by Emma Sullivan | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — When Tennessee resident Allie Phillips heard she was pregnant with her second child, she said she and her husband Brian were “so excited.” However, after 19 weeks, Phillips met with a fetal specialist and received news that no expecting parent wants to...
by Shravya Pant | Dec 21, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The patient had already made the agonizing decision to start chemotherapy to address her colon cancer, even though she was 30 weeks pregnant. Within a day, the decisions got harder: her colon perforated, and the pain was excruciating. She would need...
by Avani Kalra | Apr 19, 2023 | Health & Science, Politics
Since the federal right to an abortion was overturned last year, 24 states have banned or severely restricted the right to terminate a pregnancy. Except in extremely rare circumstances, doctors are not able to perform or prescribe abortions to patients needing or...
by Avani Kalra | Mar 2, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Abortion-rights lawmakers in Congress are aiming to close loopholes that may force providers and hospitals to disclose a patient’s medical records if they are subpoenaed or requested by law enforcement. These exceptions have become especially worrisome...
by Brennan Leach | Jan 25, 2023 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Congress was in full swing on Tuesday with both the House and the Senate back in session after a short break. The Senate Judiciary Committee came together in a rare show of bipartisanship to question representatives from Ticketmaster and its parent...