Editor’s Note: CNN’s “History Refocused” series features surprising and personal stories from America’s past to bring depth to conflicts still raging today. CNN — When she first learned about race correction, Naomi Nkinsi was one of five Black medical students in her class at the University of Washington. Nkinsi remembers…
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How a medication abortion, also known as an ‘abortion pill,’ works | CNN
CNN — While legal battles over access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used for medication abortions, play out in court, the drug continues to be available in states which consider abortion legal. “While many women obtain medication abortion from a clinic or their OB-GYN, others obtain the pills on…
How safe is the abortion pill compared with other common drugs | CNN
CNN — The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage. A federal judge in Texas previously ruled to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, the first drug in the medication abortion process,…
Maternity units are closing across America, forcing expectant mothers to hit the road | CNN
CNN — In picturesque Bonner County, Idaho, Leandra Wright, 40, is pregnant with her seventh child. Wright is due in August, but three weeks ago, the hospital where she had planned to deliver, Bonner General Health, announced that it would be suspending its labor and delivery services in May. Now,…
A childbirth myth is spreading on TikTok. Doctors say the truth is different | CNN
CNN — Ashley Martinez has four sons and is pregnant with the daughter she’s wanted for years. Last month, she posted a video online imploring doctors to prioritize her life, not the life of her unborn baby, if complications arise when she is in labor and it comes down to…