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SD public defense duties shift from counties to state; SCOTUS appears skeptical of restricting government communications with social media companies; Trump lawyers say he can't make bond; new scholarships aim to connect class of 2024 to high-demand jobs.

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The SCOTUS weighs government influence on social media, and who groups like the NRA can do business with. Biden signs an executive order to advance women's health research and the White House tells Israel it's responsible for the Gaza humanitarian crisis.

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Midwest regenerative farmers are rethinking chicken production, Medicare Advantage is squeezing the finances of rural hospitals and California's extreme swing from floods to drought has some thinking it's time to turn rural farm parcels into floodplains.

CT: Teen Pregnancy Prevention

New research confirms that placing children in kinship care with grandparents or other family members improves outcomes. (Aline Dassel/Pixabay)
Connecticut Setting Trend in Foster-Care Placement

HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut is making great progress in placing foster children in family settings and kinship care, according to a new …

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Parents of infants placed in Safe Haven cannot be charged with abandonment. (fancycrave1/pixabay.com)
Marking 16 Years of Safe Haven for Newborns

HARTFORD, Conn. – Today is Safe Haven Day in Connecticut. Connecticut passed the Safe Haven for Newborns Act 16 years ago. The law allows …

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PHOTO: A belief that birth control pill effectiveness can be reduced by antibiotics is largely a misunderstanding, according to Planned Parenthood. Photo credit: National Organization for Women.
The Pill vs. Allergy Antibiotics: Nothing to Sneeze At

HARTFORD, Conn. - It's the season for allergies and sinus infections, and there's a concern among women that fighting the sniffles with antibiotics …

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Jenny Carrillo
Obamacare Expands Access to Birth Control in Connecticut

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Thousands of lower-income Connecticut residents have signed up for free family planning services under the Medicaid …

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PHOTO: Stacey Violante Cote, attorney at Center for Children’s Advocacy, says interviews of homeless youth in Connecticut shows a range of dangerous behaviors. Photo courtesy of Cote.
First-Ever Survey on Homeless and Runaway Youth in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. – Invisible No More is the name of a presentation in Hartford today of the first-ever study of runaway and homeless youth in …

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Teen births dropped to historic lows in 2012                                        Courtesy of: CDC
Teen Birth Rates Down, But Is Every CT Teen Getting Facts?

HARTFORD, Conn. - This month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that teen birth rates in Connecticut and around the nation have …

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PHOTO: A packed house at the Democratic Women's Caucus in Charlotte, N.C.  Photo credit: Stephanie Carroll Carson, Public News Service.
Women's Issues and Health Care are Front and Center at Democratic Convention

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Women's issues are in the forefront of the Democratic National Convention. On Tuesday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, D-Fla.…

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PHOTO: picture of Charles Brunner. Courtesy of the Child & Family Policy Center.
Election 2012: What About Connecticut's Children?

HARTFORD, Conn. - So far, the 2012 presidential race has focused variously on unemployment, job creation, tax cuts, the candidates' tax returns…

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Women's Health Advocates Oppose Plan B Decision

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has overruled the recommendation of the Food and Drug Administration to …

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Women's Rights Pioneer Honored at Dinner Tonight

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Planned Parenthood has faced serious challenges in the past year to both its funding and its mission. Tonight at a fundraising …

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CT Students Teaching About Responsible Sexuality

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Fifteen high schoolers and five college students from Connecticut have just returned from a national youth conference held in …

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College Students Side With Planned Parenthood Against Cuts

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - College students are a big constituency of Planned Parenthood (PP), and hundreds of them came out to rallies around the state to …

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