This is called family annihilation. It happens every 5 days in America.

I’ve tracked cases in the U.S. for the past four years and they keep going up. It’s heartbreaking.

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Alissa Bobbitt had crushing heart pain. Indianapolis doctors told her it was just constipation.

She actually had a heart attack. Women and people of color are 2-3x more likely to be misdiagnosed.

A story of motherhood & survival for Mirror Indy:

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Resource alert‼️ Indy, you can now get free Plan B, condoms, pregnancy tests, Narcan and fentanyl test strips from a new vending machine on the east side.

More info from Mirror Indy here:

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All the way at Memorial Stadium at Indiana University for the eclipse! William Shatner performed spoken word poetry before totality

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Indy's latest art gallery is inside a new Eskenazi Health clinic on East 38th St.

Art helps patients find a sense of safety and connection. Studies show it can even decrease the length of hospital stays.

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when i say i'm on the bus this is what i mean

it is not an April Fools' joke that we used puppets for the news

College journos - come intern for Mirror Indy this summer! More info below.

We’ve got a peeps diorama contest going on at the Mirror Indy office today!

The theme was cartoons and kids shows… and you might just find Bro Krift among the entries.

Vote for your fave on our Instagram (seriously, staffers want the bragging rights)

Indy! You can snag some free solar eclipse glasses from the Marion County Public Health Department next week before the celestial event of our lifetime🌑🌞

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Indy's oldest AIDS service organization Damien Center is hosting a youth summit on health, gender and sexuality this Saturday for ages 14-21.

Discussion topics include gender affirming care, abortion access, open relationships + HIV prevention.

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At least 24 pharmacies have closed in Indianapolis in the past four years.

On the west side, residents are scrambling for transportation or going without their meds. “I’m trying to be tough and stick it out,” one woman told me.

For Mirror Indy:

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Industrial air pollution in a west Indy neighborhood has gotten so bad that Mary Gutierrez keeps her kids indoors.

“We bought them a little playground set, and I don’t even want to put it up because the air just stinks'

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Desi Rybolt lost her brother to insulin rationing in 2019. That's why she joined advocates calling on Eli Lilly to lower the cost of insulin - an essential medication for people with diabetes.

'It's just greed,' Rybolt said.

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East side school principal Tiffany Evans is so concerned about teen vaping, she marches into gas stations to tell the clerks what's at stake:

“Do you want an addicted child on your hands because you didn’t do your job?” mirrorindy.org/indianapolis-v…

Abortions in Indiana have dramatically decreased since the state's near-total ban took effect, a new report shows.

From Oct. to Dec. 2023, hospitals in the state—almost all in Indianapolis—performed 46 abortions for patients with exceptions.

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In a 30-18 vote, Indiana lawmakers passed a controversial birth control bill that ignited a fight over IUDs.

Some Democrats & medical professionals fear it's the first step toward limiting access to contraception in the state.

My story for Mirror Indy:

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Indiana's controversial birth control bill — which was stripped of IUDs — is expected to be heard by lawmakers today.

Mirror Indy has everything you need to know about the bill and possible impacts:

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It’s about to be Indianapolis (Caitlin Clark’s version)

Democrat Senator Shelli Yoder told me she is going to introduce an amendment to add IUDs back into Indiana's controversial birth control bill.

“I am very concerned that Right to Life has been effective in messaging a lie about IUDs,” Yoder said.

More updates:

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