Health

A lawsuit and protests pushed a Chinese petrochemical firm to withdraw its approved application to build in Louisiana.

But new restrictions—including for cases of fetal Down Syndrome—were allowed to go into effect.

With the national spotlight on the city’s lead water crisis, officials have shaved seven years off the initial timeline to replace pipes.

American Medical Association to Department of Health and Human Services: “This proposal marks the rare occasion in which a federal agency seeks to remove civil rights protections.”

“We believe that the Trump administration is doing this as an attack on reproductive health care and to keep providers like Planned Parenthood from serving our patients.” 

The EPA says residents should not drink tap water, even if it’s been filtered. The city says more tests are needed.

The Transgender Law Center documented the top legal and health care barriers for HIV-positive trans and gender nonconforming people. The goal is “data-driven advocacy led by the community for the community.”

Georgia-based reproductive justice organizer Eshe Shukura talks to Colorlines about why it’s important to modernize the reproductive rights conversation.

Trans Lifeline executive director: “We’re not just people that need to be rescued, but also have extraordinary gifts.”