Reproductive health is back in federal court. Louisiana lawyers are trying to persuade a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction against an FDA rule that allows abortion medication to be prescribed through telemedicine and sent through the mail. This is just the latest step in the anti-abortion campaign working to make abortion pills more difficult to access.
Mother Jones reporter Nina Martin joins us with the latest.
An LSU professor has developed a new method to track synthetic opioids through wastewater. He developed the system alongside an undergraduate and a graduate student.
Bikram Subedi, assistant professor of environmental sciences at LSU, tells us more about this process.
The Bayou Teche Museum in New Iberia has opened a new exhibit celebrating the life and career of Louisiana’s first and only female governor, Kathleen Blanco.
Blanco, a democrat, was Louisiana’s 54th governor and served from 2004 to 2008. She led the state through the devastation caused by two hurricanes less than a month apart — Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Museum curator Misty Pride tells us more about Blanco’s career and what viewers can find inside.
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