To the editor: I purchased my home in the San Gabriel Mountains community of Wrightwood in 2017. Since then, I've been insured through AAA. ("Amid homeowner insurance crisis, consumer advocates and industry clash at hearing," April 24) Last week, I received notice of non-renewal because of wildfire risk. I've paid my policies in full each year and never had a claim. It was suggested that I try the FAIR plan, California's insurer of last resort. I contacted the California Department of Insurance,...
If the Democrats and the Biden campaign think getting rid of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will help Biden’s reelection chances, they are sorely mistaken.
Having only just found out she was pregnant, what she had really wanted was time to think, but that was a luxury she felt she could not afford."The laws in Arizona are really dicey right now, so I wasn't sure what would be available to me," said Piper, who wanted to use a pseudonym to discuss her choice about one of the most divisive issues in America.Piper, 30, fell pregnant unexpectedly -- her partner told her he had undergone a vasectomy, but he was keen to go through with the pregnancy."I...
To the editor: The flat fee to most California electric utility customers of $24.15 will not promote clean energy. Instead, it will penalize those who use less than the average amount of electricity just because they are not low-income customers. ("High electric bills threaten California's clean future. This plan would help," editorial, April 15) These include single individuals, frugal couples, people living in energy-efficient homes or people with solar panels. It will lay waste to the...
To the editor: I understand that from a diplomatic perspective, it is best for President Biden to keep his plans and conversations private. Israel is a loyal ally to the U.S. ("Biden and Netanyahu speak as pressure grows on Israel over Rafah invasion," April 28) But the president is losing some of the voters he needs to win the next election. Young people have pure hearts and little understanding of nuance or political subtlety. They see evil actions in the Gaza Strip and they want them stopped....
Dora Juhl, a 15-year-old teenager, walked into Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido’s obstetrical practice in Phoenix in January 1918. Juhl wanted to end her pregnancy. But abortion was illegal in Arizona. Boido, the city’s sole female physician, asked Juhl for US$100 – about $2,000 today – to perform the abortion. Juhl said she could pay $27 More
To the editor: "Fearmongering" is bad, but the opposite can be far worse. A case in point is the recent op-ed article debating the cause of our country's mental health crisis. ("Does social media rewire kids' brains? Here’s what the science really says," Opinion, April 26) Depression, suicide and psychiatric hospitalization rates among youth "hockey sticked" upward around 2012 and kept rising. New York University social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's recent book corroborated what we all felt:...
by Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes, both staunch reproductive rights advocates who ran on promises to protect abortion access, unveiled a website on Thursday that includes information on Arizona’s changing abortion laws and connects women seeking a procedure with providers. The website’s launch follows a month of turmoil in the political arena and uncertainty for healthcare providers across the state after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled...
NY Post readers discuss calls for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign for her handling of protests.
To the editor: Arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court on Idaho's abortion ban imply that it is clear when a mother's life is threatened by a pregnancy. As a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, I can tell you that is not always the case. I recall two patients of mine with nonviable fetuses, a rupture of the amniotic membranes and infection of the fluid. Although the patients looked well, I recommended delivery of the fetus to clear the infection. The mothers chose to go home. They developed sepsis...
To the editor: The scenario of a miscarrying patient being denied medical treatment is not hypothetical. It's reality — I know because I lived it. ("How treatment of miscarriages is upending the abortion debate," April 25) In 1989, while living in Florida, I suffered a miscarriage at 14 weeks pregnant. Because my health insurance required that I go to one particular hospital (which did not allow abortions), my obstetrician was not able to give me the care I needed to prevent sepsis. I went home...
To the editor: "All men are created equal" — it seems that "they" really mean all men. ("Pregnant women are not incubators. Antiabortion states should not deny them emergency care," editorial, April 24) Men would not stand for being denied treatment for prostate cancer or cancer of the genitals because their sperm are considered human beings. They would not stand for being told that they could not have a vasectomy for the same reason. Why are men allowed control over what they do with their...