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Abortion rights groups file signatures for Ohio ballot |
Groups submitted nearly twice as many signatures as needed to get a measure on the ballot, but they still face a crucial August special election that could change the rules. |
Reproductive rights activists in Ohio said they have submitted more than 700,000 signatures to get an amendment aimed at enshrining abortion access in the state's constitution onto the Nov. 7 ballot. At least 413,487 valid signatures will be required for the ballot measure to qualify in the state. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) will need to review the signatures by July 25. The proposed constitutional amendment would specify that "every individual has a right to make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions, including but not limited to decisions on contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one's own pregnancy, miscarriage care, and abortion," among other measures meant to ensure abortion access. The measure would allow abortion to be prohibited "after fetal viability," but would still permit a pregnancy to be terminated if a physician deems it necessary to protect a patient's life. If the signatures are certified, Ohio would be the first red state to have a constitutional amendment on the ballot for this election cycle. Maryland and New York currently have ballot measures for 2024 that also aim to enshrine abortion access into their respective constitutions. As abortion activists push to get the issue on the ballot, a separate measure is set to be voted on that would raise the threshold for passing future measures. The measure would require all future ballot measures to reach a 60 percent supermajority to pass. This measure in itself will only need 50 percent plus one to become law. |
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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Federal authorities have sent cease and desist orders to several companies that market edibles containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in their packaging, saying they are almost identical to common snacks. In a news release, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said it sent those letters to six companies, demanding they immediately change their style of packaging. The … |
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| Republicans are split on whether their presidential contenders should embrace a federal 15-week ban on abortion as the party tries to find its footing on the issue going into 2024. In a radio ad released Thursday in Iowa, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) vowed to back a national 15-week ban on the procedure. That ad followed a call last month from former Vice President Mike Pence, who urged the other candidates to embrace a federal … |
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| Australian researchers have identified the first case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a female athlete. The brain injury has been commonly found in American football players and other contact sport athletes, but the discovery of the condition in a female athlete is a first. Heather Anderson was an Australian rules football player who died by suicide last year at 28. An analysis of her brain found she had early-stage … |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- The Food and Drug Administration is expected to grant full approval to the Alzheimer's drug Leqembi by Thursday.
- President Biden is set to deliver remarks Friday on health costs and Medicare drug price negotiations.
- The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to soon publish a proposed rule that could reimpose limits on short-term health insurance plans — what Democrats call "junk plans."
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Dialing Into Mental Health: One Year of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. July 13, 2023, 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. July is the one-year anniversary of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline becoming available to everyone in the U.S. to call, text or chat to access a national network of local and state-funded crisis centers. Join The Hill at The National Press Club or via online streaming as we bring together lawmakers, mental health experts and advocates to mark this milestone anniversary and discuss the progress still to be made. Featured speakers: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Co-Sponsor of the Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act; state Rep. Tina Orwall, from Washington state; Adrienne Breidenstine, Vice President of Policy & Communications at Behavioral Health System Baltimore; Laurel Stine, Executive Vice President & Chief Policy Officer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; and Hannah Wesolowski, Chief Advocacy Officer at NAMI. |
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Spain calls an end to COVID-19 health crisis and obligatory use of masks in hospitals, pharmacies |
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government on Tuesday declared an end to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and says people no longer have to wear masks in health and care centers as well as pharmacies. Over the past two years, Spain has gradually ended the mandatory mask wearing, first in public and then on public transport. … |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths (NPR)
- Adults on Medicaid now have dental benefits. Many can't get appointments (New Hampshire Bulletin)
- Inside the $11 million effort to help Massachusetts residents maintain health coverage (WBUR)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Patients squeezed in fight over who gets to bill for pricey infusion drugs (KFF Health News)
- Some hospitals that spent big on nurses during pandemic are now short on cash (Wall Street Journal)
- Bill Ackman explains why he embraced RFK Jr.'s skepticism on Covid vaccines (CNBC)
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Now that the relationship with China has soured and the People's Republic of China has become the greatest adversarial threat to the U.S. and Western … Read more |
| The Arizona Secretary of State's office has been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6 attack … Read more |
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