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alojapan.com/1241958/how-presc How preschool in Japan shaped teen choices decades later #children #Education #Japan #JapanNews #news #pregnancy #research #TeenagePregnancy Researchers explored the long-term effects of preschool expansion in Japan in the 1960s, revealing significant reductions in risky behaviors amongst teenagers. By analyzing regional differences in the rollout of the program, the study identified links between early childhood education and lower rates of…

"Just one of 13 Republicans on the Senate Medical Affairs Committee voted for Dr. Edward Simmer ‘s nomination to lead the new Department of Public Health — in contrast to the Republican-dominated Senate’s overwhelming endorsement of Simmer in 2021 as head of the state’s old public health and environmental agency."

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"Wyoming no longer has a clinic offering procedural abortions. Now, patients are traveling hundreds more miles to neighboring states for care....A new state law, pushed by abortion opponents, placed strict requirements on the clinic, including getting its physicians admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and making extensive renovations."

wyomingpublicmedia.org/health/

The Planned Parenthood logo on a brick building.
WYOMING · New Wyoming abortion law forces more patients to travel to neighboring statesAv Hanna Merzbach

"The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 million women off from access to contraception.

This policy change has attracted little attention amid the wholesale dismantling of American foreign aid, but it stands to have enormous implications, including more maternal deaths and an overall increase in poverty."

nytimes.com/2025/04/01/health/

Waiting for a contraceptive implant procedure at a clinic in Epworth, Zimbabwe, in November.
The New York Times · Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of WomenAv Stephanie Nolen

"Alabama cannot prosecute doctors and reproductive health organizations for helping patients travel out of the state to obtain abortions, a federal judge ruled on Monday.

Alabama has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, and in 2022 its attorney general, Steve Marshall, a Republican, raised the possibility of charging doctors with criminal conspiracy for recommending abortion care out of state."

nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/poli

A rally for abortion rights at the Alabama State Capitol in 2019. The state has one of the strictest bans in the country.
The New York Times · Alabama Can’t Prosecute Those Who Help With Out-of-State Abortions, Judge RulesAv Emily Cochrane

"Critics, meanwhile, told lawmakers that Senate Bill 31 doesn’t go far enough to protect women facing pregnancy-related medical emergencies and even quietly resurrects 160-year-old laws that could be used to criminalize those who have undergone an abortion or have helped those who receive an out-of-state abortion."

texastribune.org/2025/03/27/te

A patient returns for a follow up appointment to make sure her abortion treatment was successful hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at the Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services abortion clinic in San Antonio on June 24, 2022.
The Texas Tribune · Amid support from doctors group, bill to clarify Texas’ abortion ban does little to save lives, critics saySenate Bill 31 supporters say it would clarify when doctors should intervene to save a pregnant woman’s life, but critics say its vagueness and a measure to resurrect pre-Roe laws hamper it.

"A New York county clerk on Thursday blocked Texas from filing a legal action against a New York doctor for prescribing and sending abortion pills to a Texas woman.

The unprecedented move catapults the interstate abortion wars to a new level, setting the stage for a high-stakes legal battle between states that ban abortion and states that support abortion rights."

nytimes.com/2025/03/27/health/

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to a crowd of anti-abortion supporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court.
The New York Times · New York Court Blocks Texas From Filing Summons Against Doctor Over Abortion PillsAv Pam Belluck

Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases

The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.
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ProPublicaTexas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases
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