Hosted by the participate policy center in washington, d. C. We believe good morning, everyone. I want to welcome all of you to the Bipartisan Policy Center. Chief medical adviser here. The title of our convenient today is education and healthy, twin pail ars to thriving zunts students good to see you. For those of you new to bpc our mission here is to actively seek at a take the best ideas from both Political Parties to promote health, security as well as opportunity for all americans. We drive principal and politically viable policy solutions through analysis, negotiation and advocacy. Todays event focuses on the bi direction, health in all policies, the idea that policies outside the Health Sphere have a profound impact on healthy and therefore healthy consideration pb a considering policy make area. Its important that education is an important determinant for Health Outcomes. In addition illustrate ihle understood that healthy facilities learning and thus the Education Sector is eq
Increased by 50 since this law went into effect . Since this law has taken effect there is three new Surgery Centers that opened. There was evidence at the trial and the trial court knew that would happen and took that into account in making its findings. But there was evidence, including texas experience in 2003 following enact of the asc law for later abortions, for post16 week abortions, that show the market never adjusted and the rate at which those procedures occurred in texas was drastically diminished. One question about capacity and i dont wants to take your rubutal time but your cocounsel is also litigating a case like this in louisiana. In that case, the plaintiffs were able to put in evidence about the exact number of abortions performed at facilities. Why doesnt that done here . There is evidence in the record about the number of abortions that were performed on an annual bases, the geographic distribution of those abortions. Texas collects the statisticics a statistics and
Privile privileges to a hospital within 30 miles and requiring facilities have to hospital like standards is a violating their right. Whole Womans Health versus hellerstedt. Mr. Chief justice, may i appease the court. The texas requirements undermine the careful balance between statess legitimate interest in regulating abortion and woman ability to make their own decision. They create obstacles to abortion access. There is a preliminary question. Would you address that . That disclaim is for prudence. Lets take first the claim that was in the prior litigation. Lets assume they are separate claims. That was argued and decided. Why isnt it precluded . Your honor, it is not precluded because staff to the claim developed subsiquent. The new action is filled six days after the Supreme Court issues its decision in this case. You could have asked for supplement briefing. In abbot, the plaintiffs brought the new fact do is the court of appeals and the court of appeals said it would only consid
Meteorologist, rob my yade d. A. How much if any did this really help us . It did statistically have a little pit of an impact up there. Certainly, the visual reference from how the things look up saturday at done ridge. You can see a lot of brown there. Compare that split screen with today. You can see the snow there, north star the same picture there, nice to have seep that throughout the winter and spring. So going in we had about 7. 1 of the area covered, very minute mall there on saturday. Then with the Easter Sunday showers and then the storm we had come in yesterday now, 55. 8 of the areas covered. The average snow depth from an inch to five inches on average, however, here is the key statistic, went from 5 of the april average only up to 8 . So it looks good. It is nice for the ski resorts that are still open. You can see just how big a deficit wed have to overcome. Need about 20 of these storms to really make a big dent in the drought. Right now, we have some clouds around the
Host and this week on the communicators we welcome back the president and ceo of the American Cable Association, matt polka. Mr. Polka, what is the American Cable Association . Guest thanks, peter. Nice to be here again. Nice to be here with you, lynn, as well. The American Cable Association is unique in the fact that we represent many smaller Cable Operators across the country, and everyone always asks me, are there still small Cable Operators left . In fact, there are nearly 900 of them in every corner you can imagine, rural areas, small towns. Many of them are providing Competitive Services even against some of the largest providers today. And whats great about these smaller companies, its a terrific story because theyre providing broadband, highspeed broadband in rural areas that desperately need Broadband Service. So these are the members we represent. Theyre smaller, theyre independent which means that theyre not affiliated with larger content companies or larger providers, and w