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How Strict Abortion Laws Funnel Pregnant People Deeper into Poverty

NonProfit Quarterly

Because of the new obstacles posed by Texas’s abortion law, Cox faced difficulties seeking the potentially life-saving procedure. Strict abortion laws funnel people further into poverty by forcing many people to carry pregnancies to term but doing little to care for the children once they are born.

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How to Eliminate the Myth of Meritocracy and Build the World We Deserve

NonProfit Quarterly

The false belief that a person can leverage hard work and talent to pull themselves and their family out of poverty should they only try is a pervasive story that has shaped our culture and laws. If they worked, they were seen as unfit mothers and had their children taken from them. But also included was what became known as welfare.

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New Privacy Measure Could Help Safeguard Reproductive Healthcare

NonProfit Quarterly

According to OCR director Melanie Fontes Rainer , the rule “prohibits the use of protected health information for seeking or providing lawful reproductive health care and helps maintain and improve patient-provider trust that will lead to improved health outcomes and protect patient privacy.” Wade with the Dobbs v.

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Your Tennessee Legislative Recap for 2023

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

An additional 118 residential placements are included for children with high levels of service needs who currently lack a placement. $29 29 million to expand provider network for children with complex or special needs that face challenges being placed in a traditional foster or adoptive home.

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Your Tennessee Legislative Recap for 2023

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

An additional 118 residential placements are included for children with high levels of service needs who currently lack a placement. $29 29 million to expand provider network for children with complex or special needs that face challenges being placed in a traditional foster or adoptive home.

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The Jackson Water Crisis, the Complexity of Environmental Racism

NonProfit Quarterly

But lead exposure is particularly harmful for children, in whom it can cause speech and developmental delays, hyperactivity, rashes, and neurologic problems. University of Mississippi professors Meagen Rosenthal and Anne Cafer explain that Black Americans are more likely to lack health insurance, a regular source of healthcare, or both.

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Telemedicine in Ukraine Is Showing That High-Tech Isn’t Always Better

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A study of 700 children with appendectomies found a text message intervention to answer questions reduced post-op ED visits by over half. Additionally, the ED is estimated to cost 12 times as much as a primary care office visit, leading to private insurers paying a potential $32 billion per year—raising overall health-care costs.

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