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Oct 9, 2024 | theconversation.com | Chris Meyers |George Washington

The Drug Enforcement Administration announced in early 2024 that it would act on President Joe Biden’s call to reclassify marijuana, moving it from the tightly controlled Schedule I category that it has been in since 1970 to the less restrictive Schedule III status of the Controlled Substances Act. That triggered a long process of hearings and reviews that will not be completed until after the presidential election in November.

Jun 13, 2024 | theconversation.com | Naomi Cahn |Sonia M. Suter |George Washington

On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously decided to uphold access to mifepristone, one of two pills used in medication abortion. Mifepristone has long been used safely and effectively in medication abortions around the world.

Mar 20, 2024 | allpoliticsnow.com | Sonia M. Suter |George Washington

President Joe Biden promised during his State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, that he would make the right to get an abortion a federal law. “If you, the American people, send me a Congress that supports the right to choose, I promise you I will restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again,” Biden said. If Biden meant simply that he would sign a bill enshrining the right to an abortion, then he can keep his promise.

Sep 29, 2023 | sudouest.fr | Christoph Grunau |George Washington

La bilharziose est la deuxième maladie parasitaire humaine la plus importante après le paludisme. Au niveau mondial, plus de 250 millions de personnes ont besoin d’un traitement préventif régulier, ce qui équivaut aux populations de la France, de l’Allemagne, de l’Espagne et de l’Italie réunies. Pourtant, il y a fort à parier qu’un grand nombre des lecteurs de ces lignes n’ont jamais entendu parler de cette maladie.