Grave Marker Dedication Honors Black Activist Bessie Woodson Yancey
A grave marker dedication was held this month for an Appalachian activist who died decades ago.
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Abortion Access Eases With New Clinic In Maryland
The Women’s Health Center of Maryland in Cumberland will see its first patients on Sept. 13.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSurface Mines And A New Abortion Clinic Opening In MD, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, West Virginia is part of a so-called "abortion desert" but a clinic with ties to the Mountain State is opening just over the border. Also, more questions are being raised about the role of surface mines in flash floods after widespread damage in eastern Kanawha County.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAdvocates Act To Cover ‘Abortion Desert’ In W.Va.
The Women’s Health Center of Maryland in Cumberland will open its doors in June to provide abortion services to patients across central Appalachia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew Maryland Provider Opening In Post-Roe 'Abortion Desert'
A new abortion provider is opening this year in Democratic-controlled Maryland — just across from deeply conservative West Virginia, where state lawmakers recently passed a near-total abortion ban.
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