The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a previous decision preventing the state from enforcing two regulations that limit Medicaid coverage of abortion services. Brought by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, the lawsuit argued that the regulations violated the equal protection clause of Alaska’s constitution by discriminating against women choosing to have an abortion. [...]

Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed legislation on Monday that replaced a voter-approved Medicaid expansion with a more restrictive initiative. In November Utah citizens voted for the full expansion of Medicaid through a ballot initiative. With the passage of Herbert’s legislation, Medicaid is only expanded partially, with full expansion contingent on federal action. The original proposition [...]

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Thursday that his office filed a petition to modify the current consent decrees between University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Highmark Health (Highmark) to include requirements that ensure UPMC will promote public interest in the state. Specifically, Shapiro’s petition requests that UPMC is held accountable to their obligations [...]

The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Safehouse, a nonprofit organization, to prevent the opening of the first supervised drug injection site in the country. Safehouse aims to address the opioid epidemic by allowing a safe environment for drug users to be administered injections by medical [...]

Multiple civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against Texas over voter suppression. The groups claim that an advisory sent out to thousands of voters for citizen review discriminates against naturalized citizens. They allege that the government erroneously flagged naturalized citizens for citizenship review who remain eligible to vote. The list of voters who were [...]

The US Court Of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sweetened drinks is an violation of the First Amendment. The suit, which was led by the American Beverage Association (ABA), was first filed in 2015 to contest the “burdensome disclosure requirement” [...]

The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) filed an emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court on Monday to prevent enforcement of a Louisiana law that establishes admitting privileges for doctors performing abortions. The Unsafe Abortion Protection Act, also known as Act 620 requires any physician providing abortion services in Louisiana to have admitting privileges at [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU of Arizona) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Arizona for denying a transgender state employee health coverage for gender reassignment surgery. The plaintiff, Russell Toomey, is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona who participates in the state’s self-funded health plan. Toomey claims that by denying [...]

The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to review a case that contests New York City’s prohibition on the transportation of personal firearms outside city limits. The petition for certiorari comes from a case brought by the New York State Pistol & Rifle Association (NYSPRA) alongside other gun owners against the city of New York. Current [...]

A number of abortion providers filed suit against Pennsylvania on Wednesday in hopes of overturning a state law that prohibits coverage of the procedure by Medicaid. The groups, which include Planned Parenthoods within Pennsylvania and the Allegheny Reproductive Health Center, filed their complaint seeking declaratory judgement and injunctive relief from the law, in order to [...]