Thursday, October 02, 2025
Thursday, October 02, 2025

The 2024 Homeland Security appropriations bill increased funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to handle an anticipated daily detainee population of 41,500[1], up from an average of 34,000 in recent years[2].

Yet recent studies have exposed cracks that call into question the agency’s ability to medically care for the detainees it is entrusted with, including inhumane conditions[3], high suicide rates[4], ...

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On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a case brought by the federal government regarding whether Idaho’s abortion ban conflicts with a federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act[1]. The law requires emergency rooms to provide stabilizing care for patients experiencing medical emergencies regardless of their ability to pay.

The Conversation asked law professors Naomi Cahn[2] and Sonia Suter[3] to...

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Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate infant deaths expected if one of the country's most stringent state abortion laws had not been enacted. The study estimates that infant deaths in Texas increased more than expected in the year following the state's 2021 ban on abortion in early pregnancy, especially among infants with congenital anomalies.
Read more …Analysis suggests 2021 Texas abortion ban resulted in increase in infant deaths in state in year...

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