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Florida healthcare providers file lawsuit to block abortion ban

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Florida healthcare providers Wednesday filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block Florida’s new abortion law, which bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, set to take effect July 1. ” The healthcare providers are asking the court to enjoin the legislation to prevent it from taking effect and to strike it down. .”

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Federal judge sentences Florida man for conspiring to firebomb Planned Parenthood clinic

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In January 2024, Batten pleaded guilty to “one felony count of possessing an unregistered destructive device” and “one misdemeanor count of intentionally damaging a reproductive health services facility, in violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.”

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ACLU sues Idaho over criminalization of gender-affirming care for minors

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Additionally, the plaintiffs claim it violates parents’ fundamental right to make healthcare decisions for their children. Idaho Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 71 into law in April. The law will go into effect on January 1, 2024.

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Ohio grand jury declines to charge woman with abuse of corpse after at-home miscarriage

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Watts had initially been charged with felony abuse of a corpse in October after Warren County police found the remains of her pregnancy in her toilet and trash. A 2023 report by Care Post-Roe revealed that healthcare providers in states with abortion bans are unable to meet medical standards, putting their patients at risk.

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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.

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Texas Supreme Court places hold on lower court order allowing woman to obtain an abortion

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” Texas law provides that performing an abortion is a felony punishable by up to life in prison unless the patient qualifies under a very narrow set of exceptions. This is why people should not need to beg for healthcare in a court of law. We are talking about urgent medical care. Kate is already 20 weeks pregnant.

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Supreme Court to Clarify What Constitutes Identity Theft

Constitutional Law Reporter

He was subsequently charged with healthcare fraud, as well as aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. A jury found Dubin guilty of one charge of healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft. The aggravated identity theft charge added a mandatory two-year prison sentence on top of the healthcare fraud charges.