The reform measure tightens class standards by requiring courses to be "related to the scientific knowledge or technical skills required for the practice of nursing."
Surveillance cameras showed Jedediah Stout throwing items containing an accelerant onto the roof of the abortion care facility and igniting material attached to the accelerant.
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich once again touted his record on reproductive health while speaking at a town hall event Monday, despite having made access to that care more difficult during his tenure as Ohio governor.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky and her fellow Democrats enlisted three of the eight witnesses to testify at the next hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, on fetal tissue “pricing.”
Oral arguments Monday showed a conservative block of Supreme Court justices willing to let immigration reform languish well beyond President Obama's time in office.
Gonzales v. Carhart continues to be the single greatest jurisprudential threat to Roe v. Wade and abortion rights. And the severity of that threat is once again playing out in states across the country.
Efforts to shut down clinics through legal action also have been seen in Kentucky, where Gov. Matt Bevin (R) has launched a legal attack on a facility that provides abortion care.
The story of the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court hearings and the re-emergence of Anita Hill in the public eye is a reminder of both how much, and how little, has changed in gender politics.
Miriam Yeung, the only pro-choice witness at the hearing, said that the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2016 “perpetuates the offensive stereotype that Black women are unable to make reproductive health decisions for their own families.”