Ohio is conducting a Special Election on August 8, 2023 with a single issue on the ballot – Issue 1, Proposed Constitutional Amendment Elevating the Standards to Qualify for an Initiated Constitutional Amendment and to Pass a Constitutional Amendment.  This …

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President Biden recently issued on Executive Order (EO) on Strengthening Access to Affordable, High-Quality Contraception and Family Planning Services.  The EO directs the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretaries to “consider new guidance to ensure private health …

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Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor (DoL), and Department of the Treasury jointly issued guidance clarifying “protections for birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA, Pub. L. 111-148).”  Announcing the guidance, …

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Part of the 7/8/2022 Executive Order 14076 – Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services – required the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to consider actions “to protect consumers’ privacy when seeking information about the provision of reproductive healthcare services.”  On …

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