Health

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) described the state of healthcare in America as “barbarism,” in an upcoming episode of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) podcast. In a preview of Wednesday’s episode of “Bernie: The Podcast,” Ocasio-Cortez expressed her sadness about the high costs of healthcare and housing and the difficult choices many Americans must make, as she committed…

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday criticized the GOP’s approach to reproductive rights and said the party should work harder to understand where average Americans stand on these issues. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Dana Bash asked Lawler — one of just a handful of House Republicans to support legislation to…

An appeals court in Texas upheld a lower court’s injunction blocking the state from investigating parents who allow their kids to receive gender-affirming care. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered state agencies in 2022 to open probes into the parents of transgender minors after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) issued an opinion claiming certain…

On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that may reinstate restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, the first time abortion rights returned to the justices since the court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. During the arguments, conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito repeatedly invoked the Comstock Act. What is the…