California s medical aid-in-dying law is still under fire this week - as Friday is the deadline for the state to respond to a federal lawsuit seeking to invalidate it. The California End of Life Option Act allows terminally ill patients with less than six months to live to get a prescription they could use to end their suffering. The plaintiffs include the disability rights group "Not Dead Yet," which opposes medical aid in dying. .
Racial and gender inequities in Massachusetts have contributed to a steep decline in maternal health, according to a new report. The Department of Public Health found that the number of mothers experiencing complications from pregnancy or delivery nearly doubled from 2011 to 2020 with severe morbidity rates for Black, non-Hispanic women now more than two-and-a-half times their white counterparts. Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. .
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