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Thomas Dobbs is the state health officer at the Mississippi State Department of Health. His name appears on the landmark Supreme Court case on abortion rights, despite having "nothing to do with it," he has said.
Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty ImagesThe "Dobbs" in the case title refers to Thomas Dobbs, an infectious diseases doctor who became Mississippi's top health officer the same year the state adopted new abortion restrictions.
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Global reproductive and women's rights groups react to overturn of Roe v. Wade National News
Some nonprofit groups have welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court decision. But many global reproductive and women's rights groups condemned the ruling.
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Following Roe's reversal, Biden calls it 'a sad day' for the court and the U.S. National News
President Joe Biden noted that this is the first time the court has revoked a constitutional right. Now that Roe has been overturned, "the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk."
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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades National News
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, reversing Roe v. Wade, the court's five-decade-old decision that guaranteed a woman's right to obtain an abortion.
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Russia is disappearing Ukrainian civilians. Their families want answers National News
Ukrainians who were held in Russia detail their detention, hoping to help find a teacher still missing. She is one of more than 200 civilians that U.N. human rights workers say Russia has disappeared.
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Israeli gunfire killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, U.N. says National News
"We have found no information suggesting that there was activity by armed Palestinians in the immediate vicinity," U.N. Human Rights Office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said.
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Biden said the G-7 would counter Chinese influence. This year, he'll try again National News
At the last G-7, President Biden announced a plan for the West to counter China's influence in low- and middle-income countries. But not much has happened since. This year, there's a relaunch.
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They were secretaries, cab drivers, teachers and artists — brought together on a mission for lesbian visibility and political change.
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