A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds they are more likely to report facing weight-based discrimination from health care providers, with sometimes devastating consequences.
Research shows that a more diverse physician workforce also means healthier patients. But efforts to bolster Latina representation have for years faced an uphill battle.
The latest 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds that Americans often hold contradictory views on restrictions on abortion, highlighting the complexity of finding consensus on the issue.
We spoke to political experts, abortion providers and funds ahead of arguments on the state’s 15-week ban.
The state has only approved compensation to 101 people, though hundreds more are believed to be eligible. The deadline to apply comes this December.
Texas, Idaho and Tennessee have all enacted laws that could allow abortion care in certain medical emergencies. Their impact appears slim, doctors said.
The state’s Supreme Court upheld the new law, despite declaring a nearly-identical ban unconstitutional this past January. South Carolina was the last state in the South to allow abortion past 15 weeks.
Republicans don’t want to talk about restrictions in the first or second trimester, instead trying to turn the conversation to very rare third trimester abortions.
If it took effect, the decision could bar mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, from being provided over telemedicine, limiting clinics’ capacity.
A lawsuit filed in federal court would push the agency to cover the treatment — the most effective form of assisted reproductive technology — for people who are single, or who are in LGBTQ+ relationships.