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New HIPAA Reproductive Health Rule Requires Compliance by December 23, 2024

Sands Anderson PC on 12/12/2024

A new HIPAA rule that goes into effect on December 23, 2024 requires each healthcare provider (and other HIPAA covered entities and business associates) to implement new workflows, policies, and procedures in responding to...more

Early Returns Podcast with Jan Baran - Josh Gerstein: SCOTUS, the Presidential Immunity Case Fallout, and the Dobbs Case Leak...

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak on 7/9/2024

A very unusual and historic week of political and legal events just preceded America’s Independence Day. The Supreme Court of the United States ended its term with pivotal decisions, including a number that affect former...more

What’s it to You? Justice Scalia’s 41-Year-Old Gatekeeping Question on “Standing” Influences Court to Uphold FDA’s Regulation of...

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 6/18/2024

Mifepristone is safe for now. On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the plaintiffs — doctors and medical associations alike — lacked standing to challenge 2000 and 2019 FDA approvals of mifepristone (brand...more

SCOTUS Unanimously Preserves Access to Abortion Pill

Fenwick & West LLP on 6/17/2024

On Thursday, June 13, the Supreme Court maintained access to the abortion pill, mifepristone. This medication, in conjunction with misoprostol, was used in nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortion and miscarriage treatments...more

Contradictory Court Opinions Leave the Approval of Abortion Medication in Question

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 4/19/2023

On April 7, 2023, two federal judges in Texas and Washington State issued dueling opinions about the abortion medication Mifepristone, just hours apart. These two decisions come in the midst of growing tension about abortion...more

Podcast: Post-Dobbs - Considerations for Clinical Trials and Research - Diagnosing Health Care

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/26/2023

The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which effectively removed the federal constitutional protections for abortion, triggered a series of changes for health care providers and patients alike across the...more

Idaho Abortion Laws: Updated FAQs

Holland & Hart LLP on 1/18/2023

On January 5, 2023, the Idaho Supreme Court upheld Idaho's near-total abortion ban (I.C. § 18-622), Idaho's fetal heartbeat (“6-week”) abortion ban to the extent it is not superseded by the near-total abortion ban (I.C. §...more

Evolving Laws and Litigation Post–Dobbs: The State of Reproductive Rights as of January 2023

Morgan Lewis on 1/6/2023

The US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization set off a series of changes in reproductive health law across the country. As we transition to a new year and a new Congress, we provide a...more

Brrrr: Chilling Speech About and Access to Abortion in Idaho

Bowditch & Dewey on 12/20/2022

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the precedent in Roe vs. Wade, allows states to ban and restrict abortion. This decision has sent shockwaves through many...more

Important Update: Georgia Abortion Law Remains in Effect Until Judicial Review

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 11/30/2022

Ruling on the State of Georgia’s November 18, 2022 Emergency Petition for Supersedeas, this past Wednesday (November 23, 2022) the Georgia Supreme Court enjoined the lower court’s decision thereby reinstating the prohibitions...more

Providing Healthcare in a Post-Dobbs America Presents Evolving Challenges

Akerman LLP on 8/19/2022

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization represents a sea-change in Constitutional law that has already impacted our country in multiple ways. By overruling Roe v. Wade (1973)...more

Evolving Laws and Litigation Post–Dobbs: The State of Reproductive Rights as of July 27

Morgan Lewis on 7/28/2022

Federal and state activity in the initial weeks after the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision largely focused on litigation and executive and state legislative action designed...more

Patient Privacy and Reproductive Health Data in the Dobbs Aftermath

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 7/28/2022

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, raises new issues regarding the privacy of reproductive health data. That’s because...more

Evolving Laws and Litigation Post–Dobbs: The State of Reproductive Rights as of July 19

Morgan Lewis on 7/20/2022

The weeks after the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision have seen an array of federal and state actions on the issue of access to abortion-related services, including new...more

HHS OCR Issues New, Post-Dobbs Guidance

Polsinelli on 7/13/2022

In the wake of the Dobbs decision, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued new guidance regarding the privacy of patients seeking reproductive health care. The guidance...more

Privacy Post-Dobbs

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief on 7/11/2022

Fifty years of legal precedent established by Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), and Planned Parenthood of Southern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992), were overturned in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, holding...more

Post-Roe Criminal Implications for Multi-State Entities

BakerHostetler on 7/11/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al. v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, et al. has created profound uncertainty for individuals and entities...more

Dobbs’ Impact on Employers

Polsinelli on 7/6/2022

On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In Dobbs, the Supreme Court upheld Mississippi’s abortion restrictions making most abortion...more

Post-Dobbs: FAQs for Employers and Other Benefit Plan Sponsors

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 7/1/2022

Can group health plans continue to provide coverage for abortion-related expenses? In short, yes. Dobbs does not prohibit group health plans from covering abortion-related expenses. Instead, Dobbs eliminates federal...more

What Employers Need To Know in a Post-Roe World

Burr & Forman on 6/30/2022

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that protected a woman’s right to have an abortion. In Dobbs, the Supreme Court...more

South Carolina’s Fetal Heartbeat Law Following Dobbs

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 6/29/2022

Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat Law (“Heartbeat Law”) went into effect on June 27, 2022. This alert summarizes the core provisions...more

SCOTUS Overrules Roe v. Wade: Part II: Outlining the Threat to Reproductive Rights Across the United States

Jenner & Block on 6/28/2022

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Authored by Justice Alito, the decision held that the Constitution does not grant a right to abortion (5-4), overturning...more

SCOTUS Overrules Roe v. Wade: Part I: Potentially Wide-Ranging Impact on Companies Navigating Employee Benefits, Privacy...

Jenner & Block on 6/28/2022

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Authored by Justice Alito, the decision, which hewed closely to the draft opinion that was leaked on May 2, 2022, upheld...more

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