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If High Court Reverses Roe V. Wade, 22 States Poised To Ban Abortion
As with current abortion policies, a woman’s access to the procedure would continue to be determined by where she lives.
Si la Corte Suprema revoca Roe vs Wade, 22 estados podrían prohibir el aborto
La elección del presidente Donald Trump de un juez conservador como candidato a la Corte Suprema podría cambiar el mapa del aborto en el país.
Viewpoints: Why The Trump Administration Fought For The Infant Formula Industry Over Breast-Feeding
Opinion writers express views on this and other health topics.
Different Takes: What Brett Kavanaugh Could Mean To The Future Of The Health Law, Abortion Rights
Editorial pages express views about the nomination to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.
Media outlets report on news from Maryland, Ohio, California, Arkansas, New Jersey, Kansas, Ohio, Oregon, North Carolina, Minnesota, Missouri, Florida, Washington, Massachusetts and Louisiana.
There’s a growing field of conflicting data on the benefits and harms of the products. In other public health news: organs, cancer patients’ end-of-life plans, Lyme disease, suicide, police violence and more.
First In A Flood Of Cases Over Roundup Weed Killer’s Possible Link To Cancer Goes To Trial
Dewayne Johnson, who used the product in his job as a pest control manager at a San Francisco Bay Area school district, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2014 at the age of 42. He read the label carefully and even contacted the company over a rash he developed, but he says that he was never warned about the possibility it could cause cancer.
Maine House Falls Short Of Overriding Governor’s Veto Of Bill To Help Pay For Medicaid Expansion
The bill provided state funding that would be supplemented by more than $500 million in federal funds to expand Medicaid to between 70,000 and 80,000 more Mainers.
Trump Lashes Out At Pfizer Over Its Price Hikes, But Latest Round Of Posturing Earns Mostly A Shrug
Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Alex Azar also promised change was coming to the industry “whether it’s painful or not for pharmaceutical companies.” But the daunting reality of overhauling the drug pricing system may stand in the way of that message.
Judge Deals Administration Legal Setback, Ruling It Can’t Indefinitely Detain Immigrant Children
The Justice Department had made a request to modify a 1997 legal settlement that set rules for how the government can deal with immigrant children in its custody. But Judge Dolly M. Gee says there’s no basis to amend the consent decree.
“The U.S. strongly supports breast feeding but we don’t believe women should be denied access to formula. Many women need this option because of malnutrition and poverty,” President Donald Trump tweeted. Meanwhile, experts criticized any attempts to undermine breast-feeding.
Under the payment program, the federal government each year collects money from insurers in the health law marketplaces who had healthier customers and redistributes the funding to insurers with sicker, more expensive customers. The administration over the weekend suspended the payments, citing a judge’s ruling that the program was flawed.
One Thing Both Sides Can Agree On: With Kavanaugh Nomination Abortion Rights Are Clearly On The Line
Anti-abortion advocates see the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as the closest they’ve come to overturning Roe v. Wade in years, and both sides are braced for a fight.
There’s No Margin For Error As Republicans Gear Up For Brutal Nomination Battle
All eyes are on a handful of senators who could steer the direction of the fight. On the Republican side, there’s Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who have a history of supporting abortion rights, as well as Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who has thrown a wrench in leadership’s proceedings before. On the Democrats’ side, there are a red-state lawmakers who are up for re-election and are stuck between a rock and a hard place with the upcoming vote. Meanwhile, outside groups are hitting the ground running almost as soon as Kavanaugh’s name left President Donald Trump’s lips.
Washington Insider Kavanaugh Has Been A Conservative Powerhouse As A Judge
Media outlets take a look at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s history and his views on hot-button topics. “If there has been a partisan political fight that needed a good lawyer in the last decade, Brett Kavanaugh was probably there,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said at Kavanaugh’s first confirmation hearing, in 2004.
Trump Nominates Brett Kavanaugh For Kennedy’s Open Seat, Despite Ties To The Bush White House
At the nomination ceremony, Judge Brett Kavanaugh said that his “judicial philosophy is straightforward. A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. A judge must interpret statutes as written. And a judge must interpret the Constitution as written, informed by history and tradition and precedent.”
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Can Insurers Use Genetic Testing Results? A Reader Wants To Know
Other readers ask what can be done to challenge unexpected medical bills — whether the result of an emergency room visit or after a change in prescription drug coverage.
¿Sientes que eres el último que queda en pie? Cómo hacer nuevos amigos a los 90
Adultos mayores cuentan cómo es el desafío de buscar nuevos amigos en el otoño de la vida, cuando se ha dicho adiós a la mayoría de los vínculos entrañables.
Editorial writers look at these and other health issues.