House Democrats on Thursday introduced a resolution to make it clear that a federal emergency care law must allow physicians to perform emergency abortions. The resolution comes after the Supreme Court in June dismissed a case regarding Idaho’s abortion ban without settling the underlying question on whether federal law allows physicians to perform abortions in medical emergencies. […]
The House passes the Equality Act, which extends Civil Rights Act protections to LGBT Americans, as a record number of Americans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. ABC News Live Prime, Weekdays at 7EST & 9EST WATCH the ABC News Live Stream Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP Watch More on http://abcnews.go.com/ LIKE […]
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) will testify in a Sept. 10 hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, panel Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced Tuesday. The hearing is set to focus on the guidance Cuomo issued in the early days of the pandemic that led to New […]
Health providers have seen an increase in pregnant patients suffering from serious medical complications due to delayed care in the two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to a new report from House Democrats. But, at the same time, OB-GYN residents in states with abortion restrictions are receiving less training to perform abortions. […]
House Democrats have launched a discharge petition to force a vote on legislation to codify the right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide, in a long-shot attempt to put Republicans on the spot about reproductive rights. Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.), lead sponsor of the Access to Family Building Act, said Thursday the discharge petition on […]
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) on Friday awarded law enforcement officials and agencies for their work in disrupting the flow of illicit drugs, like fentanyl, into the country. The United States Interdiction Coordinator (USIC) Awards recognized work in areas including cyber investigations, domestic investigations, international investigations, emerging threats, highway interdictions […]
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), a former White House physician, shared an update on former President Trump’s gunshot wound in a Saturday memo. “As the former appointed Physician to the President for President Donald J. Trump, I was naturally very concerned, as was the entire world, about his wellbeing after the assassination attempt on his life,” […]
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday advanced on a party-line vote legislation that would slash funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for fiscal 2025 by $7.5 billion, or 6.4 percent, below the fiscal 2024 level. The bill cleared the committee 31 to 25 and now heads to the full House, which […]
A pair of Oversight Committee Democrats are asking a government watchdog to investigate the amount of federal funding directed toward crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), anti-abortion nonprofits designed to convince people not to terminate pregnancies. In a letter sent Thursday to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and shared first with The Hill, ranking member Rep. Jamie […]
The Biden administration said it opposes gender-affirming surgery for transgender minors, deviating from past statements that broadly support gender-affirming health care for youth and angering LGBTQ groups that have backed President Biden in the race against former President Trump. A White House spokesperson told The Hill in an email that while the administration supports gender-affirming care […]