Parents do not have the power to seek certain medical treatments to assist their trans children in potentially changing their gender because it’s not “deeply rooted in [America’s] history or traditions,” argues the attorney general of Alabama, using language that echoes last week’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. In this case, Alabama Attorney […]
If you need any more evidence that the abortion law landscape will get even more murky than we can imagine, look no further than this statement from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. With more than a dozen states moving to make abortion illegal within their borders, America’s top cop suggests the feds could thwart this […]
Now abortion law is up to states. Some will ban it, while most blue states will allow it in some form. Because libertarians want government out of our lives, people assume we are pro-choice. Some of us are. But like the rest of America, there are principled libertarians on both sides. We freedom-lovers believe women […]
The Supreme Court today unanimously sided with two physicians who were convicted of drug trafficking based on opioid prescriptions that federal prosecutors portrayed as medically inappropriate. Six justices said the government is required to prove that a doctor “knowingly or intentionally” exceeded the authorization for medical use of controlled substances. Three justices disagreed with the […]
Thus far, researchers have not identified ancestral viruses that could have plausibly given rise to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19—so says a new report from the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins (SAGO) of Novel Pathogens set up by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report, however, notes that “the current available data on […]
There’s an old adage among physicians that “the patient can always hurt you more.” This refers to the emotional toll personal mistakes and surgical complications can have on physicians when treating ill patients. A recent event has given that old adage a new, more tangible meaning. Michael Louis, a patient at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical […]