Opinion | A Surge in Vasectomies: Sustaining the Demand
The Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision overturning federal abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade resulted in a sudden increase in the demand for vasectomies. That surge in demand caught the public’s attention. While most of the conversation focused on how the court’s decision drove this increase, the real matter we should be focusing on […]
Patient Accused of HIPAA Violation, Threatened With Jail for TikTok Posts
A confrontation between hospital staff and a patient over wait times and patient rights was documented in a series of viral TikTok videos, according to a local news report. Denise Bradley, a patient at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan, was confronted by hospital security and a nurse after she was found to be recording an […]
One Doc’s Win for Trans Youth Healthcare in Texas
Amid the state’s aggressive push to roll back rights for transgender youth, a Texas endocrinologist has had to fight to keep treating new patients at the clinic she founded. Ximena Lopez, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Medical Center (CMC), and an associate professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, will once again be […]
Major Law That Would Protect Pumping At Work Is Being Held Up By One Industry
A yearslong effort to expand the rights of women to pump breast milk at work has been held up near the finish line due to opposition from the airline industry, according to a senator involved in the fight. The bipartisan bill ― known as the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act, or PUMP […]
Biden Signs Order Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Services
President Biden signed an executive order on Friday aimed at protecting reproductive rights, especially access to abortion, following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade late last month. Biden also issued a call to action, urging those who support reproductive rights to vote this fall. “What we’re witnessing wasn’t a constitutional judgment. […]
Abortion Rights Advocates Slam New Oklahoma Law
Abortion rights advocates are decrying a law passed by the Oklahoma legislature last week that would ban all abortions in the state from the moment of fertilization, with exceptions for rape and incest only if they are reported to law enforcement. “Without abortion access at the local level, people will lose the ability to make […]
Rep. Cori Bush: Biden Should ‘Absolutely’ Say The Word ‘Abortion’ More
WASHINGTON ― As the Senate voted on safeguarding abortion rights Wednesday, a group of House Democrats were there urging their colleagues to vote yes. The Women’s Health Protection Act, which would have created federal protections for providing and accessing abortion services, failed along party lines ― with the exception of West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, the […]
Republicans Set To Block Bill Codifying Roe v. Wade Once Again
WASHINGTON — Legislation aimed at safeguarding abortion rights across the country is set to fail in the Senate for the second time this year as a conservative majority on the Supreme Court prepares to strike down its landmark 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade. The Women’s Health Protection Act would create federal protections for providing and […]
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court Seat
WASHINGTON — Reproductive rights groups hailed President Biden’s nomination of appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday to replace retiring Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer, while abortion opponents said Jackson would “trample the Constitution.” The White House announced the nomination in a press release Friday morning. “Currently a judge on U.S. Court of Appeals […]
A Showdown Over Abortion Rights
A Showdown Over Abortion Rights | HuffPost Part of HuffPost News. ©2021 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. BREAKING NEWS Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. A Showdown Over Abortion Rights NOW PLAYING HuffPost talked with two volunteers from […]