Top Biden officials press insurers on contraceptive coverage
Advocates for broad coverage say insurers are skirting the rules and denying coverage in some cases.
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Will health insurers continue to cover abortion now that Roe has been overturned?
In some states, insurance may cover what is now or about to be an illegal procedure, while other states allow abortion but prohibit Medicaid from covering it except in limited circumstances.
How the Supreme Court abortion ruling changes health care
Court and legislative battles will soon begin or amplify. Here are just a few of the immediate and long-term implications of Roe falling.
The Strawberry Festival at the End of the World
Sign up for Kaitlyn and Lizzie’s newsletter here.Kaitlyn: The Hampton Jitney, according to a New York Times article from 1985, is “the quintessential transportation for a certain kind of New Yorker.” George Plimpton claimed to have written one and a half books while riding it. Lauren Bacall was also a well-known patron. Passengers were given free seltzer and newspapers then, but that is no longer the case.
Caught on Tape: “He Punched Me in the Face,” says RI Dem Hit by GOP Rival, a Cop, at Abortion Rally
During an abortion rights rally in Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday, Jennifer Rourke, Democratic candidate for state Senate, was punched multiple times by her Republican opponent Jeann Lugo, an off-duty Providence police officer. A video recording shows Lugo confronting Rourke before striking her in the face. Lugo dropped out of the race after being placed on paid administrative leave and charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct.
Missouri Enacts Abortion Ban Trigger Law. Planned Parenthood Opens Clinic 15 Mins. Away in Illinois.
We look at how reproductive health clinics are reacting to the overturning of Roe v. Wade last week. In at least 13 states, including Missouri, trigger laws that criminalize abortions are either already in effect or expected to soon kick in. Clinics have mobilized to center patient care by moving or referring them to safer states. We speak to Yamelsie Rodríguez, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri.
“A Devastating Ruling”: Law Prof. Michele Goodwin & SCOTUS Attorney Kitty Kolbert on Overturning Roe
As protests continue across the country in response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, speak with two leading legal scholars. Kathryn “Kitty” Kolbert is co-founder of the Center for Reproductive Rights and argued the landmark case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1992, which upheld Roe v. Wade. She is the co-author of “Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom.
Overturning Roe: Slavery, Abortion, Maternal Mortality and the Disparate Effect on Women of Color
The conservative-led Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 on Friday to uphold a Republican-backed Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, while voting 5 to 4 to overturn Roe v. Wade. Chief Justice John Roberts supported upholding the Mississippi law but not overturning Roe. Nine states have already banned abortion since Friday, and 17 more states are expected to do so soon.
In states that allow abortion for rape and incest, finding a doctor may prove impossible
Clinics planning to move their operations may leave patients in their states with no providers willing to offer abortions in cases of rape and incest.
Biden officials to keep private the names of hospitals where patients contracted Covid
Despite a spike in infections earlier this year, U.S. officials opted to guard the institutions’ names, citing privacy.
‘It’s now up to the states’: Republicans move to ban abortion after Roe falls
It may take months for the status of abortion rights in many states to become clear as lawmakers pass new bills, proponents and opponents of abortion rights file lawsuits and governors take executive action.
What’s next for virtual abortions post-Roe
The decision creates a new and expansive legal frontier for telemedicine.
FDA orders all Juul e-cigarettes off the market
The agency decided the company’s applications fail to show that their products are appropriate for the protection of public health.
Failure ‘not an option’: Fed vows all-out fight on inflation
Fears have mounted that the central bank might trigger a recession sometime in the next year with its aggressive rate action.
‘When do you stop?’: Fed inflation fight could trigger slump
Things are so dire that central bank policymakers might hike rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, a move not taken in almost 30 years.
U.S. inflation hit a new 40-year high last month of 8.6 percent
America’s rampant inflation is imposing severe pressures on families, forcing them to pay much more for food, gas and rent.
Guess Which Republican Congressmembers Sought Pardons After Trying to Help Trump Subvert Vote
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol revealed Thursday that six Republican members of Congress who supported Donald Trump’s lies sought broad presidential pardons for their involvement in the campaign to discredit the election results: Mo Brooks of Alabama, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Louie Gohmert of Texas, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Andy Biggs of Arizona.
