Law

Education

Public Schools In A Maryland County Will Reopen Without Police Officers

6:09pm September 04, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Councilman Craig Rice and student Julia Angel about public schools in Montgomery County, Md., opening without police officers for the first time in 19 years.

National

Women's Clinics In Texas Must Abide By State's New Abortion Law

10:19am September 04, 2021

by Ashley Lopez

In Texas, it's illegal to get an abortion six weeks after pregnancy. At the Whole Women's Health clinic in Austin, pregnant women arrive for appointments but may not be able to get the care they want.

String players perform during a violin vigil for Elijah McClain in Washington Square Park on June 29, 2020, in New York City.

National

Opinion: Remembering The Life And Spirit Of Elijah McClain

8:30am September 04, 2021

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on this week's indictments in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. He had committed no crime, but police used a carotid hold on him and paramedics injected him with a sedative.

A screen capture of the website established by Texas Right to Life encouraging members of the public to submit "anonymous tips" about violators of the state's new restrictive abortion law.

GoDaddy Is Booting A Site That Sought Anonymous Tips About Texas Abortions

10:59pm September 03, 2021

by Bobby Allyn

The company will no longer host a website that promoted itself as a way to "help enforce the Texas Heartbeat Act." Online activists and boycotters inundated the site with false reports.

Attorney Describes Legal Strategies Which Could Counter Restrictive Abortion Laws

5:16pm September 03, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with women's rights attorney Kathryn Kolbert on longstanding efforts to chip away at Roe v. Wade and the strategies abortion rights supporters could use to fight such laws.

National

Director Of Texas Alliance For Life Discusses The State's New Abortion Law

5:10pm September 03, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Joe Pojman, executive director of Texas Alliance for Life, about the new Texas law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

The term "fetal heartbeat," as used in the new anti-abortion law from Texas, is misleading, and not based on science, say physicians who specialize in reproductive health. What the ultrasound machine detects in a 6-week-old embryo is actually just electri

The Texas Abortion Ban Hinges On 'Fetal Heartbeat.' Doctors Call That Misleading

3:51pm September 03, 2021

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The new Texas law bans abortions after a 'fetal heartbeat' is detected, usually about six weeks into pregnancy. But doctors say that's not an actual medical term, and it's being used inaccurately.

Leaders at two dating-app giants in Texas — Match Group and Bumble — have moved to set up funds to aid people affected by the state's new abortion ban. Here, abortion-rights supporters march near the Texas Capitol in Austin this year.

Bumble And Match Leaders Set Up Funds For People Affected By The Texas Abortion Ban

3:19pm September 03, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"I am shocked that I now live in a state where women's reproductive laws are more regressive than most of the world, including India," says Shar Dubey, CEO of the Dallas-based Match Group.

A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, stripping women of the right to an abortion in most cases in the nation's second-largest state.

Politics & Government

The Supreme Court Heads Toward Reversing Abortion Rights

1:05pm September 03, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

The court's most conservative members upheld the Texas law, but almost as important as the result was how the court reached its decision — without full briefing and arguments before any court.

California Bill Targets Fast-Paced Working Conditions At Warehouses

10:02am September 03, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

California lawmakers are weighing a first-of-its-kind legislation, which would give warehouse workers new power to fight speed quotas. The Assembly has passed the bill, and a Senate vote is imminent.