Category: NPR

When Dr. Maya Bass moved from Oklahoma to Philadelphia, she would regularly fly back to her former home state to perform abortions. Now, she has a different plan.

NPR’s Susan Davis speaks to California Attorney General Rob Bonta about recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on gun control and access to abortion.

The Supreme Court ruling yesterday triggered immediate abortion bans in Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota. But EMW Women’s Surgical Center, a Louisville abortion clinic, is fighting to stay open.

NPR’s Susan Davis speaks with Dr. Christina Francis, board member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, about the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion.

With the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Minnesota will be one of the states where abortion remains legally protected. But legal doesn’t necessarily mean accessible, advocates warn.

The clinic at the center of the Supreme Court’s Roe decision is Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The last clinic to provide abortions in Mississippi, it lost its fight to preserve abortion rights.

Physicians must treat in line with patients’ wishes and standards of care. Some medical ethicists say that abortion bans will force doctors to disregard these obligations in order to follow the law.

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Alexis McGill Johnson about the future of abortion access after the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

Robin Marty, operations director of the West Alabama Women’s Center, talks about the patients who just missed their chance to receive abortions in Alabama, where the ban went into effect immediately.

Scientists in Britain have detected multiple versions of the virus in wastewater. Officials say the risk to the public is extremely low and urge people to ensure their polio vaccines are up to date.