie Linskey of The Washington Post join Laura Barrón-López to discuss the latest political news, including what the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade could mean for November's election, President Biden's meeting with G-7… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 8:22 Artists work next to doctors to help with healing in hospitals By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet About half of the nation’s hospitals include arts programming, and the trend appears to be growing. One of the leading centers for studying how art can influence health is the University of Florida’s arts in medicine program, where students can… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 3:17 Ken Burns film explores youth mental health By Student Reporting Labs, Briget Ganske, Leah Clapman Awareness of mental health across all spectrums of the population has been growing after years living in the COVID pandemic. But there are particular concerns about the youngest generations. Those topics are explored in Ken Burns' film, "Hiding in Plain… Continue watching