3:35pm ET - Last week a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine documented a small number of cases in which premature babies born
at 22 weeks survived with few health problems after receiving aggressive and
highly-specialized medical treatment. However, of the thousands of premature
births reported in in the study, the great majority of babies born at 22 weeks
died or suffered serious long-term health issues. The study, which is one of the most
comprehensive to date on the kinds of care given to extremely premature babies,
raises new questions for parents and doctors about what interventions might be
taken when a baby is born so early. However, other physicians maintain that the
study just confirms what is already known in the medical community: that, while
rare, it is possible for a baby born at 22 weeks to survive. Joining us today to discuss the study’s
findings as well as how conservatives are going to try and use the study to
further clamp down on women’s reproductive rights is Katie McDonough, Salon.com's politics writer, who focuses on gender, sexuality and reproductive justice
issues. You can also follow Katie on twitter.
4:35pm ET - Recently the Republican Governor of Wyoming Matt Mead signed into law a statute that makes it a crime punishable by up to a year in prison if you gather data about the condition of the environment across most of the state and share that data with the state or federal government. The law, which according to the Western Watersheds Project is an attempt to conceal the fact that many of the state’s streams are contaminated by E. coli bacteria, strains of which can cause serious health problems and even death. Joining us today to discuss the law and as well as the cause of the E. coli contamination is Justin Pidot an Assistant Professor at University of Denver Sturm College of Law, who wrote all about the law for Slate.com and represent Western Watersheds Project pro bono in an unrelated lawsuit. You can also follow Justin on twitter.
4:35pm ET - Recently the Republican Governor of Wyoming Matt Mead signed into law a statute that makes it a crime punishable by up to a year in prison if you gather data about the condition of the environment across most of the state and share that data with the state or federal government. The law, which according to the Western Watersheds Project is an attempt to conceal the fact that many of the state’s streams are contaminated by E. coli bacteria, strains of which can cause serious health problems and even death. Joining us today to discuss the law and as well as the cause of the E. coli contamination is Justin Pidot an Assistant Professor at University of Denver Sturm College of Law, who wrote all about the law for Slate.com and represent Western Watersheds Project pro bono in an unrelated lawsuit. You can also follow Justin on twitter.
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