Author: Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner

Pediatric medicine specialists are calling for more research into the effects of melatonin supplements for children because one in five parents give their school-aged or adolescent children the sleep aid routinely. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, less than 2% of parents gave their children melatonin, a naturally occurring hormone that prepares the body for sleep. CLEANUP…

Members of the Ohio legislature are considering a new bill that would give tax credits to anti-abortion pregnancy resource centers, only one week after the Buckeye State enshrined abortion rights into the state constitution. State Sen. Sandra O’Brien (R) on Tuesday proposed legislation to add donations to “qualifying pregnancy resource centers” to the list of…

Abortion rights activists in Nebraska have filed paperwork to launch a ballot initiative campaign for the 2024 election cycle to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution. The coalition of advocates called Protect Our Rights, led principally by the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Nebraska, announced on Wednesday that…

The House adjourned on Wednesday until after the Thanksgiving holiday without passing an appropriations bill that slashes $60 billion in funding from the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. H.R. 5894, which is intended to fund the three agencies for fiscal 2024, remains looming over Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as a key…

The Oklahoma Supreme Court placed temporary injunctions on three laws regulating abortion and abortion pills on Tuesday, signaling that the state’s high court could soon weigh whether abortion rights are implied in the state constitution. In October 2021, reproductive rights groups filed a suit against five bills from the state legislature restricting access to and…

The congressional investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic are casting a shadow over the face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday. Although Biden and Xi have many topics to discuss at this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, Republicans in the House and Senate believe…

None of the major contenders in the 2024 Republican presidential race supports a national abortion restriction other than for late in pregnancy, following the withdrawal of Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on Sunday. Scott, who began his presidential campaign in May, was the strongest candidate in support of a national-level limit on abortion after 15 weeks…

A majority of people across partisan lines think the United States is losing ground in the battle over illegal drugs, according to a new survey published on Friday. The Gallup survey found that 52% of people believe the country is not making progress in coping with the problem of illegal drugs, which is the highest…

Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) is seeking to prevent his state from losing federal funding for defining the term “sex” as based on biological anatomy, anticipating trouble from the Biden administration on the issue of transgender rights. In April, Tennessee passed legislation that defined sex as a “person’s immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and…

Defeated opponents of the Ohio abortion access rights constitutional amendment and recreational marijuana statute ballot measures say that steep losses in the Buckeye State require a change of strategy heading into the 2024 election cycle but should not be misread as the state turning purple. The “yes” victory for Issue 1 and Issue 2 made…