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    One Florida abortion clinic confronts a new six-week ban with a last-minute push and long-term plans

    On Tuesday afternoon, Mikenzie Buchanan scooped up an armful of clipboards piled behind the front desk at A Woman’s Choice, an abortion clinic here; it was almost too many to hold. On each clipboard, behind a blue cover to protect personal information, were documents and charts for patients who had visited the clinic to receive a medication abortion that day. “Starting tomorrow, I will be making a lot less of these,” said Buchanan, who has been working at the front desk for a few months. Over...

  • NHS set to ban trans women from female-only wards under plans put forward by ministers that will also mean women patients can ask for a female doctor

    New version of NHS Constitution ensures women-only spaces are protected. Patients can request a doctor of the same biological sex for 'intimate care'. Trans patients will have own private spaces where hospital can provide them

  • US accelerates push to ban TikTok

    The US House of Representatives moved to fast-track legislation forcing TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest a stake in the short form video app or face a ban from operating in the country.

  • Labour's rail plan 'unfunded', says minister

    The transport secretary says there is “nothing” in Labour’s plan that will make rail services better for passengers.

  • DWP plan could cut PIP payments for thousands of people

    The Government has released more details around its proposals to cut welfare costs and give fewer people PIP cash. Here's what we know so far about the changes

  • Hearts' plans to invest with £5m European cash on the horizon

    Hearts are investing in players and training facilities throughout this year in a bid to improve standards at Riccarton. A strong league campaign sees them on the cusp of securing third place and £5m in European cash through guaranteed league-stage football after the summer. Club officials are already looking at spending with the future in mind. Three new players will arrive after pre-contracts were agreed with the Ross County midfielder Yan Dhanda, Livingston left-back James Penrice and...

  • Biden administration delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes again

    Top health official gives no timeline for issuing rule, saying administration taking more time to consider feedbackFor the second time in recent months, the Joe Biden White House has delayed a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking advocates but could avoid angering Black voters ahead of November elections.In a statement on Friday, the president’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying only that the administration...

  • Biden administration delays plans to ban menthol cigarettes

    The Biden Administration has delayed plans to ban menthol cigarettes, a proposal announced by the Food and Drug Administration years ago. "There are still more conversations to have, and that will take significantly more time," Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement Friday. The FDA announced its plans to ban menthol tobacco cigarettes in 2021, followed by its proposed rules for the ban in 2022. The move was aimed to improve the health of those most...

  • Fisker plans more layoffs as cash dwindles and bankruptcy looms

    Fisker says it’s planning more layoffs less than two months after cutting 15% of its workforce, as the EV startup scrambles to raise cash to stay alive. Fisker expects to seek bankruptcy protection within the next 30 days if it can’t come up with that money, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Northland councilmember pushes back on KC migrant plan

    Thursday, 1st District Councilmember Nathan Willett introduced an ordinance to "affirm to the Missouri State Legislature that Kansas City will not become a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants."

  • Kentucky AG's office pushes to lift ban on death penalty

    (The Center Square) – It’s been more than 15 years since Kentucky executed an inmate, but that may change as the state’s top law enforcement official is seeking to overturn a court injunction that dates back to 2010. A hearing took place in Frankfort with Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office, arguing the order Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd issued in September 2010 should be lifted as state officials have proposed new rules regarding how capital punishment would be...

  • US Reverses on Plan to Ban Menthol Cigarettes, WSJ Reports

    President Joe Biden’s administration is backing away from a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.