Joseph Choi

Two Arizona state House lawmakers were removed from key committees Monday following the chamber's vote to repeal the state's 1864 abortion ban, with one Republican who voted with Democrats among them. Arizona state House Rep. Matt Gress (R) was removed from the Appropriations Committee, while Rep. Oscar De Los Santos (D) was removed from both...

Archaic pieces of legislation are coming back to life as the fight over abortion access rages across the country ahead of the 2024 election. When the Arizona Supreme Court ruled to ban nearly all abortions in the state, it did so by upholding an 1864 law — passed before Arizona was made a state —...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story HHS’s final rule on protecting abortion records The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its final draft of a post-Dobbs rule protecting patient records from being used to potentially prosecute patients who receive reproductive health services...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Arizona GOP again blocks attempt to repeal abortion ban For the second time in as many weeks, Arizona House Republicans on Wednesday blocked an attempt to repeal the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban. © AP The move came...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Faster aging might lead to getting cancer earlier Experts have known for a while that accelerated aging is linked to higher chances of getting cancer, but a new study presented this month suggests that this may be why...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump’s abortion comments make few happy Former President Trump did not endorse a national abortion ban in a Monday video. Instead, he acknowledged the issue is being left to the states. © AP But his attempt to appease competing...

A three-judge panel in Tennessee heard arguments Thursday in a case seeking to have the state’s near-total abortion ban declared unconstitutional. The nine plaintiffs include seven women who say their health and fertility were threatened by their doctors refusing to perform medically necessary abortions due to fear of prosecution, as well as two Tennessee OB-GYNs who say...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Florida abortion ban leaves women with few options The potential fallout from Florida’s looming six-week abortion ban is likely to reverberate across the entire country. © AP The state Supreme Court’s Monday ruling to uphold the current 15-week...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) ended the state’s experiment with decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of hard drugs this week, but the debate over whether the state pulled the plug too soon is just beginning. Addiction experts in the state say the decision to end Measure 110 is misguided and misinformed, coming about...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story VR headsets find a place in PTSD treatment While Apple and Meta have made headlines for launching new mass-market virtual reality (VR) headsets in recent months, the potential for the technology to address serious and persistent issues like...