Over the last few years, reporting from across the county revealed that, in some hospitals, in some states, medical students would sometimes (as part of their training) perform intimate exams on patients who were unconscious or under anesthesia. In 2023, a couple of states passed laws against nonconsensual pelvic exams but now, the government has explicitly stated that teaching hospitals are no longer allowed to do this. Per a new federal guidance issued by the Health and Human Services Department on Monday... Читать дальше...
A pro-choice protestor dressed as Anthony Comstock outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2024. Photo: Shutterstock Jezebel is the country's pre-eminent hater of the Comstock Act, a 19th-century anti-obscenity law that a second Trump administration could weaponize to ban all abortions nationwide. And now a huge newspaper and a U.S. Senator have joined us—and one bold House member—in saying that Comstock needs to be repealed. News outlets have covered the conservative scheme to get Donald Trump to enforce Comstock if he wins... Читать дальше...
Protesters outside the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26. Photo: Shutterstock On Monday, the Florida state Supreme Court issued a wildly bittersweet ruling, allowing the state’s six-week abortion ban to take effect—effectively decimating abortion access across the South—but also allowing Floridians to vote on a ballot measure to enshrine a right to abortion this November. And as you’ll recall, a handful of other states have been trying to get their own abortion rights measures on the ballot this year... Читать дальше...
Katya Apekina and I are standing on 13th Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, outside of the convention center where we’ve both come to attend the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference. The wind is blowing so hard, it stings our faces, and we’re surrounded—inside and outside of the brutalist-looking compound of the convention center—by thousands of other writers. To get away from the crowd, we walk to a restaurant with enormous windows, where we sit and talk about psychics, success... Читать дальше...
Remember last week, when Lizzo posted what appeared to be her resignation from music on Instagram? Now, she's clarifying that writing "I didn't sign up for this shit...I quit" didn't actually mean she was quitting music. She's just quitting the...negative vibes? I guess? In case you missed it, the Emmy and Grammy winner vented to her followers on Friday that she was "getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet." The missive appeared to be in response... Читать дальше...
