Pregnancy Justice has documented 210 pregnancy-related prosecutions in the year following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, highlighting the growing trend of criminalizing pregnancy and the need for policy advocacy to ensure pregnant women have access to health care and support without fear of criminalization.
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Here’s What Health Care Appointments You Need to Make in 2025
As we look ahead to 2025, we need to continue to be proactive about our health care. With an upcoming second Trump administration, some in the Black community are fearful […]
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Biden Hails 175,000 New Jobs, Urges Continued Economic Resilience
The US economy added 175,000 jobs in April, with the unemployment rate remaining at historically low levels of 3.9%, and wages have consistently outpaced inflation since May of the previous year.
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Does revitalizing a neighborhood start with community health?
By Sujata Dand Originally appeared in Dallas Free Press Bonton resident Tashamika “Tasha” Lee is a cancer survivor. Three years ago, in the middle of the pandemic, Lee’s cough got so […]
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Monkeypox is spreading in Texas. Here’s what you need to know about causes, symptoms and treatment.
By Karen Brooks Harper Health experts in Texas and the U.S. believe that monkeypox infections will continue to rise exponentially. The disease is not deadly and doesn’t usually lead to hospitalization, […]
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Lawyers Preparing for Abortion Prosecutions Warn About Health Care, Data Privacy
BY Eleanor Klibanoff A young woman and her mother are nervously driving through the night when they’re pulled over by law enforcement. Flashlights in their faces, the women are questioned about […]
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Biden Takes Steps to Defend Reproductive Rights
By Breanna Reeves While President Biden has clarified that the only way to restore nationwide reproductive rights previously protected under Roe v. Wade is through Congress, “Until then, he has […]
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Rev. Barber Talks to the Black Press about the Upcoming ‘Moral March on Washington’
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia National Newspaper Publishers Association President & CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, President and […]
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Roe v Wade, Voter Suppression, and “We” The Voters
By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint The current uproar over the leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s anticipated Decision on Abortion Rights is […]