2+ hour, 40+ min ago  (403+ words) After a mistrial last week, a San Francisco judge has set a new trial date for an anti-abortion activist who posted a video on social media allegedly threatening a Planned Parenthood clinic escort, raising questions about the limits of political…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1862+ words) Commercial surrogacy is a life-changing option for couples who have been unable to conceive. As one listener told KQED's Forum in late February, her experience with ovarian cancer meant that she lost her ability to have her own children. "I…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1035+ words) Steve Hilton, a leading Republican candidate for California governor, says he would allow Louisiana to extradite a Bay Area abortion doctor to face charges if he's elected, despite state laws prohibiting cooperation and strong public support for reproductive rights. Gov....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (459+ words) California political leaders are rallying behind a Sonoma County doctor at the center of an interstate abortion dispute. Louisiana officials have charged physician Dr. R'my Coeytaux, a physician in Healdsburg, with providing abortion medication to a woman in the Gulf…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1671+ words) Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to make sense of the news. Episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. See TV Programming Manager Emma Casley's recommendations from this month's KQED 9, PLUS and Passport schedules. Since Roe…...

11+ mon, 2+ day ago  (657+ words) Planned Parenthood centers in California are facing an existential threat after the passage of President Donald Trump's new federal budget, which includes a provision that slashes federal funding for certain health care nonprofits. Under the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill," health…...