Rosemary Westwood
Public Health ReporterRosemary Westwood is the public reporter for WWNO/WRKF. She was previously a freelance writer specializing in gender and reproductive rights, a radio producer, columnist, magazine writer and podcast host.
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Louisiana lawmakers passed a final budget and several other items earlier this week, bringing the regular session — the third legislative session this year — to a close. See what passed.
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A new bill in Louisiana seeks to reclassify two abortion pills as "controlled dangerous substances." Someone possessing the pills without a prescription could be punished, including jail time.
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A troubling new report from Louisiana shows how the state's abortion ban from 2022 is forcing doctors to delay or withhold medical care in ways that make pregnancy more dangerous.
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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear a special episode of our award-winning podcast, Banned – to mark one year since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. We head back to Mississippi to learn about the impact of the landmark case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
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When she was pregnant, Kaitlyn Joshua struggled to get medical care — and answers — in post-Roe Louisiana, where abortion is banned.
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Louisiana’s so-called “trigger laws” that criminalized abortion procedures and shuttered the state’s clinics immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade were blocked by a state judge on Monday.
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Attorney General Jeff Landry has moved to join a lawsuit against New Orleans city officials seeking to strike down the city’s mask and vaccine mandates.
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The omicron surge that has caused a record number of Louisianans to contract COVID-19 could be peaking.
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COVID-19 cases soared at New Orleans Public Schools during the first week of instruction in 2022, mirroring the skyrocketing cases across the city and the state, while some East Baton Rouge Parish schools pivot to virtual learning in January.
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Louisiana marked a new record high for daily COVID-19 cases reported to the state on Thursday, with 14,007 new cases reported.