HHS Secretary, ‘Will Take Steps to Increase Access to Medication Abortion
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As some states ban or regulate abortion following the Dobbs decision, numerous companies have announced they will provide financial assistance to employees traveling for abortions. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court ruled June 24 that the right to an abortion is not protected under the U.S. Constitution; states are thus now…Read More
In 1974, Justice Harry Blackmun, the author of the Roe v. Wadedecision, said in a television interview that Roe “will be regarded as one of the worst mistakes in the court’s history or one of its great decisions.” That was prescient. On Friday, the Supreme Court reversed perhaps its greatest mistake ever. With Roe v. Wade,…Read More
Abortion rights groups in a Texas county won a court victory on Tuesday after a judge granted a temporary restraining order to block the state’s ability to ban abortions. The American Civil Liberties Union represented abortion providers in the civil lawsuit filed on Monday in Harris County, whose attorney said the temporary restraining order will…Read More
Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in facilitating former financier Jeffrey Epstein‘s abuse of several underage girls. Maxwell, the former Epstein girlfriend and confidante, was found guilty on five counts, including “transporting a minor for the purposes of criminal sexual activity,” “conspiring to entice minors to travel to…Read More
The Biden administration is taking five steps to protect access to abortion, according to Xavier Becerra, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Those steps, Becerra said on Tuesday, include increasing access to medication abortion and training health workers following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized…Read More
In a race that was expected to be a close call according to recent polling, the GOP primary for state superintendent of public instruction will head to a runoff between Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters and Shawnee Public Schools Superintendent April Grace. With more than 99 percent of precincts reporting, Walters had received more…Read More
The question on the ballot asked voters to approve a proposal that would fund a new jail and mental health facility. The $260 million proposal would fund a new jail and mental health facility in Oklahoma County. County commissioners insist it will not raise taxes but opponents said we could pay less if it’s defeated.…Read More
Since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, we’ve seen amazing technological advancements in our computers and smartphones and medical advancements have seen parallel growth. How do those technological and medical advances affect the fight for life? Continue Watching…
The Pentagon pledged to protect “seamless access” to abortion in a statement Friday, citing the potential impact of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on troop readiness. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed concern in a statementabout military “readiness and resilience” following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that put states in control of regulating…Read More