abortion The Impacts of Living in a Post-Roe America Roe v. Wade was overturned, so what happens now? The doors of thousands of abortion clinics are now closed, but the impacts of this historic decision go far beyond access to abortion services. LX News Visual Storyteller Jalyn Henderson breaks down the legal, social and economic impacts we may say as we continue to live in a Post-Roe America.
youth vote 5 Charts That Show the Real Threat of Young Voters Skipping the Midterms These graphs show which factors might influence youth voter turnout in 2022’s midterm elections.
abortion Fearing Lawsuits, Texas Doctors Wait to Treat Pregnancy Complications The Texas Medical Association, which represents doctors, says pregnant people at some hospitals in the state have not received swift, proper care for dangerous pregnancy complications. The group has asked the state’s medical board to investigate the state’s 6-week abortion ban and its effects on care in hospitals. Reporter Allie Morris from the Dallas Morning News joins LX News to...
Pregnancy Pregnant Texas Mom Shares Her Story of Getting a Ticket in the HOV Lane Expectant mom Brandy Bottone got a ticket in Dallas, Texas recently, for driving in the HOV (carpool) lane with fewer than 2 people in the vehicle. But Bottone argued that her unborn child should count as her second passenger. The county sheriff’s officers who ticketed her did not buy it. Bottone joins LX News Now to share her story of...
Roe v. Wade Explaining Biden's Executive Order on Abortion At the White House Friday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that he said would “protect our nation from the extremist agenda that is antihetical to everything we believe as Americans.” University of Miami law professor Caroline Mala Corbin explains what the order can and can’t do.
Abortion rights Biden Signs Executive Order Protecting Abortion, Reproductive Services President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion and reproductive services in response to the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
abortion Biden Signs Executive Order on Abortion Access, Urges Americans to Vote Acknowledging its limitations in safeguarding abortion rights nationwide, Biden called on Americans to " Vote. Vote. Vote." in November's midterms
Roe v. Wade Life Before Roe vs. Wade: A Historian Shares How Abortion Laws Looked Before 1973 The Supreme Court cited history when striking down Roe v. Wade. But what did abortion laws look like before Roe v. Wade? A historian shares her perspective.
Abortion rights What Was Life Like Before Roe v. Wade? In striking down Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court cited “history and tradition.” What exactly does that history look like? To find out, LX News Storyteller Jalyn Henderson talked with Leslie Jean Reagan, who teaches Women and Gender Studies at the University of Illinois – Urbana Champagne and authored “When Abortion Was a Crime.”
Supreme Court Public Confidence in Supreme Court is Declining, Polls Show After recent rulings including one overturning the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision, public confidence in the Supreme Court is down, according to recent polling from Monmouth University. Many of the court’s June rulings involved religion as well, and the court’s conservative majority is “solidly in line on certain moral issues and religion issues in general,” says Shlomo Pill, an...
