When does life begin? Religions don't agree
Debates about abortion often center around the issue of when life begins. Some religions say it's at conception. Another says it's with the baby's first breath.
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In 'Mothercoin', the labor of love transcends borders
Mothercoin, by Elizabeth Cummins Muñoz, takes an intimate look at the lives of immigrant nannies in Houston, and how their work in private homes affects their relationship with their own children.
Politics chat: Democrats focus on abortion rights while Republicans focus on leak
Abortion is now front and center on the minds of many Democrats, but surprisingly many Republicans are focusing more on the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion, not on the substance of it.
First Lady Jill Biden visits Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia
First Lady Jill Biden visited Romania and is spending time with Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia today.
Jill Biden tours Romanian school that brought in Ukrainian refugees
First Lady Jill Biden visited with Ukrainian refugees in Bucharest while on a four-day trip to Romania and Slovakia — two NATO allies that border Ukraine.
After the leaked Roe opinion, Justice Thomas says the Supreme Court can't be bullied
Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking at the same judicial conference as Thomas, called the leak of a draft opinion striking down Roe v. Wade earlier this week "absolutely appalling."
An appeals court reinstates portions of Florida's new election law
A federal appeals court granted Florida's request to reinstate parts of the state's election law while it appeals a lower court's decision that the law was aimed at suppressing Black voters.
Week in politics: Congress scrambles to protect rights guaranteed in Roe v. Wade
We look at what the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion means for midterm elections and what Congress can do to guard access to contraception and same-sex marriage from a similar fate.
GOP playbook on abortion is to push Democrats on restrictions and contort their words
Republicans are trying to shift and deflect attention away from the Supreme Court's conservative majority weighing the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Missouri U.S. House candidates hit the campaign trail without set districts or voters
Missouri congressional candidates have no idea where to campaign or which voters to court. That's because, with just months to go until the primary, GOP state lawmakers can't decide on a voting map.