Federal approval

10 Jun

Expanding access to fertility benefits: Tri-Agencies’ proposed rule would create limited excepted benefit for fertility benefits

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The Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury (Tri-Agencies) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would create a new limited excepted benefit for certain types of employer-sponsored fertility benefits.

07 Feb

U.S. publisher retracts studies cited by Texas judge in suspending abortion pill’s approval

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"A U.S. scientific publisher has retracted two studies, largely due to their methodology, that a Texas judge cited last year in his ruling suspending federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone in response to a lawsuit by anti-abortion doctors and medical associations. The retraction Monday by Sage Publications came less than two months before the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear an appeal by President Joe Biden's administration in that case. Mifepristone, the first in a two-pill regimen for medication abortion, remains available while the appeal is pending...."