How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team For years, ProPublica has examined the deaths of pregnant women and new mothers to uncover problems that can prevent other deaths. Our reporting has sparked change. Now, we are investigating the impact of abortion bans on maternal health. #News #Maternity #Health #Pregnancy #RoeVWade #Abortion #Women #AmberThurman #Healthcare #Journalism #Engagement #Community #Election
#Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week #Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care — Abortion clinics rushed to provide care after a judge rejected the state’s ban, an order that could soon be paused by a higher court. It’s only the latest development since ProPublica reported the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller. #News #Health #Healthcare #Pregnancy #PlannedParenthood #WomensHealth #Law #Government #Politics #KamalaHarris #Doctors #Hospital
A #Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics. His Sister Is Now Suing for #Malpractice. — The lawsuit follows a ProPublica investigation that revealed that the heart transplant team at Newark Beth Israel let pressure to maintain survival rates guide medical decisions. #News #Lawsuit #Medical #Ethics #Doctors #Health #Healthcare #Surgery #Accountability #HIPAA #NewJersey
Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by #Climate Migration? — #HurricaneHelene was the latest in a generation of storms that are intensifying faster and dumping more rain as the climate warms. It's precisely the kind of event expected to drive more Americans to relocate as climate change gets worse — leaving behind those who are older, poorer and more vulnerable. #News #ClimateChange #Hurricane #ExtremeWeather #Migration #Science #Flood
Candi Miller would have turned 43 today. Under Georgia’s abortion ban, Candi avoided doctors, deciding to navigate an abortion alone. Her death is the second preventable abortion-related death ProPublica has found. #News #Abortion #Georgia #AbortionBan #USNews #Pregnancy #Health #Healthcare #Government #Politics
A Pair of #Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in #Texas. That’s Just the Start. — Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash #regulations and #taxes. Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward #Christian rule. #News #Politics #Government #ChristianNationalist #GOP #Republican #Trump #Election #Education #Religion #Jan6 #Project2025
#HeritageFoundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests — The conservative think tank has filed thousands of public-information requests, clogging the pipeline at federal agencies in an apparent attempt to find employees a potential #Trump administration would want to purge. #News #FOIA #Government #Project2025 #Climate #Vote #Gender #Biden
Recently on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver referenced our reporting on SCOTUS rejecting the doctrine of Chevron deference, which is impacting everything from health care discrimination to gun sales to abortion access. Read our story here: #News #Law #ChevronDeference #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Regulation #Healthcare #Discrimination #JohnOliver #LastWeekTonight image
We Enlisted a Community to Help Us Report on One State’s Crumbling Schools. Here’s How You Can Do the Same. — Do you want to document problems with school facilities around your state? Reporters from ProPublica and The Idaho Statesman offer some tips. #News #Journalism #Investigation #School #Education #Teachers #Students #Community
#EPA Says It Plans to Withdraw Approval for Chevron’s Plastic-Based Fuels That Are Likely to Cause #Cancer — The decision comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than the agency usually considers acceptable. #News #Chevron #Plastic #Environment #Health #Government #Climate #Chemicals