July 18, 2025
(Cloverdeal Reporter) – Tamara Jansen, MP for Cloverdale-Langley City, has brought forth a private member’s bill regarding Medical Assistance in Dying and mental illness. She introduced Bill C-218 in Parliament June 20. The legislation seeks to block the Liberal Government’s … Read More
July 18, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Local governments in China have tried mostly in vain to lift the country’s shrinking birthrate with perks, cash rewards and housing subsidies. Now, the central government is stepping in. Beijing plans to pay a basic national … Read More
July 18, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Facing government pressure and massive budget shortfalls, the group is increasingly torn between its healthcare mission and progressive advocacy. As it faces this potentially dire future, Planned Parenthood is also contending with an identity crisis that … Read More
July 11, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 10, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – It’s almost certainly the case that the moratorium’s breadth, as well as its decade-long duration, helped opponents marshall a diverse coalition to their side. But that breadth isn’t incidental—it’s related to the very nature of AI. … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Abortion is now banned or heavily restricted in about one-third of U.S. states, and some women of childbearing age say that has introduced a new calculus about where to live and work. Though migration patterns are … Read More
July 4, 2025
(AP via Medical Xpress) – Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions. It’s unclear exactly … Read More
July 3, 2025
(NBC News) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday formally struck down an abortion ban from 1849 that had technically retaken effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights. In a 4-3 decision that came down along ideological … Read More
July 3, 2025
(ProPublica) – Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening … Read More
July 1, 2025
(New York Times) – The defeat early Tuesday of a ban on state laws for artificial intelligence dealt a major blow to the tech industry on the verge of a policy victory. In a 99-1 vote, the Senate voted overwhelmingly … Read More
June 30, 2025
(Axios) – The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to a section of the Affordable Care Act that designates a federal task force to recommend which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients. Why it matters: … Read More
June 27, 2025
(The Guardian) – The US supreme court has ruled that a key provision of “Obamacare”, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, is constitutional. The case challenged how members of an obscure but vital healthcare committee are appointed. The committee, … Read More
June 27, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 21, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 26, 2025
(New York Times) – The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Planned Parenthood and one of its patients may not sue South Carolina over its effort to deny funding to Planned Parenthood, reasoning that the relevant federal statute does not … Read More
June 25, 2025
(New York Times) – In the wake of two court rulings taking issue with the axing of medical research grants by the Trump administration, a senior official at the National Institutes of Health has directed agency staff members not to … Read More
June 25, 2025
(KFF Health News) – California lawmakers are poised to delay the state’s much-ballyhooed new law mandating in vitro fertilization insurance coverage for millions, set to take effect July 1. Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to push the implementation date … Read More
June 25, 2025
(Mother Jones) – They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws. The Dobbs decision didn’t just unleash a raft of laws restricting and banning abortion—it also seems to have made authorities more skeptical … Read More
June 24, 2025
(ABC News) – The number of abortions in the U.S. rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday. The latest report from … Read More
June 24, 2025
(National Post) – There is a lot of concern internationally within the disability rights community about what’s happening in Canada around euthanasia,’ a Conservative MP said (Read More)
June 20, 2025
(The Guardian) – Terminally ill people in England and Wales are to be given the right to an assisted death in a historic societal shift that will transform end-of-life care. After months of argument, MPs narrowly voted in favour of … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Los Angeles Times) – Across the region, once-busy parks, shops and businesses have emptied as undocumented residents and their families hole up at home in fear. As rumors of immigration arrests have swirled around clinics and hospitals, many patients are … Read More
June 20, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 20, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 18, 2025
(Axios) – The White House immigration crackdown is hitting the long-term healthcare industry, as nursing homes and care providers lose foreign-born employees and struggle to hire. Why it matters: These folks care for the disabled and for the country’s fast-growing … Read More
June 18, 2025
(AP) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President … Read More
June 17, 2025
(Associated Press) – The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear from a faith-based pregnancy center in New Jersey challenging a state investigation into whether it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion. The justices agreed to … Read More
