News tagged with lawmakers
Vermont becomes third US state to legalize assisted suicide
Vermont became on Monday the third US state to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
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May 20, 2013 |
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Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill
(AP)—Medical marijuana use in Illinois is now in Gov. Pat Quinn's hands after the state Senate approved legislation.
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May 17, 2013 |
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Ala. lawmakers tighten rules for abortion clinics
(AP)—Alabama lawmakers have given final passage to a measure placing stricter regulations on clinics that provide abortions.
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Apr 03, 2013 |
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Italy bans minors from buying electronic cigarettes
Italy on Tuesday announced plans to raise the legal limit for buying electronic cigarettes to 18 years from a previous 16, citing the high dose of nicotine inhaled when using the smokeless product.
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Apr 02, 2013 |
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Brazil doctor group urges legalization of abortion
A group representing Brazilian doctors on Thursday urged federal lawmakers to change the country's restrictive abortion law to allow abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
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Mar 21, 2013 |
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Md. health official backs medical marijuana bill
(AP)—Maryland's health secretary is expressing support for a measure to allow medical marijuana in the state.
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Mar 09, 2013 |
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ACR supports patients' access to treatments act of 2013
(HealthDay)—The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has joined the Coalition for Accessible Treatments, in support of the Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2013, which will reduce the out-of-pocket ...
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Feb 12, 2013 |
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Czech parliament green-lights medical marijuana
Czech lawmakers on Wednesday green-lighted marijuana as a legal medicine for use by patients suffering from serious illnesses.
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Jan 30, 2013 |
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After school shooting, Conn. debates mental health
(AP)—Connecticut lawmakers are reviewing mental health care following the Newtown school shooting, even though they and the public have little insight into what might have been ailing the 20-year-old gunman.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 29, 2013 |
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After shootings, states rethink mental health cuts
(AP)—Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, either because of the recession's toll on revenue or a new zeal to shrink government.
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Jan 23, 2013 |
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38 children hospitalised after meningitis shot in Chad
Thirty-eight children from northern Chad have been hospitalised after being vaccinated for meningitis in a government campaign, the health minister said Monday.
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Jan 21, 2013 |
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Top five issues for docs and patients identified for 2013
(HealthDay)—The top five issues that will impact physicians and patients in 2013 have been identified, according to a report published Dec. 10 by The Physicians Foundation.
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Jan 14, 2013 |
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Sweden ends forced sterilisation of sex change patients
Sweden will no longer require sex change patients to be sterilised after a law banning the practice entered into force on Thursday.
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Jan 10, 2013 |
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Texas cancer probe draws NCI scrutiny
(AP)—The federal National Cancer Institute says it's taking a fresh look at a troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort already being scrutinized by prosecutors and lawmakers in Texas.
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Dec 14, 2012 |
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FDA chief seeks new powers to police pharmacies
(AP)—The country's top medical regulator is preparing to tell Congress that new laws are needed to police large specialty pharmacies like the one at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak.
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Nov 14, 2012 |
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Legislator
A legislator (or lawmaker) is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are usually politicians and are often elected by the people. Legislatures may be supra-national (for example, the United Nations General Assembly), national (for example, the United States Congress), regional (for example, the National Assembly for Wales), or local (for example, local authorities).
The political theory of the separation of powers requires legislators to be different individuals from the members of the executive and the judiciary. Certain political systems adhere to this principle, others do not. In the United Kingdom, for example, the executive is formed almost exclusively from legislators (members of Parliament) although the judiciary is mostly independent (until reforms in 2005, the Lord Chancellor uniquely was a legislator, a member of the executive (indeed, the Cabinet), and a judge).
In continental European jurisprudence and legal discussion, "the legislator" (le législateur) is the abstract entity that has produced the laws. When there is room for interpretation, the intent of the legislator will be questioned, and the court is supposed to rule in the direction it judges to best fit the legislative intent, which can be difficult in the case of conflicting laws or constitutional provisions.
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