On Jan. 9, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) finalized a 2023 proposed rule titled “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes” (“Final Rule”)....more
The Supreme Court of Georgia issued an opinion reversing the Superior Court of Fulton County’s 2022 ruling that Sections 4 and 11 of the Georgia LIFE Act (the Act) were void ab initio....more
On Aug. 15, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new guidance aimed at assisting institutional review boards (IRBs), clinical investigators and sponsors in complying with the FDA’s informed consent requirements for...more
On Friday, April 7, both the Northern District of Texas and the Eastern District of Washington issued decisions impacting the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. The Texas decision...more
4/17/2023
/ Abortion ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Judicial Intervention ,
Patient Access ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Stays
Key Takeaways:
..The FDA has finalized a rule permitting abortion pills to be sold at certified retail pharmacies.
..Mifeprex and its approved generic can now be dispensed by certified pharmacies or by or under the...more
On Nov. 23, the Supreme Court of Georgia reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat. The Supreme Court of Georgia issued a one-page order granting the State of Georgia’s Emergency...more
Key Takeaways -
..On Nov. 15, The Superior Court of Fulton County declared sections of Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban void and unenforceable.
..The Court held that because the ban was unconstitutional at the time it...more
On June 2, 2022, the Florida governor signed the Freedom First budget for State Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (the Law), which provided over $600 million in funding to the Agency for Health Care Administration (the Agency)...more
On Aug. 24, the United States District Court for the District of Idaho issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of Idaho’s new abortion law. The law was set to take effect on Aug. 25, 2022....more
On Aug. 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against the state of Idaho to block a state abortion law set to take effect on Aug. 25, claiming that it violates the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor...more
8/4/2022
/ Abortion ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Emergency Rooms ,
EMTALA ,
Federal Funding ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
New Legislation ,
Pending Litigation ,
Preemption ,
Supremacy Clause
On Monday, July 11, 2022, the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a letter to healthcare providers regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), indicating that when a state law...more