President Biden, seeking to capitalize on a week of favorable political developments, plans to announce on Thursday that his administration will provide up to $6.1 billion in grants to Micron Technology, the latest federal award intended to shore up the nation’s domestic supply of semiconductors. Micron will use the grants to help build two leading-edge […]
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If you had asked me at the start of this Supreme Court term what the blockbuster abortion case would be, I would have focused on the one that could limit access to mifepristone, a drug used in a majority of U.S. abortions. But oral arguments last month suggested strongly that the justices might not even […]
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The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on Wednesday over whether federal law should allow doctors to perform emergency abortions in states with near-total bans on the procedure, in a case that could determine access to abortion in emergency rooms across the country. The lively, two-hour argument focused on a clash between Idaho, whose law limits […]
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“Only pregnant women will be forced to surrender their EMTALA rights to make healthcare decisions about their bodies, and only pregnant women will have treatment guaranteed under federal law limited to Idaho’s prohibitory terms,” the brief reads. “Pregnant women stripped of their EMTALA rights under bans like Idaho’s have already experienced devastating harms because of […]
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“Only pregnant women will be forced to surrender their EMTALA rights to make healthcare decisions about their bodies, and only pregnant women will have treatment guaranteed under federal law limited to Idaho’s prohibitory terms,” the brief reads. “Pregnant women stripped of their EMTALA rights under bans like Idaho’s have already experienced devastating harms because of […]
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NewsOne Featured Video Source: Bevan Goldswain / Getty Republican lawmakers are still working towards trying to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives nationwide. According to Best Colleges, there are more than 30 proposed bills targeting DEI programs at state-funded institutions. The bills are aimed at defunding DEI offices and programs as well as removing diversity […]
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday about whether Idaho’s near-total abortion ban conflicts with a federal law that protects patients who need emergency care, in a case that would determine access to abortions in emergency rooms across the country. The federal law affects only the sliver of women who face dire medical complications […]
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Enter Alliance Defending Freedom. The state appealed the district court’s ruling temporarily blocking the ban the Ninth Circuit, and they failed there, as well. But then ADF joined the case, assisting Idaho attorney general Raúl Labrador in filing an emergency motion to the Supreme Court, seeking to enforce the law against everyone who wasn’t suing […]
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The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily allowed Idaho to enforce a ban on gender-affirming treatment for minors, effectively suggesting that at least some justices appear comfortable with wading into another front in the culture wars. In siding with state officials who had asked the court to lift a block on the law, the justices were […]
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – MARCH 3: Utah’s Malia Nawahine (3) helps teammate Tanaeya Boclair (32) up during the first game of the PAC-12 Women’s Tournament in Seattle, WAPhoto: Christopher Mast/Icon Sportswire (Getty Images) The University of Utah’s women’s basketball team is in the spotlight this March Madness — but it’s not for anything that happened on […]
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“Hospitals in many amici States are already experiencing strains, resulting in overcrowding, long wait times, and staff shortages, particularly in rural and underserved areas, all of which can affect morbidity and mortality,” the brief said. “Providing medical treatment to additional patients who require emergency abortion care, and who are likely to be facing heightened health […]
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