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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‘ANTI-SCIENCE’: Former Health Officials Slam FDA Duplicity on ‘Puberty Blockers’ in Light of New Evidence
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Former officials in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration condemned what they described as the FDA’s duplicity in allowing off-label use of so-called puberty blockers while loudly condemning the use of far safer drugs to treat COVID-19. “During the Trump administration, the media…Tyler O’Neil -
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Gen Z’s Mental Health Is Being Impacted by ‘Decaying Culture’
The family unit, social interaction, and politics are a few of the many variables that impact a developing adolescent. When a child’s family unit is broken, social life is in shambles, or the political public square becomes unavoidable, it can have consequences on who they become as their worldview takes shape. As evidenced by previous…Sarah Holliday -
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‘We Took the Life of Our First Daughter’: Regret, Redemption After Abortion
For years, Jeff and Tricia Bradford kept their abortion a secret from their friends and church community. “We hid our story, because of the deep shame and regret that we had,” Jeff Bradford says. The couple was engaged when Tricia, then 20, learned she was pregnant. “Fear didn’t waste a second coming into that conversation…Virginia Allen -
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Forced Abortion Is Part of Dark World of Surrogacy
Brittney Pearson was a mother of four and 22 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer—a tragic enough situation. To make a bad situation worse, though, the Sacramento native was pregnant as a surrogate mother for a gay couple. Upon being informed of the cancer diagnosis two weeks later, the two men demanded…Alma Conway -
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Conservative Investors Step in as Major Retailers Are Pressured to Sell Abortion Drug
The last thing any CEO wants to hear right now is that their brand has been linked to some sort of hot-button political crusade. After a 16-month beating from anti-woke consumers, the order of the day for corporate America is simple: Keep your head down and avoid the cultural land mines. Unfortunately for retailers like…Suzanne Bowdey -
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Catholic Group Calls Out DOJ’s Double Standard on Prosecuting Abortion Clinic Protesters
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Catholic organization that tracks attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers and churches is urging the Justice Department to investigate over 400 known attacks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The organization, CatholicVote, requested a meeting to discuss probes of pro-abortion violations of the FACE Act in a…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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BOMBSHELL FDA Email Turns Transgender ‘Health Care’ Narrative on Its Head
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A team leader at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended approving “puberty blockers” for teens who identify as transgender even while noting that a recent study showed these drugs are associated with an “increased risk in depression and suicidality.” Many activists claim that children struggling with gender dysphoria (the persistent…Tyler O’Neil -
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Pete Buttigieg: Abortion Makes Men ‘More Free’
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg argued Monday evening that abortion makes men “more free,” prompting quick criticism from pro-life commentators on the right. Buttigieg spoke during an online #WhiteDudesForKamala event where he praised Vice President Kamala Harris for focusing on freedom in her presidential campaign. President Joe Biden endorsed Harris as the next Democratic…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Over Three-Fifths of Americans Believe Kamala Harris Covered Up Biden’s Health Issues, Polls Find
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—More than three-fifths of Americans believe Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in covering up President Joe Biden’s declining health, two polls found. Biden announced Sunday that he was dropping out of the presidential race, and Harris secured enough verbal support from Democratic National Convention delegates on Monday to be the presumptive nominee. The polls, conducted…Harold Hutchison -
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Even a Good Speech Won’t Erase Biden’s Signs of Ill Health
On Wednesday, he’ll deliver a prime-time speech at 8 p.m. Eastern—significantly, a time more aligned with the time of his disastrous debate performance than his alleged preferred time to function. “From 10am to 4pm, [President Joe] Biden is dependably engaged … outside of that time range or while traveling abroad, Biden is more likely to…Katrina Trinko -
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RNC’s New Abortion Stance Betrays GOP’s Founding, Pro-Life Activist Says
The Republican National Committee’s 2024 stance on abortion is the worst platform plank he’s ever seen, pro-life advocate Tom McClusky said Wednesday at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington. McClusky, principal at public affairs firm Greenlight Strategies LLC, said that this week was a dark one for the pro-life movement in a panel discussion, “Beyond Dobbs.”…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Draft 2024 RNC Platform Weakens GOP Abortion Stance, Protections for Unborn Babies
The 2024 Republican National Convention’s Platform Committee has adopted former President Donald Trump’s GOP platform, the Trump campaign announced on Monday, including new language on abortion and the protection of the unborn. That new platform’s abortion language is a significant departure from the party’s life messaging in 2016, since it no longer calls for federal…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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FDA Doesn’t Think Women Taking Abortion Pills Deserve Safe Health Care. I Do.
As a woman who carries the scars of having a chemical abortion all alone without anyone by my side, I was obviously disappointed that the Food and Drug Administration managed to avoid accountability last month at the U.S. Supreme Court for its reckless disregard for women’s health. But I am very pleased to learn that it’s not…Elizabeth Gillette -
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Supreme Court Dismisses Abortion Case Without Answering Key Question
In an outcome that shocked court watchers everywhere, the Supreme Court today dismissed a pair of consolidated cases challenging the Biden administration over whether the government could require all federally funded hospital emergency rooms to perform abortions, regardless of any state law to the contrary. But by punting on the case with a “dismissed as…Sarah Parshall Perry -
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Accidental Release Reveals Forthcoming Supreme Court Ruling on Idaho Abortion Law
The Supreme Court appears prepared to allow emergency room doctors in Idaho to perform abortions in certain situations, according to a copy of a forthcoming court ruling accidentally posted Wednesday. The apparent 6-3 decision reinstates a lower court’s order that required Idaho hospitals to perform emergency abortions to protect the health of the mother. The…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Biden’s ‘Sexual Health’ Funding ‘Poses Serious Threat to Christian Values Everywhere,’ Expert Warns
President Joe Biden—who recently invoked commitments to a global governance organization as justification to foist abortion and the LGBTQ+ agenda on the developing world—has done “more damage to Christianity than anyone but the Devil,” a critic of the new policy tells The Washington Stand. The Biden administration has often promoted abortion and the LGBTQ+ agenda…Ben Johnson -
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Women’s Reproductive Health Shouldn’t Be a Partisan Issue
The topic of infertility has received unprecedented attention in national politics since February, when the Alabama Supreme Court held that for the purposes of the state’s wrongful death of a minor statute, frozen embryos are considered persons. Until now, Congress has focused primarily on in vitro fertilization—where egg and sperm are combined to create an…Emma Waters -
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Congresswoman’s Amendment Bars Pentagon Funding of Abortion
A Republican congresswoman from Texas succeeded in amending the annual National Defense Authorization Act to prevent the Pentagon from subsidizing abortions with taxpayer dollars. Rep. Beth Van Duyne’s amendment to the $883.7 billion fiscal 2025 NDAA would block President Joe Biden’s Defense Department from using federal funds to reimburse abortion-related expenses. The amendment passed the…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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What Is the ERA? Pro-Abortion Activists Answer
Pro-abortion activists rallied Monday outside the Supreme Court in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. “ERA now,” the pro-abortion rallygoers chanted as they held signs reading “Safe abortion is a human right” and “Keep abortion legal.” Competing pro-life and pro-abortion activists stood outside the court, chanting on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 2022…Virginia Allen -
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G7 Rift Over Abortion Prompts Pro-Life Praise for Italy’s Meloni
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hosted the world’s most powerful leaders in Italy last week, and reportedly made a few foes over a flap involving the removal of abortion language from the G7’s final declaration of priorities. But here in the United States, she’s winning praise from pro-life Americans, including former Vice…Rob Bluey