legalize 1 1

Tag: "legalize" at medical news

Another Statewide Organization Joins the Fight Against Assisted Suicide

...essfully defeated previous legislative attempts to legalize physician assisted suicide. Assembly Bill 374 is t...he latest attempt by assisted suicide advocates to legalize the practice in California. This bill is currently in the Assembly Appropriations Committee and op...

New York Governor to Introduce Bill to Strengthen Abortion Rights

... New York the second state after Hawaii to broadly legalize the procedure and the first to allow abortions for out-of-state residents. In the first two years, more than half the women having abortions came from out of state. But the law is now considered out of date. In the circumstances, abortion rights...

Portugal’s Citizens Vote to Legalize Abortio

... abortion). The case led to a nationwide move to legalize abortion before 10 weeks into the pregnancy. Yet the turnout of voters was just 44 percent and short of the 50 percent quota required for passing a bill. Socrates is expected to press ahead with a law to push his proposal and will most likely, n...

Vietnam Takes a Major Step to Prevent HIV/AIDS

...o many local experts. They feel it is essential to legalize condom sales and distribution in these amenities so that they can avoid unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. In recent years, approximately 39,000 new HIV infection cases are reported annually in Vietnam. The Joint United Nations...

Spouse's Income Taken Into Account In Nursing Home Charges

...e regulations introduced along with legislation to legalize nursing home charges and, as a result, an illegal practice was perpetuated." Dr Twomey said that there may be many such charges which have not yet come to the surface. The Ombudsman's report contains many references and it is possible the senior cit...

Vietnam Considering Legalizing Sex Change Operations

...nistry officials in Vietnam said the country could legalize sex change operations. A proposal to this effect is to be sent to the government in September //and if cleared will allow people to undergo sex change operations legally. Nguyen Huy Quang, deputy director general of the ministry's legislation depar...

Gay Marriages May See The Light Of Day

...shington, then it will be the second U.S. state to legalize gay marriage, at least among residents. Brad Luna of gay rights group Human Rights Campaign said "Washington State’s Supreme Court right now, any day, is going to deliver their ruling on marriage, so it's something that we've been waiting for a whi...

Should Sale Of Organ Be Legalized?

...lk about it with their families. But it refused to legalize the selling of organs. Eli Friedman, a kidney specialist, at the State University of New York, and Amy Friedman, a transplant specialist, of Yale University, said that if the selling of the organ was legalized then each one would be able to control...

Archbishop Slams Attempt to Legalize Abortion In Jamaica

...rke has come down heavily on Jamaica's attempts to legalize abortions. The Jamaican government had called for // consultations on the matter and the consultation period if nearing its end. It is thought that there will be certain liberal standards proposed on the delicate issue of abortions and naturally th...

Rhode Island legalizes use and possession of Marijuana

...n and the bill violates federal law which does not legalize marijuana usage....

Legalization Of Euthanasia Would Not Affect Patient’s Trus

...eir doctors would still be strong even if a law to legalize physician-assisted // death were to be enforced in the near future. The study is based on the results of a telephonic survey conducted among a group of 1,117 adults in the United States. The survey was designed to measure attitudes about physician ...

1