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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...

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Impact of vaginal estradiol on the genitourinary syndrome of menopause, vaginal microbiome and mucosal immune mediators in women living with HIV

AbstractBackground. Women with HIV (WWH) experience early onset menopause and symptoms may impact antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. Vaginal estradiol

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Apartment fees crackdown, abortion coverage, cell phone repairs: These new Colorado laws take effect Jan. 1

The new year will mean the arrival of more than 20 new state laws limiting extra fees landlords can charge, expanding Medicaid coverage for abortion and establishing new gun show requirements.

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FDA OKs libido-boosting pill made by NC-based company for women who have gone through menopause

U.S. health officials have expanded approval of a much-debated drug aimed at boosting female libido, saying the once-a-day pill can now be taken by women older than 65.

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Fewer characters on TV had abortions this year — and more stories reinforced shame

Researchers at the University of California San Francisco track how abortion comes up on television. They say the trends from 2025 are concerning.

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Josh Hawley launches new anti-abortion group as Missouri gears up for 2026 vote

The launch marks a significant revelation for Missouri as voters prepare for a measure that would ban nearly all abortions

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House GOP health package lowers spending but boosts uninsured

House GOP leaders’ health policy package could lead to 100,000 fewer people per year having health insurance through 2035, but would save the government $35.6 billion. That’s according to a Tuesday report from the Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan agency that analyzed provisions in the health package lawmakers are expected to consider on Wednesday. The legislation includes several conservative policies but not an extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies that go away after this year. The bill released on Friday would appropriate funding for cost-sharing reduction payments to help low-income customers pay their health care bills. The appropriation would result in an average decrease of Obamacare premiums of 11 percent for an average benchmark plan. The Affordable Care Act, as drafted in 2010, originally reimbursed insurers for the payments, but the first Trump administration cut them off in 2018. Since insurers are required to offer the cost-sharing payments, they raised premiums on their silver tier plans. Obamacare pegs subsidies to the silver plan rate, which rose as a result, effectively holding harmless people enrolling in them who are eligible for subsidies. Consumers could also use the higher subsidies to reduce their premiums for Obamacare plans in other tiers, such as the more-expensive gold level, or less-expensive bronze. If Congress were to fund the cost-sharing reductions itself, it would reduce the subsidies available to consumers and prompt about 300,000 of them to drop coverage even as premiums drop overall, CBO said. The House bill only funds the cost-sharing reduction for plans that do not cover abortion. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia mandate abortion coverage. CBO estimates premiums would not decrease in them as a result. The bill would also expand association health plans, in which small businesses band together to purchase more affordable insurance. The package, which would enable self-employed people to purchase such plans, would expand association health plans by about 700,000 people per year through 2035. Democrats say the expansion is meant to sabotage Obamacare’s exchanges by enticing people to leave for association health plans. Republicans maintain that their goal is to offer Americans cheaper health insurance options. In addition to insurance changes, the law boosts oversight of the pharmacy benefit managers who negotiate drug prices on behalf of insurers and large employers. The bill requires PBMs to disclose more information to group health plans, including data related to enrollees’ prescription drug use and rebates the PBM negotiates with drugmakers. CBO expects drug prices to go down as a consequence. Next steps: The House Rules Committee is expected to consider the full package on Tuesday. Several GOP moderates hope to add an amendment extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies, but it is likely to be ruled out of order because the proponents have not proposed a way to pay for them. The CBO has previously estimated that a subsidy extension through 2035 would cost $350 billion. A House floor vote is planned for Wednesday. Lead Art: House Speaker Mike Johnson has endorsed a package of conservative-friendly health policies the CBO said will lower federal spending but increase the uninsured. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

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Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison

Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.

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Maxwell: DeSantis spending scandal was ‘corruption at the expense of children’

New records and reporting show Gov. Ron DeSantis helped use more than $35 million of public money to campaign against amendments he disliked about abortion and marijuana.

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New Book Outlines Medication Abortion’s Origins—From ‘Chance’ Discovery to Decades of Clinical Tests and Global Approval

“Just Pills” author Rebecca Kelliher discusses the U.S.' abortion fight and what to learn from Latin America’s reproductive justice battle.

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Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison

Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.

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Anti-Abortion Slenderman & Wife Are Going All in on Forced Birth Ballot Measures

The Missouri Senator took a break from feuding with the FDA commissioner to launch a group supporting constitutional amendments to ban abortion.

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Apartment fees crackdown, abortion coverage, cell phone repairs: These new Colorado laws take effect Jan. 1

The new year will mean the arrival of more than 20 new state laws limiting extra fees landlords can charge, expanding Medicaid coverage for abortion and establishing new gun show requirements.