Although the majority opinion states that the decision applies only to abortion, doctors are concerned that by eroding the constitutional right to privacy, the decision has the potential to restrict the ability of patients to access contraception or fertility treatments.
Read More »Supreme Court Considers Biden’s Covid Vaccine Requirements for Employees
The Supreme Court on Friday took up one of the most contentious issues of the covid-19 pandemic, hearing a series of cases challenging the Biden administration’s authority to require workers to get a covid vaccine or be tested for the virus regularly.
Read More »Texas Health Care Providers See Increased Interest in Birth Control Since State Abortion Ban
In September, when Texas’ near-total abortion ban took effect, Planned Parenthood clinics in the Lone Star State started offering every patient who walked in information on Senate Bill 8, as well as emergency contraception, condoms and two pregnancy tests.
Read More »Case Against Obamacare Hinges on Whether GOP States Were Actually Harmed by the Law
Attorneys for GOP-controlled states seeking to kill the Affordable Care Act told the Supreme Court last week that at least some of the 12 million people who newly enrolled in Medicaid signed up only because of the law’s requirement that people have insurance coverage — although a tax penalty no longer exists.
Read More »Obamacare in Jeopardy at Supreme Court This Week
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in a case that, for the third time in eight years, could result in the justices striking down the Affordable Care Act.
Read More »Medical Officials Concerned About A Rush To ‘October Surprise’ Vaccine
President Trump, who seems intent on announcing a COVID-19 vaccine before Election Day, could legally authorize a vaccine over the objections of experts, officials at the FDA and even vaccine manufacturers, who have pledged not to release any vaccine unless it’s proved safe and effective.
Read More »Without RBG, Threats To The ACA, Reproductive Rights Heighten
Ginsburg’s death throws an already chaotic general election campaign during a pandemic into more turmoil. But in the longer term, her absence from the bench could accelerate a trend underway to get cases to the Supreme Court toward invalidating the ACA and rolling back reproductive freedoms for women.
Read More »What The Possible End Of Abortions In Missouri Means For Neighboring States
ST. LOUIS — As the last abortion clinic in Missouri warned that it will have to stop providing the procedure as soon as Friday, abortion ...
Read More »Supreme Court Declines To Hear Military Medical Malpractice Case
The family of a young Navy nurse who died after military doctors allegedly failed to halt massive bleeding following childbirth won’t get a hearing in ...
Read More »Judge Strikes Down Affordable Care Act Putting Law In Legal Peril — Again
The future of the Affordable Care Act is threatened — again — this time by a ruling Friday from a federal district court judge in ...
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