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Idaho House passes ban on transgendering children

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill criminalizing for minors overwhelmingly passed the Idaho House Thursday, despite warnings from opponents who said it would likely increase suicide rates among teens. The bill, which would subject physicians to felony charges if they provide puberty blockers, hormone treatment or gender-affirming surgeries to transgender youth under 18, is just one of several targeting Idaho's LGBTQ+ residents this year. Proponents of the bill have acknowledged that gender-affirming surgeries on minors are...

GOP launches probe into COVID origins with letter to Fauci

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee last year issued a staff report arguing that there are "indications" that the virus may have been developed as a bioweapon inside the China's Wuhan Institute of Virology.

How Donald Trump Cleared Out Federal Death Row

The Trump administration carried out more federal executions than in the previous 10 administrations combined. Of the 13, six were put to death after Trump lost the election, his Justice Department accelerating the schedule to ensure they would die before the incoming administration could intercede.

Missouri officials investigate transgender youth clinic

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Friday called for doctors to pause giving puberty blockers and hormones to new patients at a transgender youth clinic. The call comes a day after he announced an investigation into claims that the facility rushed to give children gender-affirming care without informed consent. Bailey publicly announced an investigation of Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital on Thursday after he said a whistleblower...

US tells Supreme Court that health policy will change border case

ROLL CALL – The Justice Department told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Biden administration’s plans to let COVID-19 public health emergencies expire in May would make it unnecessary for the justices to decide a case related to a pandemic-era border expulsion policy. In a filing, the DOJ said that expiration would also mean the end of the so-called Title 42 border policy, in place since March 2020, which allows border agents to rapidly...

Federal judge overrules DeSantis’ effort to protect children from sexual mutilation

ORLANDO WEEKLY – Two minors who are plaintiffs in a challenge to a state rule prohibiting Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for transgender people won’t have to undergo “mental examinations” as requested by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration, a federal judge ruled Monday. Lawyers for the state Agency for Health Care Administration, which largely oversees the Medicaid program, last month asked U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle to allow evaluations of patients identified as “Susan Doe” and...

Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized after feeling lightheaded

Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat who suffered a stroke during his campaign last year, was hospitalized Wednesday night, Feb. 8, 2023, after feeling lightheaded while attending a Senate Democratic retreat, his office said.

Why Two States Remain Holdouts on Distracted Driving Laws

KAISER HEALTH NEWS – Max Herrick pulled over on the interstate near Harrisonville, Missouri, on a spring night in 2020 to offer antifreeze to a woman whose car had overheated. He had lost a grandson to an overdose just hours before, but aiding stranded motorists was second nature to the 73-year-old retired school custodian, who remembered thousands of students’ names and regularly brought food pantry donations to a retirement community. “He always was there to help...

Harry Whittington, Texas Lawyer Shot by Cheney, Dies at 95

THE NEW YORK TIMES Harry Whittington, a wealthy and well-connected lawyer who gained sudden global fame as the unintended victim of a shotgun blast by former Vice President Dick Cheney, died early Saturday morning, his wife said. He was 95. Mr. Whittington typified the breed of Texan known as the good ol’ boy, a traditional Lone Star tribute to wit, understatement and loyalty. He regularly played cards with a nonagenarian former Texas Supreme Court chief judge and...

“Florida weighs mandating menstrual cycle details for female athletes” – FALSE

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures during a news conference, Jan. 26, 2023, in Miami. On Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, The Associated Press reported on false claims circulating on social media that DeSantis is requiring all female student-athletes in Florida to provide detailed information about their menstrual cycles in order to compete in organized sports. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

FTC fines GoodRx for unauthorized sharing of health data

AP – In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users' personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent. Under a settlement, California-based GoodRx also accepted that it will be prohibited going forward from sharing user health data with third parties for advertising purposes, the FTC said. GoodRx admitted no wrongdoing and said...

A Trump-appointed Texas judge could force a major abortion pill off the market

Heard on All Things Considered A case before a federal judge in Texas could dramatically alter abortion access in the United States – at least as much, some experts say, as the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision last year, which overturned decades of abortion-rights precedent. A decision is expected soon in the case challenging the Food and Drug Administration's approval more than 20 years ago of the abortion drug mifepristone, which...

Finland ends infertility requirement for transgender people

HELSINKI (AP) — Lawmakers in Finland approved amendments Wednesday that will make it substantially easier for people to change their legally recognized gender in the Nordic country. The amendments, which are expected to take effect as soon as possible, also abolish a provision that required transgender people to provide a medical certificate proving they were infertile or sterilized before the government would recognize their gender identity. That part of the existing law was intended to keep...

RNC Pressures GOP To Pass Strictest Anti-Abortion Legislation Possible

Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations KAISER HEALTH NEWS – The Republican National Committee wants all lawmakers and candidates to "go on offense" in the 2024 election cycle. Other abortion news is from South Carolina, Tennessee, Massachusetts, and elsewhere. The Hill: RNC Calls On Candidates To ‘Go On Offense’ On Anti-Abortion Laws In 2024 The Republican National Committee is doubling down on its anti-abortion stance by urging all GOP candidates and lawmakers to “go...

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