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Abortion-rights groups outspend opponents by more than 6 to 1 in ballot measure campaigns

Abortion-rights groups outspend opponents by more than 6 to 1 in ballot measure campaigns

The groups promoting ballot measures to add amendments to the constitutions in nine states that would enshrine a right to abortion have raised more than $160 million.
Alzheimer Society supports advance MAID requests, but also good dementia care

Alzheimer Society supports advance MAID requests, but also good dementia care

TORONTO — Andrée McGrath is living "a really wonderful life." She and her husband of 49 years, Rick McGrath, live in Kanata, Ont., where they golf, take walks and laugh loudly and often.
Dental-care program hits 1 million patients in first six months, coverage expands

Dental-care program hits 1 million patients in first six months, coverage expands

OTTAWA — A million Canadians have received care under the federal dental-care plan six months after the program began, Health Minister Mark Holland said Thursday. Starting on Friday, the program will also cover more complex procedures.
Opponents use parental rights and anti-trans messages to fight abortion ballot measures

Opponents use parental rights and anti-trans messages to fight abortion ballot measures

CHICAGO (AP) — Billboards with the words “STOP Child Gender Surgery.” Pamphlets warning about endangering minors. “PROTECT PARENT RIGHTS” plastered on church bulletins.
Britain has banned protests outside abortion clinics, but silent prayer is a gray area

Britain has banned protests outside abortion clinics, but silent prayer is a gray area

LONDON (AP) — A British ban on protesting outside abortion clinics went into effect on Thursday, though it left a question mark over whether anti-abortion demonstrators who pray silently will be breaking the law.
EU Commission fines Teva $500 million for trying to stop rival's multiple sclerosis drug

EU Commission fines Teva $500 million for trying to stop rival's multiple sclerosis drug

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission said Thursday it has fined Israeli generic drugmaker Teva more than 460 million euros ($500 million) for improperly seeking to protect the patent for its multiple sclerosis drug and for disparaging a rival comp

Britain has banned protests outside abortion clinics, but silent prayer is a gray area

LONDON (AP) — A British ban on protesting outside abortion clinics went into effect on Thursday, though it left a question mark over whether anti-abortion demonstrators who pray silently will be breaking the law.
Opponents use parental rights and anti-trans messages to fight abortion ballot measures

Opponents use parental rights and anti-trans messages to fight abortion ballot measures

CHICAGO (AP) — Billboards with the words “STOP Child Gender Surgery.” Pamphlets warning about endangering minors. “PROTECT PARENT RIGHTS” plastered on church bulletins.
Uganda struggles to feed more than 1.7 million refugees as international support dwindles

Uganda struggles to feed more than 1.7 million refugees as international support dwindles

RWAMWANJA, Uganda (AP) — For months, Agnes Bulaba, a Congolese refugee in Uganda , has had to get by without the food rations she once depended on. Her children scavenge among local communities for whatever they can find to eat.
Murphy warns Connecticut abortion law could be at risk while GOP opponent says he's fearmongering

Murphy warns Connecticut abortion law could be at risk while GOP opponent says he's fearmongering

While the right to abortion has been codified in Connecticut law since 1990, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy warned Wednesday night how women in the state could still be at risk if Republicans impose a national ban.