Healthcare & Policy News
Reporting on health care policy, insurance coverage, and federal health programs. Includes news updates and conservative commentary from The Daily Signal.
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opinion
Disrupting the Health Agencies Will Save American Lives
The public health establishment and left-wing media are rushing to discredit President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to lead health agencies. The New York Times smears them as “outside the medical mainstream.” Circling the wagons, Dr. Paul Offit, a current adviser to the Food and Drug Administration, lamely observes, “What they’re saying when they make these appointments… -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Call for Accountability on Federal Funding for Abortion Giants
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of Republican lawmakers wants to investigate how much federal funding goes to abortion providers including Planned Parenthood. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, House Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith, Rep. Robert Aderholt, and Rep. Claudia Tenney led a bicameral letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office requesting a report on federal funding… -
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Lobbyists Mobilize Against Kennedy’s Healthy Eating Agenda
America’s most famous fast-food fan may be an unlikely candidate to make America healthy again, but President Donald Trump seems willing to tackle the eating habits that have led to skyrocketing rates of obesity. The junk food industry is not lovin’ it. RealClearInvestigations has learned that representatives of companies that make snack foods, sugary beverages,… -
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Pro-Life Leader: 3 Ways Democrats Are Turning Abortion Into a ‘Sacrament’
Democrats are making abortion into a “sacrament” by completely eliminating doctors from the process, glorifying the act, and deregulating the procedure, according to the president and CEO of the world’s largest pro-life organization. Shawn Carney is the president and founder of the annual 40 Days for Life campaign, which has just concluded in a record… -
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Michigan Democrats Want to Teach Minors About Abortion as ‘Family Planning’ Option
Michigan Democratic lawmakers have sponsored a bill to remove the state’s ban on teaching abortion as a “method of family planning” from the sex education curriculum. State Rep. Rachel Hood, D-Grand Rapids, introduced an overhaul of Michigan’s sex ed standards, crossing out the sentence: “Clinical abortion shall not be considered a method of family planning,… -
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Which Major Corporations Fund Travel for Abortion?
At least 42 companies in the Fortune 100 pay for employees to travel for an abortion in states where it isn’t available, according to a new report from the Washington-based Ethics and Public Policy Center. Forty-two companies is likely an undercount because coverage for abortion travel is becoming standard in many health care plans for… -
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Harris Gambled and Lost in Making Abortion Her Campaign’s Top Issue, Poll Finds
Many assumed Vice President Kamala Harris, as a woman, would have secured the vote among young women in the 2024 presidential election. However, according to an exit poll from The Associated Press, that was not the case. It turns out at least 40% of Gen Z women who are under the age of 30 chose to vote… -
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Voters Put Abortion in Their State Constitutions
Abortion was on the ballot Tuesday in more ways than one. Nationally, Kamala Harris’ campaign increasingly emphasized the issue, claiming that electing Donald Trump again would lead to a “national abortion ban.” And voters in 10 states had the opportunity to amend their state constitutions to protect a right to abortion. Here are the results…. -
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Emergency Room Visits Appear to Rise After FDA Relaxed Abortion Pill Restrictions
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The emergency room visitation rate for abortion complications appears to have increased since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration removed guardrails on the use of the abortion pill. A U.S. federal court on July 13, 2020, temporarily stopped the FDA from requiring that mifepristone, or the abortion pill, be dispensed in… -
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Abortion Is Built on Fraud: A Response to The New York Times
In an essay published by The New York Times and titled “Abortion Pills Are Safe. Post-Roe America Isn’t,” Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky, a physician who practices maternal-fetal medicine, demonstrates that the campaign for unlimited abortion is as fraudulent and deceptive as ever. From the beginning, the “right” to abortion was built on fraud. Abortion advocates… -
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Harris Wants to Repeal All State Abortion Limits
Abortion is on the ballot in the 2024 election. It’s literally on the ballot in 10 states, with voters deciding whether to amend their constitutions to guarantee abortion access through most or all of pregnancy. But it’s also on the ballot in the presidential election because the two candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, have… -
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What Does It Mean to ‘Make America Healthy Again’?
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The recent vow from Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to tackle public health issues together could signal a major shift in Republican priorities if the former president prevails on Election Day. Trump has called for creation of an independent commission with the input of Kennedy, the former independent presidential candidate…. -
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Isabel Brown: Abortion Is Kamala Harris’ Only Strategy to Win Women
Kamala Harris’ campaign appears to have only one strategy to earn female votes, says author and conservative social media influencer Isabel Brown. “To the elected Left today, I think women equal votes for abortion,” Brown says, adding that too many Democrats see women as “a dollar sign associated with the abortion industry.” While Democrats’ strategy… -
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Life Is on the Ballot in These States. Here’s What You Need to Know About Abortion-on-Demand Measures.
There’s a lot at stake Nov. 5. In 10 states, the lives of unborn children—and women’s health and safety—are on the ballot. These measures, if passed, would enshrine abortion as a fundamental right in state constitutions. That means state legislatures essentially would be blocked from meaningfully protecting women and unborn children from abortion. That means… -
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INSIDIOUS: Doctor Fired for Opposing ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Condemns Transgender Takeover of Health Care
Dr. Eric Cubin, a Wyoming radiologist who was removed from the state Board of Medicine for supporting a bill restricting “gender-affirming care,” condemns the way transgender activists have taken over the medical establishment. “I think the magnitude of the scandal is unprecedented. It’s unbelievable,” Cubin tells “The Daily Signal Podcast” about the medical industry’s support… -
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Floridians Challenge Radical Abortion Amendment After Report Reveals Fraud in Petition Process
Florida pro-lifers filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a pro-abortion group found to have engaged in fraudulent practices to put on the ballot a radical amendment legalizing abortion up to birth. Alan Lawson, a lawyer who is a former Florida Supreme Court justice, filed the lawsuit against the group Floridians Protecting Freedom on behalf of four state… -
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‘Exposing the Abortion Pill Drug Cartel’
Violence, crime, and drug-related deaths in the U.S. have been on the rise for some time now, thanks to Mexican drug cartels, but a new report is revealing that a different kind of cartel is flooding the U.S. with a different kind of drug—namely, abortion pills. A new in-depth study, “Beneath the Surface: Exposing the… -
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‘A Decision You Can’t Take Back’: Mother Warns Against Colorado Law Prohibiting Abortion Pill Reversal That Saved Daughter’s Life
When Mackenna Greene took the abortion pill to end the life of her unborn daughter, she immediately knew she had made the wrong choice. "I'll admit that in the days leading up to it, I was not excited," Greene told The Daily Signal. "I was second-guessing myself. I found myself trying to convince myself that… -
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EXCLUSIVE: University Health System Organizing Voter-Registration Drives in Heavily Democratic Area of Philadelphia
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Temple Health is using tax-exempt university resources to operate a get-out-the-vote effort in a predominantly Democratic area. The university health system, affiliated with Temple University in Philadelphia, is operating a voter-registration drive and get-out-the-vote effort in North Philadelphia, which is predominantly liberal and votes overwhelmingly Democratic, according to internal documents obtained by… -
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2 Women Are Dead After Abortion Drug Complications. The Left’s Bid to Blame Pro-Life Laws Is Dishonest.
Two women in Georgia, along with their unborn children, are dead. If it weren’t for abortion drugs, they might all still be alive. But the abortion industry, the Left, and some in media are blaming Georgia’s abortion law. They’re wrong. Here are the facts of the two tragic cases—and how they could have been prevented….