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Red states sue employment commission over abortion accommodations

Edvard Pettersson / April 25, 2024

The states claim the employment commission added abortion-related requirements that were never part of the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

Forever-chemical butter

Brief / April 25, 2024

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal court in New York preserved the false-advertising class action brought against the makers of Kerrygold Irish Butter, which allegedly misled consumers about the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” in the product’s packaging — and which can seep into the food itself. The court says a reasonable consumer would perceive the products as not containing harmful chemicals based on the “Pure Irish Butter” labeling.

Surgery retaliation

Brief / April 25, 2024

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit reversed a Texas federal court’s dismissal of a disabled Black employee’s retaliation and discrimination claims against Navarro County, where he worked in the drug trafficking division. He was in remission from cancer that was treated with throat surgery, so he asked to work remotely in 2020 to avoid contracting Covid-19, but his supervisor denied this and he was placed on leave after complaining about it. The lower court erred in determining the employee hadn’t produced enough evidence of his claims.

California bill would allow Arizona doctors to perform abortions in Golden State

Alan Riquelmy / April 24, 2024

News of the bill came the same day that the Arizona House sent a bill to the state Senate that would overturn a near-total abortion ban that became law in 1864.

Emergency abortion care mandate splits Supreme Court

Kelsey Reichmann / April 24, 2024

The Supreme Court appeared divided over whether states could deny emergency abortions to pregnant people facing severe health risks.

She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump

Associated Press / April 24, 2024

Several biotech companies are genetically modifying pigs so that their organs are less likely to be destroyed by the human immune system.

Psychologist becomes first person in Peru to die by euthanasia after fighting in court for years

Associated Press / April 23, 2024

Only a handful of countries have legalized euthanasia.

California doctors falter in bid to shut down discipline over Covid advice

Edvard Pettersson / April 23, 2024

The same judge who last year blocked a law against Covid misinformation didn't see merit in a similar effort to preemptively block discipline for dispensing Covid opinions.

Transgender Louisianans lost their ally in the governor’s seat. Now they’re girding for a fight

Associated Press / April 23, 2024

Advocates in the Bayou State are organizing their fight.

Children of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists

Associated Press / April 22, 2024

The young activists want to help make a difference and change how their city is perceived by outsiders.

Trans kids ballot measure

Brief / April 22, 2024

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A state court in California denied a petition filed by Protect Kids California, which sought to change the title and summary of a proposed ballot measure that would change various regulatory provisions that govern trans children in educational and medical contexts.