We know how this works. Basically, it's three phases. First, cases go up, then hospitalizations go up.

And then the number of people who die goes up.

This is a very, very serious situation and the window is closing for us to take action and get this under control.

On Sunday, Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, acknowledged on CNN,

these phases usually take weeks to play out. And at this point, some states have already moved through

phases one and two, cases and hospitalizations. That's why one of my messages to individuals in

these hot zones would be if you have engaged in behaviors in the last couple of weeks where you

have not exercised appropriate social distancing, worn face coverings, we encourage you.

Get tested because you could put yourself, but more importantly, you could put our most

vulnerable citizens at risk of severe complications or even fatality.

Coming up, what a major Supreme Court decision on abortion tells us about how the court might take up

the issue in the future and how health officials are dealing with a surge of new coronavirus cases

in North Carolina. This is Consider This from NPR. I'm Kelly McEvers. Today is Monday, June 29th.

Today, the Supreme Court issued a major decision on access to abortion. This particular case started

in TREF Port, Louisiana at a place called Hope Medical Group for Women. This is our little

ultrasound room. Kathleen Pittman, a clinic administrator, was working there on a recent Saturday

when there were a couple dozen patients sitting quietly in the waiting room. We'll have one

physician over here, another physician here, it's running two raves.

Back in 2014, a new law forced a change at the clinic. That's when the Louisiana legislature

decided that for a doctor to perform an abortion, that doctor had to have admitting privileges

at a local hospital. Lawmaker said it was in case of an emergency. Hope Medical challenged the

law in court because they said in practice, it's hard for doctors to get these privileges.

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