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Abortions in South Carolina are banned after six weeks of pregnancy. Local nonprofits are working to help patients anyway

Abortions in South Carolina are banned after six weeks of pregnancy. Local nonprofits are working to help patients anyway

by Simone Garber | Mar 26, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Between a real estate attorney’s office and a county magistrate building sits one of South Carolina’s three abortion clinics. Pink and white signs beckon patients, discreetly placed so as not to invite unwanted attention.  Since the overturning of Roe...
How Biden made health care access, affordability priorities in State of Union address

How Biden made health care access, affordability priorities in State of Union address

by Emma Sullivan | Mar 11, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden used his State of the Union address to contrast his health care record with former President Donald Trump’s, touting his efforts to lower drug prices and urging Congress to expand access to reproductive freedoms. Biden addressed the...
House Democrats push back against GOP’s anti-abortion legislative agenda

House Democrats push back against GOP’s anti-abortion legislative agenda

by Lucia Barnum | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Democratic Caucus leaders on Wednesday condemned House Republicans’ recent attacks on reproductive rights, saying the three bills they have brought to the floor so far demonstrate the party’s “extreme” anti-abortion stances.   “That’s who Kevin McCarthy...
Democratic senators speak alongside abortion rights advocates on seven-month anniversary of Dobbs vs. Jackson

Democratic senators speak alongside abortion rights advocates on seven-month anniversary of Dobbs vs. Jackson

by Avani Kalra | Jan 25, 2023 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Democratic Senate leadership expressed their support for abortion rights at a press conference Tuesday, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the seven-month anniversary of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Majority...
Hundreds march for women’s rights in nation’s capital

Hundreds march for women’s rights in nation’s capital

by Joanna Hou | Jan 24, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people gathered in the nation’s capital for the annual Women’s March to advocate for abortion rights, access to contraception and other women’s issues Sunday.  The event, which fell on the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, was part...
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