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Here's how to get the most out of your doctor's appointment

5:39pm June 24, 2023

by Marielle Segarra

Ever leave the doctor's office confused or with unanswered questions? Talking to doctors and other medical professionals can be hard. NPR's Life Kit has some helpful tips.

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A year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, anti-abortion activists are refocusing their efforts

8:02am June 24, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

One year after anti-abortion rights activists and politicians achieved their goal of overturning Roe v. Wade, they are rethinking where to focus their efforts.

Demonstrators protest about abortion outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 24, 2022. In the year since, approximately 22 million women, girls and other people of reproductive age now live in states where abortion access is heavily restricted or totally inaccessible.

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A year after Dobbs and the end of Roe v. Wade, there's chaos and confusion

6:00am June 24, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

With states empowered to regulate abortion, doctors say they're trapped by vague laws that criminalize care. And ongoing court battles make it hard to keep up with the procedure's legal status.

'Dobbs' forced a clinic to close. But it hasn't stopped the owner from opening more

5:10pm June 23, 2023

by Rosemary Westwood

The Dobbs abortion ruling was centered on the Jackson Women's Health Organization in Mississippi. That clinic was forced to close. But owner Diane Derzis is now opening new clinics in other states.

'Roe' has been gone for a year. Here's how it has changed things for doctors daily

4:16pm June 23, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

A year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, new state abortion bans have changed how doctors work on a day-to-day basis.

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Chemical manufacturer 3M to pay billions to help clean toxic PFAS from water supplies

4:16pm June 23, 2023

by Barbara Moran

Chemical manufacturing giant 3M will pay up ten billion dollars to help cities and towns test for and clean up toxic PFAS chemicals in public water supplies.

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Abortion rights activists protest after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, overturning the right to abortion, in Portland, Ore., on June 24, 2022.

A year since Dobbs, these are the many ways states are protecting abortion

1:57pm June 23, 2023

Abortion access has declined dramatically nationwide, but many states have further protected abortion by enacting "shield laws," allocating funding, stockpiling medication and repealing old laws.

3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over 'forever chemicals' in public water systems

11:08am June 23, 2023

3M has reached a $10 billion settlement over "forever chemicals" in drinking water. NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with Scott Summy, an attorney for water systems that sued the chemical maker.

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City, Cone Health collaborate to boost health in east Greensboro neigborhoods

11:03am June 23, 2023

by Paul Garber

New health and wellness resources are planned for neighborhoods in east Greensboro under a partnership with the city and Cone Health.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer discusses abortion rights on April 5, 2023 — an issue she says motivated voters in her state in the 2022 midterm elections.

One year after the Dobbs ruling, abortion has changed the political landscape

10:32am June 23, 2023

by Tamara Keith

For decades, the politics around abortion were pretty well set. Then came the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. It was a political earthquake, and in many ways the ground is still shaking.

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