Public support for vaccines drops a bit: Strong support for vaccines has fallen since 2008, survey finds

From NBCNews: Support for vaccination has fallen a little among Americans in the past 10 years, a new survey out Monday finds.While almost all Americans still vaccinate their children on schedule and support doing so, the percentage who say they strongly support vaccination, and who are firmly...

Judge overturns California's doctor-assisted suicide law

From NBCNews: LOS ANGELES — A state judge overturned California's doctor-assisted suicide law on Tuesday, saying the legislation opening the door to life-ending drugs for the terminally ill was unconstitutional because it was introduced in the wrong forum. Judge Daniel A. Ottolia of State...

'Brain in a bucket' study spurs medical, ethical debates

From NBCNews: Three weeks ago, a Yale University neuroscientist, Nenad Sestan, explored the ethical implications of experiments using human brain tissue in an essay in the journal Nature. Then last week Sestan's own brain research was splashed across tabloids under lurid headlines like "Yale...

Anti-Abortion Violence on the Rise, New Study Says

From MSN News: Before Laura Laursen drives to work at a women’s health clinic in southern Illinois, where she provides abortions about once a month when she isn’t performing them as an OBGYN on the University of Chicago’s campus, she first must do some mental preparation. She knows that when...

Abortion rates go down when countries make it legal: report

From NBCNews (emphasis mine): Abortion rates have fallen over the past 25 years, even as more countries have made the procedure legal and easier to get, according to a new report released Tuesday. Countries with the most restrictive abortion laws also have the highest rates of abortion, the...

Patients regain sight with experimental stem cell treatment

From CBS NEWS: Nearly three years ago, 86-year-old Douglas Waters developed severe vision problems. He was diagnosed with severe wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a chronic eye disease that causes blurred vision or a blind spot, in July 2015.Three months later, he was one of two...

The Latest: Judge temporarily blocks 15-week abortion ban

From Associated Press: JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a new Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks' gestation — the most restrictive abortion law in the United States.The law took effect as soon as Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed it Monday....

Florida lawmakers advance a bill that requires 'In God We Trust' displayed on school grounds

From MSN NEWS: A Florida lawmaker has introduced a bill that requires public schools to display the motto "In God We Trust," saying that while gun violence is a problem, "issues of the heart" need addressing as well. "It is not a secret that we have some gun issues that need to be addressed,"...

Bermuda lawyer goes to court to challenge gay marriage reversal

From NBC NEWS: A Bermudian lawyer has filed a legal motion with the island’s Supreme Court to undo a new law banning same-sex marriage, according to a court document seen on Monday. On Feb. 7, Bermuda’s Governor John Rankin in the wealthy British overseas island of 60,000 people approved the...

Satanic Temple challenges Missouri’s abortion law on religious grounds

From NBCNEWS: There will be a showdown with Satan on Tuesday in the Missouri Supreme Court. Not with Lucifer himself, but with a group called the Satanic Temple that is going to bat for a woman identified as "Mary Doe." She contends the state’s informed consent law, which required her to wait...