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Federal health agency cancels most of its teen pregnancy prevention grants
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (514+ words) A teacher holds a student's baby while his class completes coursework at a high school for young parents in Spokane, Wash. U. S. Health and Human Services sent termination letters to 53 of 67 grantees under the Office of Population Affairs' Teen Pregnancy Prevention…...
Medical conscience" bills would let providers refuse more health care
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1351+ words) Legislation in at least eight states would expand the rights of doctors, nurses, hospitals and even insurance companies to refuse to provide or pay for care " from contraception and fertility services to medical marijuana and childhood vaccines " that conflicts with…...
Trump administration officially ends veteran abortion access
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (511+ words) President Joe Biden visits the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Thursday, August 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, where he spoke on the one-year anniversary of the PACT Act." The U. S. Department of Justice has instructed the U. S. Department of…...
Doctors left Idaho after abortion ban, study confirms
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (341+ words) At a Planned Parenthood Great Northwest rally on April 21, 2024, Idahoans advocated for the U. S. Supreme Court to rule that federal law protects access to abortion procedures in emergency situations, even in states like Idaho with strict abortion bans. Idaho lost more…...