Photo credit: iStock.com/FORGEM State lawmakers are considering legislation to address individuals driving under the influence. Across most states, the existing blood alcohol concentration (BAC) threshold sits at .08 grams of alcohol per deciliter (g/dL). However, with drunk drivers killing 13,384 Americans in 2021, a 14% increase from 2020, lawmakers are looking to lower the threshold [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/sittithat tangwitthayaphum State legislators have grappled with policies surrounding physicians offering life-ending care to terminally ill patients for many years. Life-ending care enables medical providers to go further than just making patients who are terminally ill comfortable, the traditional protocol for hospice care. Legislation of this kind could allow doctors to administer lethal [...]
The process of artificial insemination of an egg in an IVF clinic. Reproductive medicine, in vitro fertilization In February 2024, Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. The ruling set off intense debate over its impact, particularly on treatments for in vitro fertilization (IVF). Alabama state lawmakers [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Who_I_am In adopting advanced technology in driver licensing, several states have created digital driver’s licenses or mobile IDs. In 2016, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) signed HB 481 into law, allowing individuals to have a digital driver’s license as an alternative to a physical one. Since then, additional states have followed [...]
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