Day: May 6, 2022
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Post-Roe, rural women would face more obstacles; retired health director says the issue is about men, women, sex and control
Bertie Salyer —– “Trigger laws” would make abortion in Kentucky and 12 other states illegal if Roe v. Wade is overturned. That would disproportionately affect rural women, who are more likely than their...
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Panel discusses a post-Roe v. Wade America; journalists are encouraged to treat as health issue, not a political one
healthlaw.org image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two days before the leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that proposes to overturn abortion rights under its 1973 Roe...
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CDC says Union, Henderson and McCracken counties have medium levels of virus, so high-risk people there need masks
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three Western Kentucky counties are yellow on the national Covid-19 risk map, for counties with a...
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Beshear says Ky. is ‘pretty safe’ from Covid-19 and he expects ‘room for at least some executive order’ for medical marijuana
State chart, adapted by Ky. Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the state heads into Kentucky Derby weekend, Gov. Andy Beshear said all the metrics to...
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Study: Ky. non-profit hospitals get more in tax exemptions than they give in community benefit; hospitals dispute methodology
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News A first-of-its-kind report argues that all of the nonprofit hospital systems in Kentucky are spending less on community investments and charity...
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The Courier Journal reports on illegal abortions in Ky. before Roe v. Wade and asks, ‘Will history repeat itself?’
Headlines on 1939 undercover C-J investigation that found abortion was commonplace in Louisville —– As the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to abolish the right to an abortion, Andrew Wolfson...