Abortion pill maker plans multistate legal action to preserve drug access
The company is currently challenging a Mississippi law that effectively banned telehealth abortions by making patients see doctors in person.
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State lawmakers are shaping the future of abortion. Watch these names.
Legislators were long unable to impose major regulations on abortion. Now, the power to decide when — and whether — abortion should be legal is squarely in their hands.
Abortion doctors’ post-Roe dilemma: Move, stay or straddle state lines
Health experts warn that this potential migration could be devastating for patients, leaving them without access to birth control, prenatal care and other reproductive health services.
Biden administration ramps up monkeypox vaccination amid rising cases
Cities say demand for vaccines is still outstripping supply.
Rock Never Dies—But It Does Get Older and Wiser
Updated at 9:22 a.m. ET on July 2, 2022.This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.It’s been a week full of ghastly revelations and depressing events, so let’s step away from the stress of politics and think about music heading into this holiday weekend.But first, here are three great stories from The Atlantic.
A Portrait of the Artist Who Never Makes Art
We encounter Bran, the narrator of Nell Zink’s new novel, Avalon, just as she leaves a party where something pivotal and distressing has happened to her. We know that it is pivotal because we immediately cut back in time to Bran’s childhood, and much of the novel becomes an inexorable march toward that fateful night. We also have some warning that the account we are about to hear is a fragile memory: “I have trouble recounting my childhood in chronological order.
Failure ‘not an option’: Fed vows all-out fight on inflation
Fears have mounted that the central bank might trigger a recession sometime in the next year with its aggressive rate action.
‘When do you stop?’: Fed inflation fight could trigger slump
Things are so dire that central bank policymakers might hike rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, a move not taken in almost 30 years.
U.S. inflation hit a new 40-year high last month of 8.6 percent
America’s rampant inflation is imposing severe pressures on families, forcing them to pay much more for food, gas and rent.
Meet the Dutch Doctor Helping Expand Abortion Access by Mailing Safe & Legal Pills Worldwide
As activists across the U.S. are mobilizing to defend reproductive rights, we speak to the Dutch physician Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, who has dedicated her life to circumventing anti-abortion laws, including providing abortions on ships in international waters and sending abortions pills around the world. She also discusses navigating censorship on social media platforms, telemedicine, the future of contraception and more.
San Antonio Organizer: U.S. Immigration Policy Is to Blame for Deaths of 53 in Smuggling Tragedy
We go to San Antonio, where 53 migrants seeking refuge in the U.S. died earlier this week after being confined to a sweltering tractor-trailer. Human rights advocates blamed the tragedy on restrictive immigration policies like the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as MPP or the “Remain in Mexico” program.
In Radical Ruling, Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Power to Cut Carbon Emissions & Combat Climate Crisis
In a blow to climate activism, the Supreme Court on Thursday severely limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to place emission caps on power plants. In the case, West Virginia v. EPA, several states led by West Virginia and fossil fuel companies fought against the regulations imposed by the Obama administration under the Clean Air Act.
Flint Residents Outraged as Charges Dropped in Deadly Water Scandal That Poisoned Majority-Black City
Eight years after the deadly Flint water crisis began, the state’s Supreme Court has thrown out charges against former Governor Rick Snyder and eight other former officials for their complicity in the public health emergency.
There’s ‘Ample Probable Cause To Charge Trump,’ Says Ex-Cop Wounded In Insurrection
“The rule of law should mean something,” says former officer Michael Fanone, who was attacked by Trump supporters at the Capitol.
Trump Likely To Announce Run Soon Because He’s A ‘Freaking Toddler,’ Says Ex-GOP Official
“We all know from past experiences Donald Trump doesn’t care about anybody else but Donald Trump,” said Kurt Bardella.
Girl, 10, Reportedly Forced To Travel Out Of State For Abortion
The young rape victim was denied the procedure in her home state of Ohio, where abortion banned.
For the love of books
Writing about a love of reading can feel like preaching to the choir. After all, most people who sit down to read such a thing (probably) like reading enough as a baseline to bother … Well, reading. But I still feel there is no solace quite like a book. It feels trite to say we’re in difficult times, but again, it feels true to say that books have been helping me keep a sense of stability and relief while so many of us are under so much stress.
A cold drink for a crisis in 10 easy steps
This weekend, if you’re milling about the kitchen or backyard as America celebrates its Independence Day and you find yourself feeling, well, a little put off because the Supreme Court has decided you no longer have bodily autonomy, I offer you the following concoction to take the edge off.
And if you don’t drink, congrats and I support you in your sobriety! This is for those of us who need this right now:
Disclaimer: Do not drink and drive.
Boston Mayor Lashes March By ‘Cowardly’ Extremist Patriot Front Mob
“Your hate is as cowardly as it is disgusting, and it goes against all that Boston stands for,” posted Michelle Wu after at least once skirmish erupted.
Connect! Unite! Act! The Supreme Court and Republicans want to make voting pointless
Every election I attend, I leave the office with a nice sticker that says “I Voted!”, a reminder that I participated in the process. There were a few years when I didn’t get a sticker—instead I received a lollipop (not kidding), or a pen. The pens were nice, the lollipops were decent. All of them were meant as a reminder that participating in the American experiment truly meant something.
Florida Pediatrician Axed From State Board For Pro-Vaccine Comments
Dr. Lisa Gwynn’s assertion that parents of children under 5 should have easy access to COVID-19 vaccines landed her in hot water.
San Antonio survivors must be allowed to apply for certain visas available to victims, groups say
More than 100 organizations are urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to not deport survivors of the San Antonio tragedy that took the lives of 53 people, and allow them to apply for certain visas that are made available to victims of crime.
Daily Space: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
It’s going to be hard to go very far with a regular series featuring objects in deep space without mentioning Charles Messier. Because between 1771 and 1784, Messier did something that keeps his name almost constantly on the lips of both backyard and professional astronomers today.
Messier was born in northern France in 1730, where his father held the totally important job of being a “court usher.
Flawed oxygen readings may be behind Covid-19’s toll on people of color
The Food and Drug Administration is convening an advisory panel later this year to investigate
What Lies Behind That ‘No Trespass’ Sign
I always pined for the wide open, though I grew up in suburban Maryland, hemmed in by private land and no trespass signs. Even as a boy, one with his nose in books, I knew that the East had not always been so parceled into private fiefdoms. In fact, it had once been a place where anyone could roam, more open than the West is today.
The January 6 Committee Is Going to Have the Final Word
During its astonishing Tuesday hearing about Donald Trump’s actions on the day of January 6, the House select committee investigating the insurrection made clear that the integrity of its work is under threat. “The same people who drove the former president’s pressure campaign to overturn the election are now trying to cover up the truth about January 6,” warned committee chair Bennie Thompson.
The Accidental Trumpification of NATO
If Donald Trump returns to power in 2025, he will find a world starkly different from the one he tried to construct while president. All hopes of normalizing relations with Russia have been obliterated in the slaughter of Ukraine. China is more powerful than ever. Iran is closer to acquiring nuclear weapons. And Kim Jong Un is still behaving like Kim Jong Un.But, in a narrow yet important sense, the world has become more Trumpian since he left office.
Abortion pill maker plans multistate legal action to preserve drug access
The company is currently challenging a Mississippi law that effectively banned telehealth abortions by making patients see doctors in person.
State lawmakers are shaping the future of abortion. Watch these names.
Legislators were long unable to impose major regulations on abortion. Now, the power to decide when — and whether — abortion should be legal is squarely in their hands.
Abortion doctors’ post-Roe dilemma: Move, stay or straddle state lines
Health experts warn that this potential migration could be devastating for patients, leaving them without access to birth control, prenatal care and other reproductive health services.