Top DOJ Staff Threatened Mass Resignation as Trump Weighed Naming Jeff Clark AG to Overturn Election
Former top officials in President Trump’s Justice Department told the House January 6 committee Thursday they threatened to resign en masse when Trump mused about appointing Jeffrey Clark, a loyalist who backed the baseless voter fraud claims, as acting attorney general. “I said, ‘Mr.
“Pure Insanity”: Trump Pushed DOJ to Chase Absurd Conspiracy Theories to Overturn 2020 Election
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has revealed new details about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure the Justice Department to help him stay in power after he lost the 2020 election. In the committee’s fifth televised public hearing Thursday, former top DOJ officials testified about how Trump urged the department to seize voting machines and declare the election results corrupt.
Radical Supreme Court Guts State Gun Laws & Right to Remain Silent Under Arrest
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a century-old New York state law that limited who can carry concealed weapons in public, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing for the 6-3 majority that the statute violated the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. The ruling vastly expands gun rights in the U.S.
‘Truth Hurts’: Arizona’s Republican AG Tells Hecklers To ‘Shut The Hell Up’
Trump has attacked Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich for not doing more to support his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Brian Kilmeade Becomes Latest Fox Host To Rip Trump Over Baseless Election Claims
“How you lose defines who you are,” Kilmeade said.
Rudy Giuliani Has Grocery Store Worker Arrested For Slap On The Back
“All of the sudden I feel a shot on my back, like somebody shot me,” the former New York City mayor said.
News Roundup: A reactionary Supreme Court enshrines far-right extremism as law of the land
The Supreme Court gutted both American privacy rights and public safety with two brazenly far-right rulings last week. They’re not done yet; by this time next week, the court is likely to have erased the government’s ability to enforce environmental regulations using an equally bizarre far-right theory that could erase the federal government’s ability to write any regulations.
Ukraine Update: Russia’s supply and command and control hubs no longer safe from Ukrainian attack
Early days of the war, the most videos showed anti-tank missiles like NLAWS, Stugna-P, and Javelins taking out Russian armor and vehicles. Then there was the “vehicles stuck in mud” phase. Eventually, that gave way to supply convoy ambushes. Then artillery strikes, and more artillery strikes. A handful of “commercial drone drops grenade” videos sneak through, but mostly artillery. Lots of artillery strikes. Until … now.
Patagonia, Live Nation Vow To Bail Out Workers Busted In Peaceful Abortion Protests
They’re both also offering expenses for women forced to travel out of state for abortions now that the Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade.
‘Constitutional sheriffs’ want to be able to seize Dominion voting machines for ‘investigation’
The spread of the “constitutional sheriffs” movement—which claims that local county sheriffs are the supreme law of the land, capable of overruling federal and state laws, as well as prohibiting federal and state agencies from enforcing them—throughout rural American sheriff’s offices has often seemed like a quaint but localized problem: Sure, having set themselves up as laws unto themselves, they seem to always run their jurisdictions like private fiefdoms, but
Arkansas Gov. Sidesteps Question On Making Exceptions For Rape Or Incest In Abortion Ban
Gov. Asa Hutchinson suggested he would be uncomfortable if a teen was raped by a relative and couldn’t get an abortion ― but didn’t budge on making an exception.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders promises kids in womb will be ‘as safe as they are in a classroom’
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, GOP nominee for the governor of Arkansas, was trending on Sunday for continuing a tradition of hypocrisy that I would’ve hoped peaked when she was White House Press Secretary for former President Donald Trump. It didn’t. Footage of promises the Arkansas Republican made just one month ago began to circulate on social media in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court reversing Roe v.
Immigrants disappear while detained by the U.S., leaving loved ones and advocates in the dark
by Maurizio Guerrero
This article was originally published at Prism
Immigration advocates are sounding the alarm about the number of immigrants disappearing for prolonged periods while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Marshals Services. They also disappear in the borderlands—both in the U.S. and Mexico, which now hosts thousands of asylum-seekers waiting for their claims to be processed in U.S. courts.