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Ms. Magazine: Unprecedented Surge in Anti-Abortion Laws Proposed and Passed Across the U.S. In the first four months of 2021, anti-abortion lawmakers introduced 536 abortion restrictions in 46 states, including 146 abortion bans, according to a report released by the Guttmacher Institute on Friday. They enacted 61 restrictions in 13 states, including eight bans that would go into effect if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Governors signed 28 restrictions into law in eight states just last week.
The Hill: Democrats: Roe v. Wade blow would fuel expanding Supreme Court Democratic senators say if the Supreme Court strikes a blow against Roe v. Wade by upholding a Mississippi abortion law, it will fuel an effort to add justices to the court or otherwise reform it.
Nashville-based Bass, Berry & Sims has added Jennifer Michael as a member of the firmâs healthcare practice in its Washington D.C. office.
In addition, the healthcare practice recently added two associates Allison Beattie and Angela Haddon in Washington D.C., according to a release.
Michael (pictured) is the former chief of the industry guidance branch at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Counsel, to the inspector general. She counsels health care providers and life science companies to help them avoid potential fraud and abuse hazards and navigate government investigations under the False Claims Act. She also assists clients in their efforts to comply with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the federal Civil Monetary Penalty Law, among other state and federal fraud and abuse laws.