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Federal appeals court denies New York healthcare workers religious exemption to COVID-19 vaccine mandate

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A Second Circuit decision vacated two lower court rulings which allowed healthcare workers to claim religious exemptions to New York’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The decision also vacated an injunction from the Northern District of New York and a prior Second Circuit ruling on an Eastern District of New York case.

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Prison Healthcare ‘Lacks Uniform Standards’

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Since a 1976 Supreme Court ruling , incarcerated individuals are the only group of people in the United States to have a constitutional right to health care. But, who decides what is “reasonably adequate,” particularly when the healthcare system for patients in prison lacks uniform standards?

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Japan court approves gender recognition without sterilization for the first time

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A Japanese court on Wednesday allowed a gender change to be legally recognized without the need for sterilization for the first time in the country’s history. Sterilization is a permanent surgical procedure that removes one’s capacity to reproduce.

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Pakistan anti-corruption agency investigating PTI leader for breach of merit-based system

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Pakistan’s Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACEP) initiated legal proceedings on Tuesday against former Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid and her daughter. She served as the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Primary & Secondary Healthcare and Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education between 2018 and 2023.

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Mexico Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion in landmark decision

JURIST

Finally, the court said that any laws that provide criminal immunity for abortions due to rape are unconstitutional because by providing exceptions to criminal punishment, they continue to purport the presumed criminality of the women receiving them. It was based on this precedent that GIRE took legal action.

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Texas Supreme Court denies abortion access to woman with pregnancy complications

JURIST

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Monday against a pregnant woman who challenged the state’s abortion restrictions. A lower court had previously granted the woman, Kate Cox, permission to receive an abortion due to pregnancy complications, despite the state’s strict abortion ban. Her health is on the line.

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Former North Dakota women’s health clinic files amended complaint challenging statewide abortion ban

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Instead, it has trapped healthcare providers between a rock and a hard place—uncertain over when they can provide abortion care and fearful that they could face punishment if they do. We have seen how these laws have wreaked havoc on people’s lives across the country, and are urging the court to put a stop to these harms.