Samantha Kamman

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  Nov 19, 2022

  Over 3K petition against school district's sex ed curriculum; parents object at hearing

  Over two dozen Florida parents spent hours voicing objections to a school district's sex education curriculum for middle schoolers during an independent hearing after over 3,000 petitions were filed urging the school board to reconsider the recently passed curriculum.  

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  Nov 18, 2022

  TikTok loophole allows users to post illegal child sex abuse material, advocate says

  TikTok users are taking advantage of a private account login loophole to skirt the platform's rules and post illegal child sexual abuse material, an advocate has warned. 

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  Nov 18, 2022

  Fentanyl vaccine may be 'game changer' in fighting opioid crisis, researchers say

  Researchers at the University of Houston say they have developed a vaccine that could significantly impact the nation’s opioid epidemic by blocking synthetic fentanyl from entering the brain, eliminating the drug’s “high.”

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  Nov 18, 2022

  Youth hospitalizations for suicidal thoughts rises 59% in 5 years: report

  A new study found suicide rates and mental health-related hospital visits among young people were increasing before the COVID-19 pandemic, with another surge occurring during the time of the worldwide virus.

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  Nov 17, 2022

  Michigan school district removes sexually explicit books after parents' outrage

  A Michigan school district will reduce students’ access to certain books in school libraries after parents, particularly those in the Muslim community, complained the materials were sexually explicit. 

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  Nov 17, 2022

  Pornhub disseminated video of man raping a 12-year-old boy, lawsuit says

  An Alabama mother has filed a lawsuit against Pornhub's parent company, alleging the website distributed footage of a man molesting her 12-year-old son. 

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  Nov 16, 2022

  FDA postpones meeting for first over-the-counter birth control pill to 'review new information'

  The Food and Drug Administration has indefinitely postponed a meeting scheduled for this Friday to review an application for the first over-the-counter birth control pill as more Americans may have to rely on contraception after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade this summer.

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  Nov 16, 2022

  Georgia AG to appeal judge's ruling to overturn 6-week abortion ban

  Georgia’s attorney general plans to pursue an appeal after a judge overturned Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, ruling that the law was “unconstitutional” at the time it was enacted.

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  Nov 16, 2022

  Suicide rates higher in countries that legalized euthanasia, assisted suicide: study

  A new study finds that nations that legalize assisted suicide or euthanasia have higher rates of “self-initiated” suicides, a result that some experts contend has been a predictable side effect of making it legal for people to end their lives in certain circumstances.

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  Nov 14, 2022

  Colorado approves adding LGBT language into history curriculum after yearlong debate

  Colorado's State Board of Education voted to update the state's social studies curriculum for all grade levels, restoring references to the LGBT community and marginalized racial minorities that had been cut earlier this year.