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Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools

Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature completed a last-ditch effort Thursday to revive a bill to regulate transgender people’s use of bathrooms , locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings.
Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature

Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Medicaid expansion efforts fizzled and died Thursday in Republican-led Mississippi because top lawmakers could not agree on a final proposal to send to the House and Senate.
South Carolina Senate approves ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

South Carolina Senate approves ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate on Thursday approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors after supporters defeated efforts to only ban treatments that would be considered irreversible.
Older adults' brains 'rewarded' by music they don't even like, B.C. researcher finds

Older adults' brains 'rewarded' by music they don't even like, B.C. researcher finds

BURNABY, B.C. — The brains of older adults feel a sense of reward when listening to music, even if it's a song they don't particularly like, a researcher at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University says.
Maternal deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says

Maternal deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. deaths of moms around the time of childbirth have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to provisional CDC data.

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

South Dakota advocates submitted petitions Wednesday in their effort to amend the state constitution to include the right to abortion, at least under some circumstances.
Pennsylvania nurse who gave patients lethal or possibly lethal insulin doses gets life in prison

Pennsylvania nurse who gave patients lethal or possibly lethal insulin doses gets life in prison

A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and other charges Thursday and was sentenced to life in prison.
Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked

Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked

Two years after a leaked draft of a U.S.
Georgia governor signs law adding regulations for production and sale of herbal supplement kratom

Georgia governor signs law adding regulations for production and sale of herbal supplement kratom

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor on Thursday signed a bill putting new regulations on the production and sale of products containing kratom, a plant-based supplement. The law, which takes effect Jan.
Transgender Tennesseans want state's refusal to amend birth certificates declared unconstitutional

Transgender Tennesseans want state's refusal to amend birth certificates declared unconstitutional

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court heard arguments on Thursday over a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates.
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