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Sexually transmissible infections are on the rise across the United States. But it’s not just monkeypox that’s surging, and it’s not just men who have sex with men who are affected. (Celine Gounder and Michael Donnelly, 7/18)

It’s getting hard to keep track of all the stories of women being denied care for miscarriages and otherwise having their lives endangered because of state abortion bans. (Michelle Goldberg, 7/180

Is abortion murder? It depends on when you think life begins. Is it at conception, at viability, at birth? Dr. Arthur Caplan, a New York University bioethicist, talks of symmetry: “We agree that people are dead and no longer exist when their brains have ceased to function. So, I think a key landmark is when a brain is able to totally function.” (Jill Lawrence, 7/19)

Abortion is healthcare. As physicians we support our patients in their healthcare choices to live the healthiest lives possible.Yet the existing trigger law in Tennessee and subsequent near total ban on abortion threatens the fundamental safety of pregnant persons in our state. (7/18)

In our case, choosing to have abortions was the culmination of an arduous and painful process in which we had to endure the disappointment of losing longed-for children not once but twice. And as zealous Republican state legislatures outdo themselves in a rush to enact draconian legislation that, in some cases, will prohibit all abortions, we are deeply worried about the implications for people whose route to becoming parents involves a high-risk pregnancy of any kind. (Gary Stix and Miriam Lacob Stix, 7/18)