by Nikoel Hytrek | Jan 30, 2025 | EDUCATION
Republican legislators advanced a bill on Thursday that would require schools to show students in grades 7-12 videos with details about the stages of fetal development, without any requirements that the videos be scientifically or medically accurate. Reps. Brooke...
by Isabel Soisson | Jan 30, 2025 | TRUMP
Sixty-seven people are presumed to be dead after a passenger plane collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair while approaching Reagan National Airport. Rather than provide measured leadership, Trump blamed DEI and Democrats for the deadly accident....
by Isabel Soisson | Jan 29, 2025 | REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
A new study has found that from May to August 2022, vasectomies surged by 95% and tubal sterilizations increased by 70% among adults ages 19 to 26. Health care professionals across the country have seen this in real time. A study published in the medical journal...
by Nikoel Hytrek | Jan 28, 2025 | EDUCATION
A bill that would ensure there are no penalties for disrespecting students and school employees advanced through a House education subcommittee on Tuesday morning with support from Reps. Helena Hayes (R–New Sharon) and Henry Stone (R–Forest City). Rep. Heather Matson...
by Isabel Soisson | Jan 27, 2025 | REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
A new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that since 2022, states with near-total abortion bans appear to have lost 36,000 people per quarter, with single people, who tend to skew younger, being more likely to leave. Tens of thousands of...
