The US state Oregon, legalised assisted dying in 1997, for terminally ill adults with six months or less to live. It is also legal in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington and Washington D.C. And some other states are considering legalising it. Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide for adults since […]
Louisiana health care workers and advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a recently passed state law reclassifying two drugs used in medication abortions — mifepristone and misoprostol — as controlled and dangerous substances. The lawsuit was filed in Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court and is seeking an injunction to stop the state from enforcing […]
Sir Keir is personally in favour of a change, but cabinet ministers have been instructed not to campaign in public on either side of the issue ahead of a vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on 29 November. Dozens of Labour MPs are thought to be still undecided about the plans […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) have introduced legislation that would require pharmaceutical companies that have entered settlement agreements over violating federal law to invest a portion of their profits into key agencies. Titled the “Medical Innovation Act,” the bill would apply to large drugmakers that are found to have violated federal […]
The jury spent eight weeks listening to experts and campaigners and reviewing evidence. It was drawn up to be representative of the general public, both in terms of demographics and age as well as attitudes to assisted dying. This meant a majority – 17 – of those who took part were in favour of assisted […]
A state judge in Alaska struck down a law prohibiting anyone other than a licensed physician from performing abortions. Superior Court Judge Josie Garton ruled Wednesday the law imposed a substantial burden on patients’ fundamental privacy rights to make reproductive health decisions. The Alaska Supreme Court previously found the right to privacy in the state’s […]
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced last Sunday an initiative to invite Texas doctors to consider relocating to her neighboring state of New Mexico, in response to Texas’s “draconian abortion ban.” The governor launched a direct appeal to Texas health care providers, running a full-page ad in five major Texas newspapers last Sunday. The ads contained […]
A federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has likely been breaking federal law by deleting former employees’ emails soon after they leave the agency. The ruling was issued by District Judge Rudolph Contreras on a lawsuit filed by Trump-aligned conservative group America First Legal Foundation in April. […]
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the state’s law banning gender-affirming care for minors and abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy, ruling the two issues were legally allowed to be combined. The abortion ban was added as an amendment to Legislative Bill 574, which would restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender young […]
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 […]