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Activists on both sides of the abortion battle are gearing up for it to be a major issue in the 2024 election.
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The SCOTUS opinion did not take on the substance of the plaintiffs’ claims against mifepristone, and the abortion pill is already facing other challenges.
Democrats and Republicans are equally less likely to support a drug treatment clinic if it’s in their neighborhood.
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A Philadelphia neighborhood is pushing back against the city’s plan to expand an existing shelter to serve people in active addiction.
Demonstrators protest outside the Supreme Court building shortly before the court heard arguments about mifepristone on March 26, 2024.
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EMTALA requires hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment to all patients – but Idaho is arguing that its abortion ban means it doesn’t have to allow the procedure, even if it is medically needed.
They act kind of like drugs, but they aren’t regulated like them.
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‘Natural’ isn’t the same thing as healthful. You can have too much of a good thing, and taking action can be worse than doing nothing.
Pro-abortion rights activists rally in front of the Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, the day justices heard oral arguments about the use of mifepristone.
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Two legal scholars who study abortion-related laws explain what happened at the Supreme Court in a case that could make it harder to get an abortion.
A protester marks the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision anniversary outside the Supreme Court building on June 23, 2023.
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While both Congress and the president have extensive legal powers, they cannot easily change the law to protect abortions under federal law.
L’interview accordée par le président russe à l’éditorialiste superstar de la galaxie trumpiste, le 8 février au Kremlin, a donné lieu à de très longs développements de Vladimir Poutine sur l’histoire de la Russie et de l’Ukraine, au grand désarroi de son interlocuteur.
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La réaction des extrêmes droites européennes et américaine à l’entretien Carlson-Poutine a mis en lumière les divergences existant entre cette mouvance et le Kremlin plus que leurs points d’accord.
Dietary supplement labels can be misleading.
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Although most Americans believe dietary supplements are safe, these products often make health claims that are unproven or downright false.
Women who were denied abortions, despite serious pregnancy complications, appear outside the Texas Supreme Court in November 2023, following arguments in a lawsuit they brought against the state.
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A new study unexpectedly found a way to help people assess social media posts with less bias and more care – pairing them up with partners who have a different perspective.
Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov have a personal relationship based on mutual dependence.
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The leader of Chechnya rules with brute force, impunity and near autonomy. Why doesn’t Vladimir Putin rein him in?
Plusieurs cas de bilharziose, aussi appelée schistosomiase, ont été détectés en Europe, notamment dans le sud de la Corse.
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La bilharziose, une maladie parasitaire tropicale, est désormais présente en Europe. Pour la combattre, un seul médicament est actuellement disponible. Mais la génétique pourrait changer les choses.
It may be only the Burundian troops that leave Somalia by the end of 2024.
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The flood of misinformation on social media could actually be worse than many researchers have reported. The problem is that many studies analyzed only text, leaving visual misinformation uncounted.
Le rapport de la commission parlementaire épingle la poutinophilie du RN et de Marine Le Pen, ici à Moscou en mars 2017 peu avant une rencontre avec Vladimir Poutine. Mais le parti d’extrême droite a aussi, voire surtout, de nombreux alliés au sein de l’UE…
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Se focaliser sur les liens entre le RN et la Russie peut conduire à négliger le projet, caressé par plusieurs partis d’extrême droite de l’UE, consistant à édifier un espace illibéral européen.
Anti-abortion activists gather outside the Supreme Court building on April 15, 2023.
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The 1873 Comstock Act makes it a crime to mail abortion drugs or medicine – raising legal questions about the law’s potential revival and influence over nationwide abortion laws.
Civilians protest in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, in December 2022.
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Sudan’s civilian protesters have gained a form of political power that traditional elites have struggled to attain.
The Supreme Court is the latest court to take up the question of regulating a medication used for abortions.
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ISIS-K’s recent killings of Taliban brass are part of the extremist group’s long-term strategy. Will Taliban leaders contain the resurgence of violence?
Legal battles are being waged over mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortion.
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A rash of pending lawsuits raises questions about the FDA’s approval of mifepristone two decades ago, whether the drug can be legally mailed and the constitutional right to interstate commerce.