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3 days ago Judge Mary Geiger Lewis of the District of South Carolina denied a motion by Gov. Henry McMaster to dismiss Planned Parenthood’s amended complaint challenging the state’s Feb. 18 law banning abortions once an embryonic or fetal heartbeat is detected, mainly relying on the reasoning behind the same court’s granting of a preliminary injunction March 19 that blocked the law’s enforcement.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSAT), Greenville Women’s Clinic (GWC), and GWC co-owner and physician Terry L. Buffkin filed their original complaint against South Carolina lawmakers the same day the state passed Senate Bill 1, or the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, challenging the constitutionality of the legislation, as Law Street Media reported. The bill which was restrained from being enforced after the court granted the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction would prevent patients from having legal abortions afte
April 27, 2021 6:11 AM By Brandon Lee
A mounting call for health officials to relax rules about outdoor mask wearing could soon lead to one of the most significant changes in virus guidelines since the U.S. first told Americans to don face coverings to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Outdoor mask wearing has been the subject of controversy in recent weeks. Thereâs evidence that vaccines not only prevent illness, but also viral transmission. And with the U.S. averaging 2.74 million vaccine doses daily, with a total of 231 million given out overall, even some public health experts are calling for less strict guidelines as warmer weather arrives.
NAACP, Planned Parenthood pen letter supporting D.C. statehood By Kate Smith Inside the push for D.C. statehood
The heads of Planned Parenthood, the NAACP and hundreds of prominent women of color are throwing their support behind Washington, D.C. statehood efforts, claiming the issue is one of racial equity and public health.
In an open letter to Congress released Thursday, they call statehood for the district a matter of life and death, citing issues like inequitable vaccine availability, a staggeringly high maternal mortality rate among Black women, and limited tools for local D.C. politicians to combat these problems. Signatories included Alexis McGill Johnson, head of Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Akosua Ali, president of the NAACP Washington, D.C.; Representative Lauren Underwood of Illinois; attorney and television personality Star Jones; and more than 250 other women leaders in fields like medicine, public policy, community activism and ed
The president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Alexis McGill Johnson, has used The New York Times as a confessional to fess up to the racist history of Planned Parenthood’s
Brinton Lucas rejoined
Jones Day as of counsel after working in the Justice Department for four years during the Trump administration. Lucas was an associate at Jones Day for two years before taking a job in 2017 with the Justice Department, where he became assistant to the solicitor general.
Forbes Tate Partners named
Christy Moran a senior vice president on its public affairs team. She previously founded Moran Communications, where she provided strategic communications for coalitions, trade associations and other organizations for nearly nine years.
The
Commercial Vehicle Training Association announced that
Sylvester Giustino is the group s senior director of federal and state government relations. He previously was deputy director of the office of public liaison at the Labor Department for nearly a year during the Trump administration and before that was director of government relations and technical affairs at the Can Manufacturers Institute.