The Briefing 01-19-16

Increase in mortality rate due to drug abuse correlates moral behavior and wellbeing New York Times (Gina Kolata and Sarah Cohen) — Drug Overdoses Propel Rise in Mortality Rates of Young WhitesNewsweek (Mike Mariani) — Why So Many White American Men are Dying

Nonsensical amicus brief before SCOTUS argues for abortion rights for "pregnant men"National LGBTQ Task Force — Broad Coalition of LGBTQ, Racial Justice, and Health Groups File Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Challenge to Texas Abortion RestrictionsTruth Out (Lauren Rankin) — Not Everyone Who Has an Abortion Is a Woman - How to Frame the Abortion Rights Issue

Legal and societal issues arising from breakup of the family show marriage is irreplaceableThe Economist — Carriage and horse