This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMissouri has narrowly avoided a return to a time before Roe v. Wade after an independent arbiter ruled that its last operating abortion clinic can continue offering the procedure.After a year-long legal battle that pitted allegations of grave violations against accusations of regulatory overreach, the Planned Parenthood in St. Louis won a rare victory in a state that has become increasingly hostile to abortion rights.The dispute between the state and its sole clinic began , when Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMissouri has narrowly avoided a return to a time before Roe v. Wade after an independent arbiter ruled that its last operating abortion clinic can continue offering the procedure.After a year-long legal battle that pitted allegations of grave violations against accusations of regulatory overreach, the Planned Parenthood in St. Louis won a rare victory in a state that has become increasingly hostile to abortion rights.The dispute between the state and its sole clinic began , when Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareOn a recent Sunday, about 200 young Hasidic women in long skirts and wigs and men with wide-brimmed black hats and free-flowing beards parked their baby strollers along the tree-lined boulevards of Crown Heights in Brooklyn.They picked up their bullhorns and raised their homemade posters, some in Hebrew and Yiddish.“The opposite of love is not hate. It’s indifference,” one sign read, quoting Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace laureate Elie ­Wiesel. The young families chanted “Black lives matter!” and “Jews for justice!”...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareOn a recent Sunday, about 200 young Hasidic women in long skirts and wigs and men with wide-brimmed black hats and free-flowing beards parked their baby strollers along the tree-lined boulevards of Crown Heights in Brooklyn.They picked up their bullhorns and raised their homemade posters, some in Hebrew and Yiddish.“The opposite of love is not hate. It’s indifference,” one sign read, quoting Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace laureate Elie ­Wiesel. The young families chanted “Black lives matter!” and “Jews for justice!”...WW…

Gift ShareAn unusually expansive outbreak of large and fast-moving wildfires threatens communities in three states Wednesday, with the greatest risks focused on Medford, Ore., and Oroville, Calif., as large fires advance in those areas.In Oregon on Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Kate Brown (D) announced that four towns have experienced significant damage, and she warned residents to expect news of fatalities.“Oregon has experienced unprecedented fire with significant damage and devastating consequences for the entire state,” she said. Brown said the communities of Detroit, Blue River, Vida,...…Gift ShareAn unusually expansive outbreak of large and fast-moving wildfires threatens communities in three states Wednesday, with the greatest risks focused on Medford, Ore., and Oroville, Calif., as large fires advance in those areas.In Oregon on Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Kate Brown (D) announced that four towns have experienced significant damage, and she warned residents to expect news of fatalities.“Oregon has experienced unprecedented fire with significant damage and devastating consequences for the entire state,” she said. Brown said the communities of Detroit, Blue River, Vida,...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareKris Vaughn’s great-grandparents were born in Arkansas, and she was raised on barbecue and the Razorbacks.But ever since Arkansas and surgery for minors, she spends most evenings poring over websites that rank the states most welcoming to transgender teens like her son.“It’s heartbreaking, because it’s the state where my loved ones are buried, where I got married, where my husband returned home from serving in Afghanistan,” said Vaughn, 37. But “it’s just not home if my child isn’t welcome.”More and more families are...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareKris Vaughn’s great-grandparents were born in Arkansas, and she was raised on barbecue and the Razorbacks.But ever since Arkansas and surgery for minors, she spends most evenings poring over websites that rank the states most welcoming to transgender teens like her son.“It’s heartbreaking, because it’s the state where my loved ones are buried, where I got married, where my husband returned home from serving in Afghanistan,” said Vaughn, 37. But “it’s just not home if my child isn’t welcome.”More and more families are...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareCity council meetings in East Texas address typical small-town issues, such as road contract approvals, tree removal and street closures for fall festivals and high school homecoming parades.But a far more controversial agenda item has been appearing in this deeply conservative region of rural America: abortion.Labeling it “murder with malice,” a growing number of town councils have been passing abortion bans and declaring themselves “sanctuary cities for the unborn.” Five towns have adopted , which outlaws emergency...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareCity council meetings in East Texas address typical small-town issues, such as road contract approvals, tree removal and street closures for fall festivals and high school homecoming parades.But a far more controversial agenda item has been appearing in this deeply conservative region of rural America: abortion.Labeling it “murder with malice,” a growing number of town councils have been passing abortion bans and declaring themselves “sanctuary cities for the unborn.” Five towns have adopted , which outlaws emergency...WW…