Rosemary Westwood
Rosemary Westwood is the public and reproductive health 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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The issue has resurfaced under United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has spoken against the use of fluoride in public drinking water. -
A leaked memo reveals that $12 million in grant funding from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention could be at risk to DOGE cuts. -
For 40 days every spring, Christians observe the season of repentance and fasting known as Lent. In New Orleans, the change from Mardi Gras to Lent is striking.
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Women who have suffered unnecessarily after being denied abortions are telling their stories — and that could impact the upcoming election:
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A new Louisiana law in effect Oct. 1 will re-classify misoprostol as a dangerous controlled substance. It's used in medication abortions, but also for postpartum hemorrhage and other obstetric issues.
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Louisiana Representative Paula Davis brought the bill after a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision upended access to IVF in that state. -
Louisiana lawmakers have voted to classify two drugs -- mifepristone and misoprostol --commonly used to induce abortions as "dangerous controlled substances."
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Senate Bill 276 would make mifepristone and misoprostol Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances in Louisiana. -
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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Florida had been a destination for people in the Deep South to get abortions, but on May first a six-week abortion ban goes into effect there, making the region the most restrictive for the procedure.
