Dive Brief: Labcorp struck a deal Thursday to acquire clinical diagnostics, reproductive and women’s health testing assets from Bioreference Health, a subsidiary of Opko Health, for $237.5 million. Bioreference is retaining nationwide oncology and urology diagnostic services and all of its operations in New York and New Jersey. The acquisition will give Labcorp control of parts […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A controversial military policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for travel if they or a family member have to go out of state for reproductive health care — including abortions — was used just 12 times from June to December last year, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin […]
Calls to “Restore Roe” and protect reproductive rights were a cornerstone of President Joe Biden‘s State of the Union address Thursday night, but there’s one thing the speech was missing: the word “abortion.” Groups like the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Reproductive Rights for All lauded Biden for highlighting reproductive rights and inviting Kate Cox, […]
Abortion and reproductive rights took center stage at the 2024 State of the Union, as President Joe Biden sought to overcome concerns about his re-election chances by emphasizing an issue that has energized voters again and again since the overturning of Roe v Wade. “My predecessor took office determined to see Roe v Wade overturned […]
FINDLAY, Ohio — Ohioans voted decisively last year to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution, but all three of the Republicans competing in a tough U.S. Senate primary here say they are open to overruling them and supporting federal restrictions. State Sen. Matt Dolan and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose present themselves as […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers voted on Thursday to approve over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for ages 15 and above in a step to liberalize Poland’s strict reproductive law inherited from the previous nationalist conservative government. The vote in the lower house was the first step in the plans of the new pro-European […]
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris celebrated what would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade in late January — their first campaign event of 2024. The “Restore Roe” rally in northern Virginia made it clear that the Biden/Harris ticket will center abortion rights in the reelection campaign. The theater was filled with the […]
The Biden campaign will hit the airwaves in battleground states with its first abortion-focused ad of the year, featuring stark, emotional testimony from a woman personally affected by a state abortion ban who lays the blame directly on former President Donald Trump. It comes as the campaign is launching a full-court press this week to […]
The Biden re-election campaign rolled out a new campaign ad Sunday, signaling a shift in emphasis to reproductive rights that the White House hopes will carry and define Democrats through the 2024 election cycle. The campaign ad, titled Forced, is designed to tie Donald Trump directly to the abortion issue almost 18 months after his […]
President Biden’s reelection campaign released a memo Friday outlining how it will highlight the impact former President Trump had on abortion access and what’s at stake for reproductive rights in 2024. In a memo, “November 2024 Will Determine the Fate of Women’s Reproductive Rights,” campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez outlined the difference between Biden and […]
Assisted reproductive technologies are medical procedures that help people experiencing difficulty having or an inability to have biological children of their own. From in vitro fertilization to genetic screening to creation of viable eggs from the skin cells of two male mice, each new development speaks to the potential of reproductive technologies to expand access […]
[light music] [somber music] Medical history is being made this week in New York State. [Reporter] Over the last two weeks, the New York Assembly spent more than 13 hours debating the bill, which would make abortion legal for any woman for any reason, up to the 24th week of pregnancy. [Reporter] Advocates and enemies […]