Abortion pills and the looming court ruling
The draft Roe v. Wade decision raises questions about how abortion pills may be restricted after the ruling. The piece notes misoprostol and mifepristone usage, U S regulatory history, state versus federal authority, privacy concerns, and potential cross state access issues while stressing the need to preserve autonomy and access to medication abortion.
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Abortion debate taints American moral rhetoric
The piece surveys how abortion is framed in U S politics from the Roe era to today noting shifts in rhetoric from rare and safe to a more ambivalent stance. It contrasts U S permissiveness with Europe and cites figures like Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton Douglas Murray Archibald Cox and George Will while arguing for a codified state by state concept of personhood.
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Opioid crisis spurs grief and calls for action in St Louis column
Lynn Schmidt, editorial board member of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, writes on a friend's overdose death and the wider opioid epidemic. She links opioid marketing by Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family to addiction, praises Missouri's Medicaid expansion and drug monitoring, and calls for community rebuilding and better provider education.
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