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In Oklahoma City, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks after signing into law April 12, 2022, that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Stitt is up for reelection in November.

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  • National

Despite heavy criticism, Gov. Stitt is the favorite to win the Oklahoma GOP primary

In Oklahoma, state Superintendent Joy Hofmeister left the GOP to run against Gov. Kevin Stitt who fiercely opposes abortion rights, defends gun rights and is endorsed by former President Trump.

June 28, 2022
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  • Ryan LaCroix
A health worker administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Chester, Pa., on Dec. 15, 2021.

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  • Health

FDA advisers recommend updating COVID booster shots for the fall

The Food and Drug Administration will have to decide the exact recipe, but a combination shot is expected that adds protection against a version of the omicron variant to the original vaccine.

June 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A health worker administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Chester, Pa., on Dec. 15, 2021.

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  • Health

FDA advisers recommend updating COVID booster shots for the fall

The Food and Drug Administration will have to decide the exact recipe, but a combination shot is expected that adds protection against a version of the omicron variant to the original vaccine.

June 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Atlanta protests Supreme Court Roe v Wade decision

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  • News

Some Georgia DAs pledge they will not prosecute abortion crimes

Local elected officials plan to push back against state’s strict abortion law.

June 28, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
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  • World

Too shallow, few fish, unsafe water: Floating down the Indus River in a rubber dinghy

Pakistani Filmmaker Wajahat Malik pulled together an expedition to raft down the 2,000-mile river. He hopes to reconnect people with the Indus, which is being threatened by overuse and climate change.

June 28, 2022
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Abdul Sattar
Wajahat Malik, right, and a Pakistan Navy seaman navigate the Indus River. Malik organized a 40-day expedition down the 2,000-mile river to document "the peoples, the cultures, the biodiversity and just whatever comes our way," he says — including the impact of climate change and pollution.

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  • World

Too shallow, few fish, unsafe water: Floating down the Indus River in a rubber dinghy

Pakistani Filmmaker Wajahat Malik pulled together an expedition to raft down the 2,000-mile river. He hopes to reconnect people with the Indus, which is being threatened by overuse and climate change.

June 28, 2022
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Abdul Sattar
[10:20 AM] Grant Blankenship Pharmacist Kaitlin Harring, left, administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to three year-old Fletcher Pack, while he sits on the lap of his mother, McKenzie Pack, at Walgreens pharmacy Monday, June 20, 2022, in Lexington, S.C. Today marked the first day COVID-19 vaccinations were made available to children under 5 in the United States. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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  • Children's Health

The COVID vaccine for kids under 5 is finally here. But your pediatrician might not carry it

COVID vaccines for kids under age 5 were approved last week in a major development to tackle the pandemic. Health experts are telling parents to contact their pediatricians for a shot. But for many, that’s not an option. 

June 28, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
Protesters hold up signs during an abortion-rights rally on Saturday in Austin, Texas.

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  • Health

Adolescents faced obstacles getting abortions. The Supreme Court just made it harder

The legal and logistical obstacles young people face in accessing reproductive health care became more complicated with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, experts say.

June 28, 2022
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  • Joe Hernandez
The waiting room at the Women's Health Center of West Virginia in Charleston, W.Va., in February.

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  • National

This is how life in post-Roe America is starting to shape up

As the Supreme Court prepared to issue its decision overturning Roe, NPR spent weeks speaking to experts and activists about what will likely happen next.

June 28, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
A crowd of people holding signs in protest of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

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  • Health Care

Blue state businesses offer travel money for employees in need of abortion care

Companies are increasingly asked to weigh in on social and political issues. Many are now putting benefits packages where their mouths are.

June 28, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Nine years ago Donovan Atterberry's girlfriend became pregnant, but a lethal chromosomal disorder was detected. She chose to terminate the pregnancy, and Atterberry says "it changed my whole perspective ... on bodily autonomy and things of that nature." He's now an organizer for New Voices for Reproductive Justice, which advocates for Black womens' health care, including access to abortion.

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  • National

The end of Roe v. Wade has huge economic implications for male partners, too

Research is more limited, but shows that men who become parents younger than planned are less likely to go to college and have lower earnings.

June 28, 2022
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  • Juliana Kim
Lee Mitchell had three abortions before Roe v. Wade made it legal. Now she plans to volunteer as a driver and host for women who travel to California from other states where the procedure is banned.

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  • Health

As states ban abortion, Californians open their arms and wallets

With roughly half of U.S. states likely to ban abortion, volunteers in California are mobilizing to help women travel there for care. State lawmakers want to support some of those efforts too.

June 28, 2022
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  • April Dembosky
The drug misoprostol sits on a gynecological table at Casa Fusa, a health center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.

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  • Health Care

Instagram and Facebook begin removing posts offering abortion pills

Social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped into effect last Friday.

June 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles to defend abortion rights on May 3, 2022, after a Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked.

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  • Law

Californians can vote to add abortion to the state's constitutional rights

The amendment, which comes three days after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case, will go to midterm elections on Nov. 8.

June 28, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Protestors Hold A Demonstration Against Georgia's Heart Bill, HB 481

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  • Politics

State lawmakers: Georgia's abortion law's journey filled with tension and 'political theater'

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed a women's right to obtain an abortion. Georgia lawmakers' responses to the ruling remained tied to how they voted for the state's "heartbeat" bill in 2019.

June 28, 2022
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  • Donna Lowry
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