Health

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Mary Ziegler of the UC Davis School of Law about uncertainties and likely legal battles in post-Roe America.

Nine years ago, state Sen. Wendy Davis stopped a vote on a bill that would have forced Texas abortion facilities to close. Now abortions will soon be illegal in the state with few exceptions.

With Roe v. Wade overturned, Senate Democrats want Biden to use presidential power to ease abortion access and protect those who seek the procedures. But he has limited options.

Following the most recent mass shootings, NPR's Michel Martin asks Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith, of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, how public health officials view this moment.

Pfizer said that tweaking its vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works — just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated booster shots this fall.

One year after the deadly collapse of a condominium tower in Surfside, Fla., many first responders are still haunted by the experience of digging through the rubble to find survivors.

NPR's Susan Davis speaks with Dr. Charlie Browne, a Seattle-based abortion provider, about how the end of Roe v. Wade will affect his work.

When Dr. Maya Bass moved from Oklahoma to Philadelphia, she would regularly fly back to her former home state to perform abortions. Now, she has a different plan.

NPR's Susan Davis speaks to California Attorney General Rob Bonta about recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on gun control and access to abortion.

The Supreme Court ruling yesterday triggered immediate abortion bans in Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota. But EMW Women's Surgical Center, a Louisville abortion clinic, is fighting to stay open.