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Supreme Court sets argument date for abortion pill case |
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on March 26 in a case that could limit the availability of the common abortion pill mifepristone. |
The justices will hear an appeal from the Biden administration and the maker of the branded version of mifepristone asking the high court to reverse a ruling from a federal appeals court that significantly curtailed access to the pill, even in states where abortion remains fully legal. While the Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and has appeared hostile to abortion, an emergency ruling by the court in April has kept access to mifepristone unchanged. The justices rejected a separate appeal from abortion opponents who challenged the Food and Drug Administration's initial approval of mifepristone as safe and effective in 2000. The availability of abortion pills has made it more difficult for conservative state leaders to enforce state restrictions on abortion because people can order them through mail-order pharmacies or travel out of state to obtain them. Monday's scheduling announcement was made as part of the court's March session calendar. On March 18, the week before the mifepristone argument, the nation's top court will hear arguments concerning whether White House requests for social media companies to moderate and remove certain COVID-19 content violated the First Amendment. The Biden administration argued it was trying to curb misinformation online, particularly about the COVID-19 vaccine. GOP leaders of Missouri and Louisiana, who brought the challenge, contend the contacts amount to an unconstitutional "campaign of censorship" by the government. Those states were eventually joined by doctors Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, who promoted the idea of "herd immunity" without vaccination in the early days of the pandemic. Jim Hoft, founder of conservative website Gateway Pundit, also joined the suit. |
Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter, we're Nathaniel Weixel and Joseph Choi — every week we follow the latest moves on how Washington impacts your health. |
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How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond: |
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The United Kingdom is facing a measles outbreak, while cases have also popped up in a few U.S. states in recent weeks, leading to health authorities on both sides of the pond to issue urgent warnings. The virus, which was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, is a wake-up call for the importance of vaccination to personal and public health. The U.K. only recently reachieved measles elimination status in 2021 after … |
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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a ruling Monday finding that a 1982 state bill barring Medicaid from covering most abortions can be challenged in court, years after the initial legal petition was dismissed. The court ruled on a case brought forward by health care providers in 2019 on behalf of their patients challenging the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act of 1982, which prevents abortions from being covered under … |
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is demanding the four largest manufacturers of inhalers stop improperly listing patents in a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) database, a practice that can delay lower-cost generics from coming to market. In letters sent Monday to AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Teva, Baldwin called on the companies to remove their improperly listed patents from the FDA's Orange Book, … |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- The House select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic holds a hearing Wednesday about HHS compliance with Congress
- The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on Wednesday will hold a hearing on health care spending
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The UK will ban disposable vapes and curb candy-flavored e-cigarettes that attract children under 18 |
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government will ban the sale of disposable vapes and limit their cornucopia of flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine, officials said Monday. It also plans to stick to a contentious proposal to ban today's young people from ever buying cigarettes. It is currently illegal to sell vapes … |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- Texas attorney general requests transgender youths' patient records from Georgia clinic (Texas Tribune)
- Idaho state government health insurance to be managed by new insurer for the first time since 2004 (Idaho Capital Sun)
- Maryland again weighs allowing undocumented residents access to health insurance marketplace (DCist)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- How fringe anti-science views infiltrated mainstream politics — and what it means in 2024 (KFF Health News)
- New Alzheimer's drugs bring hope. But not equally for all patients. (Washington Post)
- Republicans are quietly deleting mentions of abortion from their websites. We asked them why (The Independent)
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) came in fifth place in a straw poll of voters in the district where the controversial congresswoman recently relocated … Read more |
| Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has made supporting the war in Ukraine a signature policy priority, but his efforts have been complicated … Read more |
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