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This November, voters in Virginia, Nevada, Missouri and Idaho will decide on the future of reproductive rights in their state. In deeply red Idaho, a citizen-led initiative faces an uphill battle to restore some abortion rights.
@SarahVarney4 reports on whether the fallout from the overturning of Roe v. Wade and frustration over the current law will be enough to sway even conservative voters.
Sarah Varney retweeted
India Targets Journalists in Crackdown on Growing Protest Movement ift.tt/nj29vdK
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One abortion provider, concerned that Ken Paxton is creating a blueprint to target providers like her, moved twice to states with strong shield laws.
“It’s very disheartening and scary to think that it’s maybe coming to the U.S. Senate,” she said.
propublica.org/article/ken-p…
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Inside an ICE facility, women talked about the 911 calls that landed them there — from men who had beat them, choked them, threatened deportation.
“I had suffered from domestic violence,” one woman said. “But the one who ended up in trouble was me.”
propublica.org/article/domes…
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New research suggests women living in states with abortion bans bear higher health insurance costs: stateline.org/2026/10/06/res…
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Today, the FDA is expected to issue an update on the progress of its safety review of abortion drugs. Regardless of what happens with the review or ongoing lawsuits, abortion foes say they'll continue to pursue abortion pill restrictions in the states: stateline.org/2026/10/07/abo…
Sarah Varney retweeted
She died covering war for Fox News.
Her parents blame a Fox News star.
So do two former Fox high risk security consultants.
My story:
npr.org/2026/10/04/nx-s1-573…
16 journalists have died reporting on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine since 2022, according to Reporters Without Borders. One of them, a young Ukrainian woman, could have survived. @davidfolkenflik
Fox News wanted war images in … - Up First from NPR - Apple Podcasts
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High-risk pregnancy doctors publish new standards for care under state abortion bans stateline.org/2026/09/25/hig…
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For years, mifepristone and similar drugs have been used to treat common but often debilitating conditions, including uterine fibroids and endometriosis.
Now researchers are exploring whether these drugs could have other uses in women’s health, including preventing some cancers. But the politics and restrictions surrounding these drugs in the U.S. could affect the research.
@SarahVarney4 has more.
Sarah Varney retweeted
For more than 25 years, mifepristone has been approved for abortion in the United States, and it’s been used safely by more than 7.5 million American women.
But mifepristone and a similar drug have also been proven to treat common conditions like uterine fibroids and endometriosis. As anti-abortion groups lobby the Trump administration to further restrict these drugs, @SarahVarney4 and Rachel Wellford take a look at these treatments.
Sarah Varney retweeted
"Creating news deserts is a net-positive long-term investment b/c without investigative, damning coverage of businesses, hedge funds will make money off their assets."
Democracy dies in darkness.
People ask "But don't the hedge funds want the media to produce the kind of content that makes money?"
I've advised hedge funds on the intersection of business, politics, and journalism and let me tell you, no the hedge funds don't want that.
Creating news deserts is a net-positive long-term investment b/c without investigative, damning coverage of businesses, hedge funds will make money off their assets.
If you are a hedge fund, it's less expensive to just buy a newspaper and starve it than fight a multi-year public relations battle over some of your controversial assets.
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"It's like if my house was on fire, and the firefighters came in their truck and they connected their hoses and they had all the water and they had all of the equipment that they needed, and they just stood there."
—Dr. Anitra Beasley, Texas pbs.org/video/doctors-after-…
Sarah Varney retweeted
At the turn of the 20th century, Egyptian & Tunisian reformists condemned female seclusion.
They provide hugely valuable insights on its causes and consequences.
Reading their books in translation taught me a great deal.
Here's my new essay:
ggd.world/p/behind-bolted-do…
"She fears female-focused health care will soon disappear entirely." Nearly 20-percent of the babies that reach this one hospital in Afghanistan die.
youtube.com/watch?v=21-WyoiU…
Sarah Varney retweeted
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
propublica.org/article/trump…
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Excellent story by Kelcie Moseley-Morris about how GOP opposition to IVF and surrogacy is rising: stateline.org/2026/08/13/mor…
Since Kentucky’s abortion ban went into effect, doctors say the law is having a devastating impact on their patients. But it’s also having a deep professional and personal impact on Kentucky’s physicians. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Sarah Varney retweeted
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ new investigation from @emilysteel
nytimes.com/2026/08/04/busin…
