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Abortion and bioethics: Principles to guide U.S. abortion debates

Advertisement Four basic principles guide the field of medical ethics. goc/E+ via Getty Images Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington

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Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision

Advertisement A half-century of reproduction rights upended by the Supreme Court. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Linda C. McClain, Boston University and

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Will closing the ‘boyfriend loophole’ in gun legislation save lives? Here’s what the research says

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Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too

Advertisement Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900, held in ‘East Woods’ on East 24th St. in Austin, Texas. Austin History

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Decades of research document the detrimental health effects of BPA – an expert on environmental pollution and maternal health explains what it all means

Advertisement The chemical BPA has been shown to leach from food packaging products into our bodies. Jacobs Stock Photography Ltd/DigitalVision

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When texts suddenly stop: Why people ghost on social media

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Summer reading: 5 books on the joys and challenges of LGBTQ teen and young adult life

Advertisement The past decade has seen a flurry of young adult fiction written from a queer perspective. Aurelie and Morgan

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There is no one ‘religious view’ on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains

Advertisement Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court in 2014. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder

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19 children, 2 adults killed in Texas elementary school shooting – 3 essential reads on America’s relentless gun violence

Advertisement Friends and families gather outside the civic center after the mass school shooting on May 24, 2022, in Uvalde,

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Replacement theory isn’t new – 3 things to know about how this once-fringe conspiracy has become more mainstream

Advertisement People pray at the scene of the mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 15, 2022. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles