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Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:15 PM. This month we interview Indiana State Senator Shelli Yoder to talk about what the legislature has been doing regarding healthcare in Indiana, and especially contraception and …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, December 4th, 2023. In today’s feature report, local journalist Dave Askins with the B-Square Bulletin discusses the future of local news in his weekly segment on WFHB. More in today’s feature report. That’s Ximena Martinez, our city’s Latino Outreach Coordinator. Learn more about efforts to engage Bloomington’s growing Latino population later in …

Indiana State Senator Shelli Yoder was approached by a woman and her husband while out at dinner. The couple had recently lost their baby to stillbirth. The woman never thought about the conversations in Indianapolis regarding a statewide abortion ban until then. But when she needed care quickly, she realized that Indiana’s abortion ban impacted the quality-of-care mothers like herself …

On July 29, 2023, the Supreme Court landed a verdict in favor of getting rid of affirmative action in college admissions. The consequence of this? Race cannot be a deciding factor when it comes to the college admissions process. WFHB News interviewed IU Maurer School of Law Professor Steve Sanders, who teaches constitutional law, constitutional interpretation, family law and constitutional …

Last night, nearly 80 Bloomington residents stood on the front lawn of the Monroe County Courthouse to express their frustration with Indiana’s abortion ban. With signs held in the air saying, “Keep abortion legal”, residents mourned the loss of reproductive healthcare in Indiana. The event, sponsored by Hoosier Jews for Choice, Indiana NOW Chapters, and MADVoters brought together Hoosiers, abortion …

An Indiana bill repealing state tax on menstrual products was denied a hearing; how period poverty impacts women nationwide. Worldwide there are nearly 800,000,000 people who menstruate. Every 28 days they experience a variety of symptoms such as cramps, nausea, bloating, mood swings, fatigue, acne, and bleeding for nearly seven days straight. 500,000,000 of those people lack the resources they …

In September 2022, Indiana passed Senate Bill 1, which banned abortion in all circumstances except for rape and incest up to 10 weeks post-fertilization, and serious fetal anomalies or health risks to the mother’s life up to 20 weeks post-fertilization. The bill also eliminates all abortion clinics in the state and requires all abortions to be performed in a licensed …

Indiana has made no plans to vaccinate teachers yet. Senator Shelli Yoder is calling for teachers to be included in the next round of the state’s Covid-19 vaccinations.

The July 4th weekend of 2020 in Monroe County was fraught with seeming racial unrest. On Thursday, July 2, a Lawrence County sheriff’s deputy who resides in Monroe County questioned and detained a black Bloomington resident while he walked in his neighborhood in an apparent example of racial profiling. Then, most notably, on Saturday, July 4, a black man, Vauhxx …

In today’s segment we brought you news that Monroe County Council member Eric Spoonmore is urging community members to comment on a rate hike requested by Duke Energy. Monroe County Council member Shelli Yoder announced today she will resign her council position effective October 31st. Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton has announced he has invited The Bridge Initiative, an organization housed …