Rebekah Sager

1 week ago | capitalbnews.org | Rebekah Sager

This article is part of a collaboration with the Associated Press, Capital B, and Flint Beat. The work is part of the AP Inclusive Journalism Initiative supported by the Sony Foundation. Chimére L. Sweeney, a Maryland middle school teacher, was preparing to lead one of her first online classes after the pandemic shutdowns in March 2020 when she said she suddenly felt like someone placed a lit match on her spine.

2 weeks ago | pennsylvaniaindependent.com | Rebekah Sager

Although President Donald Trump said he would leave the issue of abortion to the states, he used much of the first 100 days of his second term to curtail reproductive rights in the nation and abroad. Many of the actions Trump has taken over the last three months have aligned with the objectives contained in Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for the next Republican presidency produced in 2024 under the auspices of the Heritage Foundation.

4 weeks ago | wisconsinindependent.com | Rebekah Sager

According to an annual report by the Wisconsin Hospital Association, the number of nurses and doctors in Wisconsin’s health care workforce has not kept up with the needs of residents, particularly as the number of people over 65 continues to increase.

1 month ago | pennsylvaniaindependent.com | Rebekah Sager

Signe Espinoza, the executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates, said in a statement issued on March 25 that President Donald Trump’s recent freeze of funding under Title X will leave thousands of Pennsylvanians without access to basic family planning health care. “This decision is cruel, reckless, and rooted in political ideology rather than public health,” Espinoza said.

1 month ago | pennsylvaniaindependent.com | Rebekah Sager

Pennsylvania state Rep. Lindsay Powell is urging her fellow lawmakers to support legislation that would protect patients and providers at the state’s reproductive health care clinics. Powell is the primary sponsor of House Bill 670, which would amend Titles 18 and 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to criminalize blocking or interfering with access to reproductive health facilities. In a cosponsorship memo published on Jan.