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The Florida Supreme Court is not asking for a fetus to be entitled to a right under the state constitution or abortion law, a professor said. “We were going to go to sympathetic judges like those on the Florida Supreme Court…and ask if it was weird that a fetus was not entitled to a right under the state constitution or abortion law,” she added.
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Soon, the US will have over-the-counter birth control
US’ first over-the-counter birth control pill has been approved for use without a prescription from a health care provider. Opill.com claims to be the “first over-the-counter birth control pill that has been approved for use without a prescription from a health care provider”. A month’s supply of Opill has a recommended retail price of $19.99.
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The upcoming months in Gaza are projected to becess deaths
Israel has carried out its first airstrikes in Gaza since the beginning of the conflict between the militant group Hamas and the country’s military. The strikes, which have killed at least 11 people, targeted a maternity hospital in the city of Rafah, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Over 38,000 people have been killed in the conflict, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
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The fires in Texas offer a terrifying warning
Several wildfires in Texas, US have killed at least 15 people and destroyed thousands of homes. The Smokehouse Creek fire has also crossed into Oklahoma. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that individual ranchers could suffer huge losses from the fires, but he was optimistic that the impact on the state’s cattle and beef industry would be minimal.
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The major interstate in the Sierra Nevada was closed as a dangerous storm bore down
The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for the Sierra Nevada in Northern California. The storm system is expected to bring 10 feet of snow to parts of the Sierra Nevada and winds will reach up to 150 mph. Further, a winter storm warning has also been issued for most of Northern California on Friday and Saturday.
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The reason healthcare providers are not getting paid is due to Blackcat
A cyberattack on US-based healthcare services firm Change Healthcare has affected patients’ personal data like social security numbers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Tuesday. The hackers are believed to be Blackcat, which carried out the MGM casino breach last year. Change Healthcare is a middleman between healthcare providers and insurance companies.
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The Legislature moved to protect the services after the court ruling
The US state of Alabama is considering legislation to protect clinics and doctors from prosecution and civil lawsuits over the death of embryos or the damage to them. This comes after Alabama’s highest court ruled that frozen embryos should be considered “children”. The bill will protect providers from prosecution and civil lawsuits over the death of an embryo or the damage to it.
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Death tolls in Gaza have passed 30,000
Gaza’s health ministry has released a database of victims’ names after US President Biden said that he had “no confidence” in the figures they reported. Gaza’s health ministry published a database of victims’ names after Biden said he had “no confidence” in the figures they reported. In an interview with NPR, Biden said there is an estimated 10,000 people who are missing and presumed dead.
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Supreme Court seems to be torn over the ban
At the US Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch questioned the idea that the ATF could just change their interpretation of the machine gun law in order to ban bump stocks. In 2018, the federal government banned bump stocks for that reason, but gun enthusiasts have challenged the regulation in court, contending that only Congress has the power to enact such a ban.
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Alabama patients are running short of time
US’ Alabama Supreme Court has said that frozen embryos can be considered a child if they’re thawed after birth. The court ruled that freezing embryos can help people who want to have children but can’t get pregnant due to medical reasons. The court said that it’s up to the individual to decide whether to cryogenically freeze their embryos.
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