Author: Antoine Sánchez

– 202404Emergency Rooms Pregnancy 98479 1

Reports of pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms increased in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The cases are described in federal documents obtained by The Associated Press and raise serious questions about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S. Federal law requires emergency rooms to stabilize patients who are in active labor and provide a medical transfer to another hospital if they don't have the staff or resources to treat them. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next week in an Idaho case that could weaken those federal protections.

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– 202404Iran 53492 4b9d9c 1

State media said Iran activated air defense weapons after reporting explosions near a major airbase in the city of Isfahan. It was not clear if the country was under attack. However, tensions are high after Iran’s unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. State-run IRNA news agency said the defenses were activated across several provinces. It did not explain what caused the weapons to activate, though people across the area reported hearing the sounds. The semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies reported the sound of blasts, without giving a cause. State television acknowledged “loud noise” in the area.

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