Nathaniel Weixel

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Abortion initiative clears signature threshold to get on Colorado ballot A reproductive rights campaign working to enshrine abortion into Colorado’s constitution announced Friday it had collected enough signatures to get its measure on the November ballot. ©...

The potential fallout from Florida's looming six-week abortion ban is likely to reverberate across the entire country, and abortion access groups are preparing for an imminent crisis. The state Supreme Court's ruling Monday to uphold the current 15-week ban and allow a six-week ban to take effect May 1 will effectively shut off abortion access...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Biden faces lawsuit over menthol ban delay The White House has missed its deadline to publish a rule banning menthol cigarettes, raising the ire of public health advocates who fear the policy will be indefinitely delayed by election...

Abortion rights supporters are sounding the alarm that conservative Supreme Court justices want to use a long-dormant law to enforce a nationwide abortion ban.   Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito repeatedly invoked the Comstock Act during oral arguments Tuesday in a case about the constitutionality of the Biden administration's efforts to expand access to...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Reproductive rights a winner for Alabama Democrat Democrat Marilyn Lands beat Republican Teddy Powell in a special election Tuesday for a state House seat in the Yellowhammer State after she leaned into the issues of abortion and in...

Abortion rights returned to the Supreme Court Tuesday for the first time since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The case centered around whether federal regulators overstepped their authority by loosening restrictions to make mifepristone, a widely available drug used in medication abortions, easier to access. A decision is expected later this summer...

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it would likely retain widespread access to one of the two common drugs used in medication abortion, in a case that could have nationwide implications for reproductive rights and the authority of federal agencies. During oral arguments, a majority of the justices appeared deeply skeptical that a group of...

A fight over abortion pills at the Supreme Court this week could have sweeping consequences for all Americans' access to mifepristone, even those who live in blue states. Abortion will be back in court Tuesday, when the same justices who overturned Roe v. Wade will hear arguments about whether federal regulators overstepped their authority by...

Major bipartisan health bills, including changes to the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry and hospital payment reforms, were excluded from the $1.2 trillion government funding bill after members failed to come to a last-minute agreement. Lawmakers and aides said they were close to a bipartisan, bicameral agreement, but there were ultimately too many people involved...

The flagship U.S. program to combat HIV/AIDS abroad got a one year reprieve in the spending bill, putting a temporary pause on what was an atypical partisan fight over the initiative. The one year extension for PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, keeps funding flat through March 2025, but also won't impose any...