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US Midterm Election Results 2026: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms makes history in Georgia as 1st Black woman to be elected governor
In a groundbreaking election, Keisha Lance Bottoms emerged as Georgia’s first Black woman governor, defeating her Republican opponent Rick Jackson. Throughout her campaign, Bottoms promised to enhance economic opportunities and broaden healthcare coverage for residents. Despite limited campaign funds, she championed issues important to Georgians. After the results, Jackson graciously conceded, underscoring a transformative moment in Georgia's political landscape as urban areas gain influence.
Christa Pike can speak again after failed execution: What are her lawyers planning next and will a second attempt be considered as double jeopardy?
Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution on September 30. She was taken to a hospital after the execution deadline passed. Her lawyers said her arms were swollen and covered with blisters.
US Elections: Why Jennifer Lawrence's 2024 election endorsement has everyone talking
Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence has endorsed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris for the upcoming US election. Lawrence, a vocal advocate for abortion rights, highlighted the significance of the election and shared her confidence in Harris's ability to protect reproductive rights. She also revealed her involvement in producing documentaries on women's rights.
Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
The new ban has an exception for saving a woman's life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest, but Roberts said health care workers are still prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly - such as when the fetus is missing organs or implanted outside the uterus - until it actually becomes deadly.
Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
Florida enacts a controversial six-week abortion ban, alarming doctors and activists who fear it restricts crucial healthcare access. Concerns arise over exceptions and potential dangers posed to women's health, with fears that skilled practitioners may leave the state. Meanwhile, a proposed constitutional amendment seeks to protect abortion rights, igniting political debates.
Do most Indian women have access to safe abortion?
The Supreme Court is set to hear a case concerning the abortion plea of a 27-year-old mother. The case raises questions about a woman's decisional autonomy and the legislative framework surrounding abortion. Despite abortion being legal in India, mindless rules and social stigma create barriers for women seeking safe abortions. The law leaves the final decision to doctors, who may be influenced by notions of morality. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Act, 2021, and other overlapping mandates also pose hurdles.
What's abortion pills Mifepristone & Misoprostol, how is it used and why?
As per some studies, the combination of these pills causes a complete abortion in more than 99% of patients and is as safe as the traditional abortion procedure administered by a doctor in a clinic. A variety of research has found that medication abortion has low rates of adverse events, and a study published in The Lancet last year found that patients are generally satisfied with it.
The Abortion pill ruling: What's happened, what's at stake, what's next
The Supreme Court ruled to maintain the FDA's approval of mifepristone, a commonly used abortion pill, while an appeal moves forward, in a legal battle that could have wide-ranging consequences for access to abortion and the FDA's regulatory authority over other drugs. The appeals court had imposed significant barriers to access despite allowing the pill to remain on the market, effectively preventing patients from obtaining it by mail, which has made obtaining the medication easier for many patients.
Kim Kardashian breaks silence about breakup with Pete Davidson
Kim Kardashian is on the verge of launching a podcast on True Crime and spoke about her breakup with Pete Davidson. It was the first time she discussed her breakup with Pete Davidson after they broke up
Protesters at U.S. Supreme Court decry abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
The White House said it also would challenge any efforts by states to restrict women's ability to travel out of their home state to seek an abortion.
US Supreme Court overturns Roe, upends 50 years of abortion rights: 5 essential reads on what happens next
It will have far-reaching implications for the social and political future of the states as well as for millions of American women. Here are five articles to help explain the importance of this decision and what to expect next.
Following U.S. Supreme Court’s leaked draft of Abortion Act, law enforcement officials prepare for potential violence in DC
After the draft of the opinion on the Abortion Act was leaked, justices, abortion clinics nationwide and DC is under high risk of protests and violent activities by extremists.
Rape survivors, minors, divorcees and widows allowed abortion up to 24 weeks
The new rules also cover mentally ill women, cases of foetal malformation that has a substantial risk of being incompatible with life or if the child is born it may suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities to be seriously handicapped and women with pregnancy in humanitarian settings or disaster or emergency situations as may be declared by the government.
Lyft, Uber to defend drivers sued under Texas abortion law
Texas has banned abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, but has left it to private parties to sue to enforce the law. The U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week rejected, by a 5-4 vote, a request to put the law on hold while its constitutional issues are litigated. The measure, which went into effect Wednesday, makes anyone who helps a women get an abortion in the state potentially liable.
5,80,100 abortions performed in Assam every year: Report
An estimated 90% of the abortions occurring in health facilities in the State are surgical, while about 10% are done using Medical Methods of Abortion.
DGCA now begins inspection of Jet Airways' training programme
Jet Airways which is facing cash drought and has defaulted on the salary payments to its staff also did not have training chief for more than a month, the official claimed.
DGCA suspends licence of 2 Jet Airways pilots for runway incursion at Riyadh
As many as 148 people on board the Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight escaped unhurt after the aircraft went off the runway following an aborted take off from there on August 3, the airline had said.
IAF's Jaguar, MiG 21 catch fire, pilots eject safely
The aircraft hit the barrier on the runway, sources said, adding that a court of inquiry has been ordered into the accident.
Gandhi-Sanger debate: Margaret battled over birth control & many of those battles are still being fought
Population control is likely to return as an important issue, and the resonances of that debate between Gandhi and Sanger may continue to be felt.
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