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Senate begins debate on prescription drug user fee act reauthorization bill

The Senate on Monday began debate on a bill (S 1082) that would reauthorize the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, which will expire on Sept. 30, with senators expected to propose a number of amendments to the legislation, the AP/Dallas Morning News reports ( AP/Dallas Morning News , 4/30).

2 May 2007

Actions taken on abortion-related legislation in Kansas, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas

The following highlights recent news of state actions on abortion-related legislation.

1 May 2007

NEJM publishes perspective pieces responding to Supreme Court ruling federal abortion ban constitutional

The New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday published three perspective pieces responding to the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling on Wednesday to reinstate a federal law banning so-called "partial-birth" abortion, overturning the rulings of three appeals courts.

30 Apr 2007

Mexico City bill that legalizes abortion during first three months' gestation published into law

A bill that allows pregnant women to obtain a legal abortion in Mexico City during the first three months' gestation was published into law on Thursday, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports (Castillo, AP/Houston Chronicle , 4/26).

30 Apr 2007

U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in case over Wisconsin antiabortion group's appeal of campaign finance law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a challenge of a lower court ruling in favor of a Wisconsin anti-abortion group's constitutional challenge to the McCain-Feingold federal campaign finance law, the New York Times reports (Greenhouse, New York Times, 4/26).

30 Apr 2007

Democratic Presidential candidates discuss abortion rights

Eight candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday in a debate at South Carolina State University "uniformly criticized" the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week to uphold a federal law (S 3) banning so-called "partial-birth" abortion, the Washington Post reports (Balz, Washington Post , 4/27).

30 Apr 2007

House approves bill banning genetic discrimination

House lawmakers on Wednesday voted 420-3 to pass legislation (HR 493) that would ban discrimination against U.S. residents based on the results of genetic tests, CQ Today reports (Armstrong, CQ Today, 4/25).

30 Apr 2007

Neither induced abortion nor miscarriage associated with breast cancer risk in premenopausal women

Neither induced abortion nor spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) appears to be associated with breast cancer risk in premenopausal women, according to a report in the April 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

24 Apr 2007

Abortions do not increase risk for breast cancer

A new study by researchers at Harvard supports earlier findings by a panel of experts that abortions and miscarriages do not increase a woman's risk of getting breast cancer.

23 Apr 2007

UK doctors shy away from performing abortions

Experts in the UK are warning of an impending crisis in the National Health Service (NHS) regarding abortions. They say many doctors are opting out of providing such a service.

18 Apr 2007

Mexico City lawmakers begin hearings on abortion during first three months

Mexico City lawmakers on Wednesday began hearings on a bill that would allow pregnant women in the city to obtain a legal abortion during the first three months' gestation, the Los Angeles Times reports (Tobar, Los Angeles Times, 3/29). Lawmakers from Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution recently proposed the measure.

2 Apr 2007

Performing x-rays using iodine dye increases risk for kidney failure

Performing x-rays using iodine dye places patients with impaired kidney function at increased risk for kidney failure. Known as Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (ne-FROPP-a- thee) or ''CIN,'' this complication is the third most common cause of hospital-acquired kidney failure in the United States and Europe, accounting for 10-12 percent of all such cases.

1 Apr 2007

Mexican Senate to consider bill allowing abortion in first three months of pregnancy

Senators from Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution, the country's largest leftist party, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would legalize abortion nationwide during the first three months of pregnancy, the AP/Guardian reports.

22 Mar 2007

Advocates on International Women's day highlight discrimination, need to end impunity for sexual violence

Advocates worldwide on International Women's Day on Thursday highlighted issues such as gender equality, discrimination and the need for justice for survivors of sexual violence, Reuters reports .

11 Mar 2007

Giuliani does not mention abortion rights at Conservative conference

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) on Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., "position[ed] themselves as allies" to conservatives despite their "mixed" records on issues such as abortion rights and stem cell research, the Los Angeles Times reports.

5 Mar 2007

New Jersey Health Department orders closure of abortion clinic, lawsuit filed

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services last week ordered one of the state's largest abortion providers -- Metropolitan Medical Associates in Englewood, N.J. -- to close after finding violations that posed "immediate and serious risk of harm to patients," the Bergen Record reports.

4 Mar 2007

Teenage pregnancies in England increased in 2005

The number of pregnancies among girls under age 18 in England increased from 39,593 in 2004 to 39,683 in 2005, according to figures released Friday by the Office for National Statistics, London's Daily Telegraph reports.

27 Feb 2007

'Complicated' statements from Romney, Giuliani on abortion rights are 'welcome,' opinion piece says

Although it is "easy to hoot with derision" at the "awfully complicated positions" on abortion rights taken by former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), the two possible Republican presidential candidates "make sense" when listened to "with a decent sympathy," Ann Althouse, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin, writes in a New York Times opinion piece.

27 Feb 2007

Ohio Gov. Strickland to remove name from effort to back law that would limit use of Mifepristone

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) has filed a brief with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals requesting that his name be removed from a lawsuit defending an Ohio law (HB 126) that would restrict how Danco Laboratories' Mifeprex is used to induce a medical abortion, the AP/Coshocton Tribune reports.

25 Feb 2007

6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rules against authorities for prolonged detention of abortion-rights opponents

A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled against law enforcement authorities from Springboro, Ohio, and the FBI for detaining abortion-rights opponents for three hours after they protested in the city, the AP/Zanesville Times Recorder reports.

25 Feb 2007

Abortion News and Research

Senate begins debate on prescription drug user fee act reauthorization bill

Actions taken on abortion-related legislation in Kansas, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas

NEJM publishes perspective pieces responding to Supreme Court ruling federal abortion ban constitutional

Mexico City bill that legalizes abortion during first three months' gestation published into law

U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in case over Wisconsin antiabortion group's appeal of campaign finance law

Democratic Presidential candidates discuss abortion rights

House approves bill banning genetic discrimination

Neither induced abortion nor miscarriage associated with breast cancer risk in premenopausal women

Abortions do not increase risk for breast cancer

UK doctors shy away from performing abortions

Mexico City lawmakers begin hearings on abortion during first three months

Performing x-rays using iodine dye increases risk for kidney failure

Mexican Senate to consider bill allowing abortion in first three months of pregnancy

Advocates on International Women's day highlight discrimination, need to end impunity for sexual violence

Giuliani does not mention abortion rights at Conservative conference

New Jersey Health Department orders closure of abortion clinic, lawsuit filed

Teenage pregnancies in England increased in 2005

'Complicated' statements from Romney, Giuliani on abortion rights are 'welcome,' opinion piece says

Ohio Gov. Strickland to remove name from effort to back law that would limit use of Mifepristone

6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rules against authorities for prolonged detention of abortion-rights opponents

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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