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California "can't do it alone," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in announcing the coalition of states.Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at the reunification center in Half Moon Bay, California, on January 24, 2023.Shae Hammond / MediaNews Group / East Bay Times via Getty Images Twenty Democratic governors launched a coalition this week with the stated goal of expanding and protecting reproductive rights, with particular emphasis on strengthening abortion access, both for in-state and out-of-state residents who may travel to them to obtain the medical procedure.

Conservative justice Samuel Alito allegedly leaked a landmark Supreme Court decision to an activist in 2014.Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) speaks during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in response to the leaked Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade May 3, 2022 in Washington, D.C.Alex Wong / Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has called for the implementation of stricter ethics rules governing Supreme Court justices after explosive testimony from a former conservative activist revealed that certain right-wing justices had maintained close relationships with conservative evangelical groups over the course of decades.

The bill forbids the state from sharing information with others over who has traveled to Nevada to obtain an abortion.Nevada Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Lombardo stands at the podium at a Republican midterm election night party at Red Rock Casino on November 08, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

An Illinois man allegedly attempted to set fire to a prospective abortion clinic in Danville before ramming his car into the building entrance, according to federal authorities.The property has been at the center of a dispute over reproductive rights in this east-central Illinois community, which passed an ordinance earlier this month to try and curb abortion access by banning the mailing and shipping of abortion pills.

New York moved one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its state constitution Tuesday when both chambers of the state legislature passed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) for the second time.The amendment was first passed by the state legislature during a special session convened by Governor Kathy Hochul last June in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, essentially kicking decisions over the legality of abortion back to individual states.

The California Supreme Court found the right to privacy included decisions related to reproductive choice, including whether to have an abortion or use birth control.Those protections apply to anyone who becomes pregnant, including minors, who under state law can consent to an abortion without a parent's knowledge.Proposition 1 would ensure abortion protections couldn't be changed without voters weighing in.California law allows a woman to have an abortion until the point that a physician determines "there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus' sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures."

Among the many techniques that helped the U.S. women's soccer team win the World Cup in 2019 was, according to one of the team's coaches, a slightly unorthodox strategy: paying attention to the players' menstrual cycles.More than a year before the World Cup, the athletes began meticulously tracking their periods.

The emergency contraceptive pill sold as Plan B One-Step does not prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the womb and does not cause an abortion, the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday.The agency said it is updating the information included on the leaflet provided with the drug.Previously, the product label had said the pill might prevent a fertilized egg from implanting.

When I moved to France six years ago, I was a fish out of water.My little-used high school French had been displaced by German and Chinese, and I had only ever been to France for two short trips.I was startled by the abruptness of the Parisians, by their staring and impatience and their overtly quizzical looks.

After Vice managed to buy the location data of people who visited 600 Planned Parenthood clinics (for a mere $160!), California AG Rob Bonta is urging Apple to better protect users' private information in App Store third-party apps.Once word leaked in May that the U.S. Supreme Court was going to overturn , several states were instituting cash bounty laws which offered money for turning someone in if they received or in any way abetted an abortion.

The state's top public health official has signed an order allowing women across Illinois to get hormonal birth control directly from pharmacists, without first visiting their doctors.The head of the Illinois Department of Public Health issued a standing order Wednesday that will allow pharmacists who complete additional training to dispense hormonal patches, vaginal rings, oral contraceptives and contraceptive injections to patients.

Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column.Dear Care and Feeding, Have a question for Care and Feeding?Submit it here.Dear Back and Forth, My husband and I are still in our twenties and had planned to have at least three or four children.A few weeks after birth, our beautiful firstborn son was diagnosed with a condition that will cause him to grow up with, among other challenges, a moderate to severe intellectual disability.

Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column.Have a question for Care and Feeding?Dear Care and Feeding, Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group.I found out my parents had an open marriage 10 years ago during my sophomore year of high school when my parents sat me down and told me that my dad's girlfriend was pregnant.

Today, the Respect for Marriage Act got one step closer to becoming one of very few federal laws expressly protecting LGBTQ Americans.It's expected to be signed into law by President Biden soon.But even when it is signed, the legality of same-sex marriage will still rest on the the 2015 Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which found that same-sex marriage is constitutionally protected.

A group of registered doulas in Ontario believe they are the victims of a Brantford woman who is now facing dozens of charges for fraudulently seeking their services.Kaitlyn Braun, 24, was arrested by Brantford police on Monday and is facing more than 30 charges ranging from criminal harassment and fraud to sexual assault.

There was a time when U.S. parents who abandoned their children were a rarity and fit a narrow profile.Due to overwhelming cultural or social pressures, their unplanned pregnancy put them at significant risk, so they felt they had no choice but to hide the pregnancy, give birth alone and abandon the infant.

A medical researcher handles a white mouse in a lab.(Getty Images)In 2018, Melanie Balbach, a postdoctoral scientist at Weill Cornell Medicine, surprised her bosses with a remarkable video of mouse sperm - just sitting there.A colleague in the lab had asked for help injecting mice with an experimental drug developed for eye disease, and Balbach agreed, with one condition.

Despite all the headlines about the procedure, many Americans do not know basic facts about abortions or who gets them, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll.Take the quiz below it has the same questions as the poll and test your own knowledge.Then, read on to understand more about how the facts connect to the abortion debate.

As inclusive as I try to be, I'm as limited as anyone by unconscious bias.Take, for example, my latest response to a young-looking man wanting to look more mature."I found your advice wanting for people like me," said David Barrett, a retiree in Ellicott City, Md., and self-described "brown-skinned, African American male."

Today, almost all - 96% - abortion procedures take place in clinics, not in hospitals or doctor's offices.And many of those clinics are closing.Data from the Abortion Care Network estimate that the number of independent clinics in the US fell 35% over the last 10 years and that the pace of closure doubled in 2022, after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade.

Dodgers great Vin Scully, musicians Jerry Lee Lewis and Loretta Lynn, and actors James Caan and Angela Lansbury are among the notable deaths of 2022.Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis, whose fiery records and scandals made him both fascinating and fearsome, died at 87.The Louisiana-born piano player who called himself the "Killer" is considered one of the key founders of rock.

What do you want to accomplish this year?Scroll through Life Kit's expert guides for practical and inspiring ways to grow in 2023.Ah, the new year.It's a time to sketch out your goals and think about the roadmap to get there.Life Kit has curated a list of some of our best episodes to help set you up for success in 2023.

15 minutes ago15 minutes ago President Emmanuel Macron announced that condoms would be free for 18 to 25-year-olds from 2023 to help reduce unwanted pregnancies and STDs.France is making condoms freely available for people aged 18 to 25 in a bid to curb unwanted pregnancies and to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

No one chooses their kinks-our kinks choose us-so having a kink doesn't raise ethical issues.Acting on our kinks... making choices that impact others... that's where ethical concerns kick in.So, if it turns you on to "breed" someone, as the gay boys (very problematically!) like to say, and you never act on it, if you just sit in your apartment wanking about it, there are no ethical issues.