Medication

Supreme Court Grapples with Bogus Lawsuits and Rogue Judges in Attack on Medication Abortion Access

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WASHINGTON (AP) — On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case aimed at severely restricting access to medication abortion throughout the country. The case was strategically filed before a Trump-appointed judge and was intended to be fast-tracked to the far-right U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. While the procedural tactics used by the plaintiffs were not directly at issue, some justices expressed skepticism towards the alliance between ambitious conservative litigants and Trump-appointed judges who exceed their constitutional authority. According to legal experts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern, the Supreme Court’s … Read more

Landmark Hearing Begins as Plaintiffs Allege Cancer Caused by Zantac, Raising Validity Questions for Popular Heartburn Medication

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Wilmington, Delaware – A Delaware Superior Court judge is set to preside over a case today involving plaintiffs who allege that the popular heartburn medication Zantac caused their cancer. The judge’s main task will be to determine the validity of the methodologies used to establish a connection between this widely-used antacid and certain types of cancer. If the methodologies are deemed valid, the lawsuits against the drug maker will proceed to trial. The lawsuits claim that Zantac, which was discontinued globally by its manufacturer in September 2019 due to concerns about a potentially cancer-causing chemical … Read more