Reproductive Rights & Health News Roundup

What if Roe v. Wade is overturned?
ایمی وینٹروب کے ذریعہ
اورلینڈو سینٹینیل
Let’s look ahead. What if the landmark Roe v. Wade decision is gutted or overturned?

Will the Supreme Court Overturn Roe v. Wade After All?
By Louise Melling
نیویارک ٹائمز
When the Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear cases brought by Louisiana and Kansas attempting to exclude Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from their Medicaid programs, legal soothsayers were out in full force opining about what it means for the future of abortion rights under the newly constituted court.

Justices won’t hear states’ appeal over Planned Parenthood
By Mark Sherman
ایسوسی ایٹڈ پریس
The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a high-profile case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood, over the dissenting votes of three justices.

The Supreme Court’s surprising decision on Planned Parenthood, explained
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ووکس
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up two cases that could have given states broader leeway to strip funding from Planned Parenthood.

Tampa Bay Planned Parenthood reacts to Supreme Court decision on funding
ایرک گلاسر کے ذریعہ
ڈبلیو ٹی ایس پی ٹمپا بے
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear cases from Kansas and Louisiana. Both states passed laws cutting off Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood in an attempt to defund the health-care services provider.

Court: Trump can’t let companies deny birth control coverage
By Sudhin Thanawala
ایسوسی ایٹڈ پریس
A divided U.S. appeals court Thursday blocked rules by the Trump administration that allowed more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control.

Floridians are spending on average 8 percent of their income on health premiums, says report
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اورلینڈو ویکلی
A new report from the consumer advocacy group the Commonwealth Fund found that Sunshine State residents are spending a whopping 8 percent of their annual income on health insurance premiums alone.

Research Gaps Leave Doctors Guessing About Treatments For Pregnant Women
By Alison Kodjak
این پی آر
Jenna Neikirk was nearing the end of her first pregnancy when her blood pressure shot up to dangerous levels.

State-Level Estimates of Contraceptive Use in the United States, 2017
By Ayana Douglas-Hall, Kathryn Kost and Megan L. Kavanaugh
گٹماچر انسٹی ٹیوٹ
This report presents new state-level estimates of contraceptive prevalence among women of reproductive age in the United States.

Zika Cases In Florida At 93 So Far This Year
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فلوریڈا کی نیوز سروس
As the end of the year approaches, Florida has reported 93 cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in 2018, according to numbers posted Monday on the state Department of Health website.

Five Years Since It Was First Introduced, It’s Time to Renew the New Family Leave Act
By Terri Gerstein
سلیٹ
Five years ago on Wednesday, the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act of 2013, or FAMILY Act, was first introduced in Congress