Health
Prosecutors push back on enforcing new state abortion laws
New state abortion laws likely to become bogged down in legal challenges face another potential obstacle: prosecutors who refuse to enforce them.
May 30, 2019
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Health
France sets cigarette plain package date, JTI to file appeal
France published Tuesday a decree setting a January 1 deadline for cigarette manufacturers to introduce plain packages, but Japan Tobacco International immediately said it would challenge the measure.
Mar 22, 2016
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Medications
Lawmaker calls for over-the-counter access to pill
U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner is proposing that women be allowed to buy birth control pills without a prescription.
Jun 19, 2014
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Health
Australia introduces plain packaging for cigarettes
A law forcing tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packets came into effect in Australia on Saturday in an effort to strip any glamour from smoking and prevent young people from taking up the habit.
Dec 1, 2012
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Health
WHO hails Australia tobacco packaging ban
The World Health Organization on Wednesday welcomed the decision by Australia's High Court to dismiss a legal challenge against plain cigarette packaging and hoped it would have a "domino effect" in other countries.
Aug 15, 2012
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Health
Philip Morris challenges plain packs in Australia
Global tobacco giant Philip Morris Tuesday stepped up its legal campaign against an Australian law banning logos and branding from cigarette packs, saying it had taken its case to the High Court.
Dec 20, 2011
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Health
US appeals panel upholds Obama health care law
A US appeals court panel Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul, in the latest legal challenge to the law which is expected to end up at the Supreme Court.
Nov 8, 2011
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