Lawyers in the Texas attorney general’s office said Tuesday that women should sue their doctors, not the state, over a lack of access to abortion in defending the state’s strict law. Beth Klusmann of the Texas Attorney General’s Office made that point in oral arguments before the state Supreme Court in a case challenging Texas’s […]
Two national LGBTQ rights groups, a North Carolina doctor and a family with a transgender child are challenging a new North Carolina law preventing transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming health care. The coalition argues in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that the law discriminates on the basis of gender identity and infringes on the right […]
Over the weeks, Margaret jots down in her diary what she sees. It ranges from a note about the lack of potatoes for her dinner, to the Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) form she is asked to sign with the doctor on the phone, and the matron in her room. Initially she signs it, but […]
A pair of consumer advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging Florida is ending people’s Medicaid coverage without proper notice. The groups are representing a mother and her two-year-old with cystic fibrosis living in Jacksonville, and a one-year-old in Miami. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville, claims the child with cystic fibrosis […]
Abortion providers and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Iowa’s just-passed bill that would ban most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, the Emma Goldman Clinic and the ACLU of Iowa filed the challenge in district court less than 12 hours after the bill […]
Four families have filed a lawsuit against a Georgia law placing restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, arguing that it violates parents’ rights and equal protection guarantees. The families filed the complaint on Thursday to request a judge issue an injunction to prevent the ban from taking effect, which it is set to do […]
The families of two transgender teenagers are challenging an Idaho law that criminalizes gender-affirming health care for minors in federal court. Their lawsuit argues that the state’s House Bill 71, set to take effect in January, represents an “unprecedented intrusion” into the fundamental autonomy of families and constitutes an unconstitutional ban on care considered medically […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday: One that would have ramped up the state’s emissions targets, and another that would have made oil companies liable for the health problems of people who live close to oil wells. They are among the hundreds of bills that did not survive the […]
A group of Texas women are suing their state government over its abortion ban, saying the legislation which enacted it is too vague and left doctors unable to provide necessary care to protect their health as well as the health of their fetuses. The suit was filed by five women who sought abortions after the […]
A group of Democratic state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), accusing the agency of not doing enough to ensure the accessibility of the abortion medication mifepristone as a separate Texas lawsuit proceeds with the potential to ban the drug altogether. The lawsuit brought against the FDA seeks […]