Cat Zakrzewski reports: Shortly after the Supreme Court ruling that overturned the right to abortion in June, South Carolina state senators introduced legislation that would make it illegal to “aid, abet or conspire with someone” to obtain an abortion. The bill aims to block more than abortion: Provisions would outlaw providing information over the internet…
Category: Healthcare
Amazon to buy primary care provider One Medical for $3.9B
Haleluya Hadero of AP reports: Amazon will acquire the primary care organization One Medical in a deal valued roughly at $3.9 billion, marking another expansion for the retailer into health care services. […] One Medical, whose parent company is the San-Francisco based 1Life Healthcare, Inc., is a membership-based service that offers virtual care as well…
Critics Worry Government Surveillance of HIV May Hurt More Than It Helps
Critics Worry Government Surveillance of HIV May Hurt More Than It Helps Sam Whitehead July 20, 2022 Robert Suttle has seen firsthand the legal risks of having HIV. In 2008, Suttle said, a former partner accused him of not disclosing he was HIV-positive. He was charged under Louisiana law with “intentional exposure to AIDS virus.”…
As Demand for Medication Abortion Increases, Facebook Allows Ads for Potentially Dangerous “Abortion Reversal” Procedure
As Demand for Medication Abortion Increases, Facebook Allows Ads for Potentially Dangerous “Abortion Reversal” Procedure The ads appear as the company faces criticism for limiting content about medication abortions By: Lauren Kirchner, Maddy Varner, and Angie Waller The Markup has found that Facebook is serving up ads and posts for the so-called “abortion pill reversal”…