Tag: sexual and reproductive health

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Related Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican leaders of the Mississippi Home killed a invoice Wednesday that might have let moms hold Medicaid protection for a 12 months after giving delivery, up from the present two months.Supporters stated extending protection underneath the federal government medical health insurance program might assist scale back Mississippi's maternal mortality price, which is considerably ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers accepted a sweeping abortion invoice Tuesday aimed partly at constructing a firewall to guard entry to the process after the U.S. Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade final month.The bill would shield abortion suppliers and other people searching for abortions from actions taken by different states, together with blocking the governor from extraditing anybody charged in one other state ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers face a number of key choices on the ultimate scheduled day of their 2022 session. Most significantly, the Basic Meeting should nonetheless cross a finances. However senators and representatives should additionally attempt to attain settlement on a tax reduce that might be value greater than $1 billion. Further debates may loom on legalizing extra types of playing, requiring bodily ...

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Related Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear mentioned Thursday there isn't any place for antisemitism within the state after a Republican state lawmaker expounded on the sexual habits of Jewish girls throughout a legislative debate, a monologue a number of Jewish teams characterised as “weird."The governor didn't specify the goal of his feedback however spoke normally phrases ...

By PAUL WEBER, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and STEPHEN GROVES - Related Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Courtroom blocked a decrease courtroom order late Friday night time that mentioned clinics might proceed performing abortions, simply days after some medical doctors had resumed seeing sufferers after the fall of Roe v. Wade.It was not instantly clear whether or not Texas clinics that had resumed ...

By DON THOMPSON - Related Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California measure that may enable kids age 12 and as much as be vaccinated with out their dad and mom’ consent, together with in opposition to the coronavirus, cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday.If the proposal turns into legislation, California would enable the youngest age group of any state to be vaccinated with ...