WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11351) on Aug. 25, 2025, by legislative attorneys Wen W. Shen and Jennifer A. Staman: * * * High Court Rejects Private Challenges to Medicaid Provider Requirements In June 2025, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, holding that private litigants cannot sue under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 (Section 1983) to challenge a state's deci  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The UCLA Law Center for Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy and UCSF Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging the agency to maintain its standards for mifepristone based on evidence and sound science. The letter highlights the concerns of 263 reproductive health researchers regarding pressures to reassess existing safety protocols for the medication. The researchers emphasize that dec  more