LOS ANGELES — More than three years after California voters broadly legalized marijuana, a state panel is considering if its potent, high-inducing chemical — THC — should be declared a risk to pregnant women and require warnings. Studies have indicated that a rising number of mothers-to-be have turned to marijuana...
California to Require Abortion Medication at Public Colleges
SACRAMENTO — California will become the first state in the nation to require public universities to offer abortion medication at campus health centers starting in 2023 under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Democratic lawmakers described the law as California's latest step to defend abortion access as Republican-led states...
Black Mother in Labor Told Not to Scream. Can California Fix Maternity Care Racism?
Bettye Jean Ford was in her second trimester when the pressure she had been feeling in her abdomen for weeks turned to excruciating pain. She rushed to a Los Angeles emergency room, where she was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection and sent home with antibiotics. Still cramping severely, the first-time...
Walters: Both Abortion Factions Try to Silence Opponents
Abortion is a divisive moral and political issue that generates ceaseless heated debate, as it should. However, it also entices those who feel passionately about it, one way or the other, to use politics to shut down the other side. We saw a prime example of that in the California...
Nurse Arrested in Rape of Woman Who Gave Birth at Facility
PHOENIX — A nurse who was looking after an incapacitated woman at long-term health care facility has been charged with raping her, weeks after she stunned her caregivers and family who didn't know she was pregnant by giving birth to a baby boy, Phoenix police said Wednesday. Investigators arrested 36-year-old...
NYC’s Homeless Include Large Numbers of Homeless Children
Children only 1 years old are most likely to be homeless in New York City's shelter system. In fact, 11,234 children under 6 live in a shelter system that houses about 60,000 people daily, writes New York Times Reporter Nikita Stewart. In her article, "Baby Antonio: 5 Pounds, 12 Ounces and...
Carrie Underwood Reveals She Had 3 Miscarriages in 2 Years
NEW YORK — Carrie Underwood says she turned to God after experiencing three miscarriages in two years. The 35-year-old country singer and former "American Idol" champion told "CBS Sunday Morning " she got pregnant in early 2017 and it "didn't work out." She had a second miscarriage later that year and...