Restricting the number of hours a baker could work each week. Watch landmark cases tonight on cspan 3. And any time on cspan. Org. Now a hearing on the impact of the coronavirus on Mental Health. The house energy and commerce subcommittee on health discusses the benefits telehealth has provided americans and the need to continue after the pandemic ends. This is just over four hours 15 minutes. The subcommittee on health will now come to order. Due to covid19, todays hearing obviously is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will participate via Video Conferencing. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute to eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, youre going to have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. I just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue. Please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan mullin at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the reco
Gutierrezromine teaches a class about laws and policies regard ago bor regarding abortion. She tracks Public Opinion through court cases and newspaper kofrncoverage. She also describes costs and health risks in different time periods and states. All right. Everyone, welcome back. This week were looking at the topic of abortion. And in class on tuesday we watched the film abortions stories womens health. That is looking at the more current debates about abortion now. It was looking at abortion in states that had begun to legislate abortion restriction. So today were actually going to go back in time a little bit. Were going to give some Historical Context and do a historical overview of the topic of abortion and were going to start nationally and then were going to look at california specifically, specifically on the topics of specialized abortion or abortion specialists and decriminalization. And then were going to go back to the National Context to look at roe v. Wade and then the leg
Of abortion. Were going to start nationally and look at california specifically on the topics of specialized and go back through the National Context to look at roe v. Wade and some that has happened since then in more recent years. We did have a very brief introduction to the topic of abortion in the colonial period. We talked about sarah and her abortion in the 1740s, so we had have a very brief introduction to it. But today were actually going to pick up around the time of the comstock can someone remind us what the com stock app does . Information on planned parenthood. Yeah, so no advertising of contraceptives and especially the dissemination of stuff in the mail. The act made it criminal toadsvertise these things beginning in 1873. We showed you guys the political cartoon if you recall. The caption was she gave birth to a naked baby, you know, so the joke or punch line is that comstock was really prude. Its important to know he doesnt approve all methods of Birth Control. He does
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The pandemic Oil Producing countries reach a deal to cut production in an effort to offset the global drop in demand and prices. The u. S. Unemployment rate has soared to 17000000 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic the countrys economy has been crippled as businesses are forced to shut down in an effort to stop the spread figures released on thursday so 6. 6 millions of americans filed Unemployment Benefits last week alone thats on top of that 10000000 in the 2 weeks before and more than 15000 people have died new york state is the hardest hit accounting for nearly half the total number of deaths and the British Government says Prime Minister Abbas Johnson is out of intensive care very was being treated for the virus and were going to have more on joe. Ensigns condition in just a moment 1st lets go to john hendren whos joining us from chicago john just a few moments ago the press conference by the corona tasca force in the us at the white house was concluded president something th