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Get our free mobile app Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas have filed a lawsuit against the City of Lubbock, which recently passed a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn" ordinance. In the lawsuit, Planned Parenthood says that the ordinance is unconstitutional since, in their words, it will prohibit residents from exercising their constitutional rights, therefore violating citizens' rights under the Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade. The lawsuit also requests that courts find the ordinance invalid under Texas state law and the 14th amendment, which states that no...

From the Wastewater Drain, Solid Pandemic Data The coronavirus could turn sewage surveillance into a mainstream public health practice. Marc Johnson, a virologist at the University of Missouri, examining leftover RNA from samples of wastewater collected by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.Credit...Michael B. Thomas for The New York Times By Emily Anthes Marc Johnson saw trouble in the water. Dr. Johnson, a virologist at the University of Missouri, had spent much of 2020 studying sewage, collecting wastewater from all over the state and analyzing it for fragments of the coronavirus...

The exterior of a Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center is seen on May 28, 2019 in St Louis, Missouri. | Getty Images/Michael B. Thomas The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over the legality of the Trump administration’s "Protect Life Rule" barring Title X funding for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. In an order issued Monday, the high court consolidated three cases regarding the Title X funding dispute: American Medical Association v. Cochran, Oregon v. Cochran, and Cochran v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. At issue is whether the U...

This Black History Month, as history struggles to keep up with current events, we can remember how we got here as we keep our eyes on the future.

Sen. Josh Hawley’s wife files criminal complaint over protest outside couple’s Washington, D.C. home: report Dave Goldiner The wife of Missouri Senator Josh Hawley reportedly filed a criminal complaint against the leader of a protest outside the couple’s suburban Washington D.C. home last month. A Fairfax Count magistrate decided there was probable cause to charge protest leader Patrick Young of Washington, D.C. with a misdemeanor for “violating the tranquility of a home,” ABC News reported. The summons, which Young denies knowing about, came after Erin Hawley compla...