A reproductive rights group in Montana launched an initiative Tuesday to include a state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot in the general election this November. On Tuesday, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights announced that it has officially launched its signature drive to get the required 60,000 signatures from Montanans by June 21 to […]
Senate Democrats argued Wednesday that restrictions on in vitro fertilization (IVF) are the first in what will be a wave of unexpected barriers to women’s reproductive health access resulting from the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Senate Republicans said they’ve done the work to protect IVF access. The hearing was the third on the topic […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) went after Republicans for their abortion policies in a CNN interview Friday. “Spare me, the Republican party and this ‘freedom gospel,’” Newsom said in a Friday interview on CNN’s “The Lead” with anchor Jake Tapper. “What about family freedom?” the California governor continued. “What about the right of people that wanna […]
A report finds failings at Edenfield mental health unit after BBC Panorama exposed patient mistreatment. Source link
President Biden will meet with health care providers for a discussion on abortion rights after the end of Roe v. Wade while in Virginia for a reelection campaign rally. Biden will be joined by Vice President Harris, first lady Jill Biden, and second gentleman Emhoff after the rally for a private discussion with providers, which […]
President Biden’s reelection campaign on Friday released a memo outlining how it will highlight the impact former President Trump had on abortion access and what’s at stake for reproductive rights in 2024. In a memo, “November 2024 Will Determine the Fate of Women’s Reproductive Rights,” campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez outlined the difference between Biden […]
A Florida ballot measure aimed at protecting abortion rights in the state has gotten enough signatures to qualify for the 2024 ballot, according to data the Florida Division of Elections published Friday. The measure acquired 910,946 verified signatures, more than the approximately 890,000 needed to qualify. Floridians Protecting Freedom, the group pushing for the ballot […]
Opposition from prominent Black and civil rights groups is threatening to permanently derail Biden administration efforts to ban menthol cigarettes. The ban has also pitted organizations that are often allies, like the NAACP and the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN), against each other. The tobacco industry has long been accused of targeting the […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The physicians’ group behind Ohio’s newly passed reproductive rights amendment is urging a prosecutor to drop criminal charges against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home. Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, a nonpartisan coalition of 4,000 doctors and others, argues in a letter to Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis […]
A group of Democratic senators asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include members with backgrounds in civil rights, medical ethics and disability rights on the agency’s new Digital Health Advisory Committee. The FDA announced the nine-member committee in October to help explore issues related to digital health technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and […]