1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (510+ words) Apr 20, 2026 at 05: 19 PM EDT Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen vetoed a bill that would have expanded paid maternity leave for state employees. Without the legislation, state employees are only given paid maternity leave if they're covered under their union-negotiated contract. "These…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (594+ words) Mar 20, 2026 at 11: 25 AM EDT Mar 20, 2026 at 03: 41 PM EDT "Given that Olivier asked for only a forward'looking remedy " an injunction stopping officials from enforcing the city ordinance in the future " his suit can proceed, notwithstanding his prior conviction," Kagan said. The…...

1+ mon, 3+ hour ago  (429+ words) Mar 20, 2026 at 11: 13 AM EDT Across a wide range of issues, Americans continue to express broadly permissive moral views, according to a new Pew Research Center report'with one striking exception. Nearly all U. S. adults say behaviors such as eating meat and using…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1023+ words) Mar 19, 2026 at 12: 56 PM EDT More than 100 mothers and advocates affected by a type of rare disease gathered outside the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday to stage a funeral to "mourn the futures" of their children, following the agency's…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (470+ words) Feb 13, 2026 at 01: 35 PM EST Puerto Rico's Republican Governor Jenniffer Gonz'lez has signed a bill that will mean the island will recognize a fetus as a human being. The law "among other things, classifies as first-degree murder the intentional and knowing…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (437+ words) The staggering toll of hyperemesis gravidarum'an extreme form of morning sickness'on pregnant women has been revealed by a new study, with more than half of subjects saying they had considered ending their pregnancy because of the condition. The research, published…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (449+ words) The Department of Health and Human Services will end funding and cancel contracts for a series of m RNA-based vaccines aimed at preventing respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19, influenza and H5 N1, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday....

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (651+ words) A woman is being applauded online for her "excellent" question during an anti-Planned Parenthood demonstration. On Reddit, the woman and original poster (OP), user Blonde On Bicycle, recounted an interaction that took place roughly a decade ago during an advocacy…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (617+ words) Planned Parenthood has said that it will "never stop fighting" Congress' attempts to cut back its funding following the passage of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, which the organization has said will harm millions of Americans. In Trump's…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (294+ words) Cynthia Nixon's "Make Abortion Great Again" hat has sparked a wave of backlash online. Newsweek reached out to Nixon's representative via email for comment on Monday. Last week, the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill,…...