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A March for Our Lives event in Anaheim , Calif., on June 11, 2022. (Mark Rightmire / MediaNews Group / Orange County Register via Getty Images)

BY WILLIAM MELHADO | U.S. District Judge David Counts, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, ruled last week that banning those under a protective order from possessing a gun infringes on their Second Amendment rights. A domestic violence victim’s risk of death is five times higher if their abuser has access to a firearm.

(This story was originally published by the Texas Tribune.)

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A staff member reacts to the news that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, shutting down abortion services at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services on June 24, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

BY ERIN GRANT | Across the U.S., indie clinics are often the last line of defense. In 2022 alone, at least 42 independent abortion clinics have been forced to close or stop providing abortion care.

Despite ongoing challenges, we’ve seen the resilience of independent clinics and providers and heard the voices of voters and the public like never before. We need everyone in this fight to keep our clinics open.

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Chelsey Simoni and her husband Kyle Simoni on Nov. 9, 2021 in North Attleborough, Mass. Chelsey founded an organization (hunterseven.org) that helps veterans facing health issues as a result of burn pits and exposure to toxic chemicals. (David Degner / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

BY JONATHAN SHARP | Millions of troops and their families stationed on contaminated military installations were exposed to a deadly combination of toxins responsible for triggering fatal illnesses. North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune is perhaps the most notorious example of widespread contamination affecting U.S. army bases.

Congress passed the Honoring Our PACT Act in August to facilitate veterans’ access to improved benefits through the V.A. for service-connected toxic exposure. The bill recognizes 23 new diseases as presumptive conditions—but breast cancer still isn’t one of them.

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Before Roe v. Wade, if you were in need of an abortion in Chicago, there was a number you could call, run by young women who called themselves Jane. They’d provide abortions to women who had nowhere else to turn. It was started by Heather Booth when she was 19 years old. In this episode, Booth joins Dr. Goodwin to discuss the history of the Jane Collective and the connections between our pre-Roe past and post-Roe future. Where do we go from here?

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