Alanna Vagianos reports: The Florida Supreme Court approved a pro-choice amendment to appear on the state’s ballot in November in a Monday afternoon ruling. Floridians Protecting Freedom collected well over the amount of signatures required — more than 1 million — to get the proposal on the November ballot. Amendment 4, also titled “Amendment to Limit Government Interference with…
Category: Healthcare
Judge OKs Wiretapping Claims in Hospital Pixel Tracking Case
Tonya Riley reports: A Minnesota health system accused of using Meta Platforms Inc.’s Pixel tracking technology to profit off patient surveillance must face wiretapping claims, ruled a federal judge. United State District Judge Katherine M. Menendez denied on Thursday North Memorial Health Care’s motion to dismiss wiretapping claims under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and…
Justices were skeptical of abortion pills arguments. Anti-abortion groups have backup plans.
Alice Miranda Ollstein reports: Anti-abortion activists and elected officials have a backup plan should the Supreme Court reject their arguments for nationwide restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone. In fact, they have several. The lawsuit that went before the high court Tuesday challenging federal regulation of abortion pills is just one piece of the movement’s…
Kate Middleton security ‘breach’ as hospital staff ‘attempted to view private medical records’
As if anyone really needed a reminder that breaches of even one patient’s privacy matter, just look at all the headlines this morning. How many reports do you see about allegations that an employee at The London Clinic where Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, was hospitalized improperly attempted to access her medical records? The…