Colorado Passes Landmark Birth Equity Bill Package
This month, activists in Colorado succeeded in passing a sweeping package of bills designed to address inequities in the obstetric system.
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Read more: New Dataset: Conscience Protections for Providers and Patients New Dataset: Conscience Protections for Providers and Patients
A new dataset of health care conscience laws relating to abortion reveals broad scope of protection for providers, limited protection for patients.
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Read more: “Marlise’s Law”: Protecting the Autonomy and Dignity of Brain-Dead Pregnant Women “Marlise’s Law”: Protecting the Autonomy and Dignity of Brain-Dead Pregnant Women
Allison M. Whelan, J.D. Senior Fellow, Center for Biotechnology & Global Health Policy, University of California, Irvine School of Law Guest Blogger On March 12, 2015, Texas Representative Elliot Naishtat (Austin) filed HB 3183, which would repeal the Texas law that currently prohibits pregnant women from exercising their advance directives. The existing statute includes the…
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Read more: The Hot Wave of Anti-Abortion Legislation The Hot Wave of Anti-Abortion Legislation
Allison M. Whelan, J.D. Senior Fellow, Center for Biotechnology &Global Health Policy, University of California, Irvine School of Law Guest Blogger As the majority of state legislatures get back in session, it is clear there will be no dearth of “anti-choice” legislation proposed and considered throughout the country. In Texas, Representative Matt Krause (R-Fort Worth)…
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Read more: Concussion laws lead to increase in health care utilization Concussion laws lead to increase in health care utilization
By Christine Baugh Between 2009 and 2014 all U.S. States and the District of Columbia implemented concussion legislation. Generally modeled after Washington State’s Zachery Lystedt Law, most of these statutes require that youth and adolescent athletes are provided with information about concussions prior to sports participation, that they are removed from play if they are suspected…