A New HHS Rule Aims to Strip Planned Parenthood’s Title X Funding
Brennan Linsley/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a sweeping effort to defund health care centers that provide abortion services, the Trump administration issued a rule Friday that will bar clinics from critical federal funds if they perform the procedure or give abortion referrals. Under the new directive, groups like…
Two Decades Ago, He Blocked Abortion Clinics and Dodged Police. Now He’s Helping Wage Trump’s War on Reproductive Rights.
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One November afternoon in 1998, about 20 anti-abortion protestors gathered outside a minister’s home on a quiet, tree-lined street in a Madison, Wisconsin suburb. Among them was 23-year-old Matt Bowman, a recent college graduate who had come to town the year before…
Measles Outbreaks Are Increasing. Experts Think It’s Because of Anti-Vaxxers on Facebook.
David Cheskin/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Medical experts warn that the internet could be making more of us sick, pointing to research highlighting how online platforms’ role in boosting vaccination opponents and their baseless theories is fueling infectious disease outbreaks across the world. “Incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases can be…
Behind the Scenes, Health Insurers Use Cash and Gifts to Sway Which Benefits Employers Choose
The Cigna Corp. logo at the headquarters of the health insurer in Philadelphia.Matt Rourke/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally co-published by ProPublica and NPR’s Shots blog. The pitches to the health insurance brokers are tantalizing. “Set sail for Bermuda,” says insurance giant Cigna, offering top-selling brokers five…
Trump Might Have Actually Announced One Realistic, Good Idea in His State of the Union Speech
Doug Mills/CNP/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump made at least one bold pledge that should garner bipartisan support: to end the transmission of HIV by 2030. While ambitious, both advocates and experts believe the goal is largely achievable, in theory, due to great…
Two Years Ago, the Trump Administration Limited Abortion Access Worldwide. These Powerful Images Reveal the Impact.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When we met M, still dressed in her fast-food uniform tightly fitted around her pregnant belly, she looked lost. She shyly approached us in Gandhi Square, a main thoroughfare in Johannesburg, South Africa, and asked if we knew the location of a “women’s clinic.” My…