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The complaint came a little more than a year after Biden's administration informed hospitals that they must provide abortion services if the mother’s life is at risk. At the time, President Joe Biden's administration said EMTALA supersedes state abortion bans that don’t have adequate exceptions for medical emergencies. It also underscores the uphill legal battle reproductive rights advocates when pushing back against state abortion bans. According to the complaint, Statton learned she was pregnant in early 2023 and soon began experiencing severe pain and nausea. The Supreme Court earlier this month allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a separate legal fight continues.

Persons: Jaci Statton, Statton, Joe Biden's, Biden, Roe, Wade, Jaci, “, “ EMTALA, ”, Rabia Muqaddam Organizations: U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, Republican, Department of Health, Labor, Centers, Medicare, Services, Health, Reproductive Rights, Associated Press Locations: Oklahoma, Idaho , Tennessee, Texas, Idaho, New Orleans

☆ Legal Actions Seek Guarantee of Abortion Access for Patients in Medical Emergencies
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Pam Belluck | More About Pam Belluck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Early in her pregnancy, Jaci Statton was in her kitchen when she felt like she was going to pass out and saw that her jeans had become soaked with blood. Doctors told her the pregnancy was not viable and that it could threaten her life if an abortion was not performed soon, she said. But Ms. Statton lives in Oklahoma, a state that bans most abortions. At the third, “they said, ‘We can’t touch you unless you’re like crashing in front of us,’” Ms. Statton, 26, said in an interview. Her case is part of several legal challenges filed Tuesday involving patients and doctors in three states — Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma — who claim that those states’ abortion bans are preventing women with serious pregnancy complications from getting abortions, even in cases where the medical need is clear.

Persons: Jaci Statton, Doctors, Statton, “, ’ Organizations: U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Locations: Oklahoma, — Idaho , Tennessee

Eight women in Idaho and Tennessee are asking state courts to place holds on their states' abortion laws after being denied access to the procedure while facing harrowing pregnancy complications that they say endangered their lives. Political Cartoons View All 1154 ImagesLike the Texas lawsuit, none of the complaints filed Tuesday are seeking to overturn the states' abortion bans. Spokespersons for attorneys general in Idaho and Tennessee, which are both named as defendants in the cases, did not respond to emailed requests for comment. The legal challenges filed Tuesday comprise deeply personal testimonies from women who were denied abortion services and physicians who were terrified of violating the states' abortion bans. DHHS said the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act supersedes state abortion bans that don’t have adequate exceptions for medical emergencies.

Persons: —, Roe, Wade, ”, Nancy Northup, preempts, Nicole Blackmon, Daniel, Blackmon, ” Blackmon, Emily Corrigan, ” Corrigan, Jennifer Adkins, Turner, Adkins, Jaci Statton, DHHS, Joe Biden's, Laura Ungar Organizations: U.S, Republican, Reproductive Rights, Texas Supreme, Center for Reproductive Rights, OU Health, U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, Associated Locations: Tenn, Idaho, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho and Tennessee, Portland , Oregon, Louisville , Kentucky

☆ Starbucks says it fired her for an ‘absence of leadership.’ She says it was because of her race. A jury returned a $25.6 million verdict in her favor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner Kristina Sgueglia | Danielle Wiener-Bronner | Kristina Sgueglia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Phillips, who worked for Starbucks for about 13 years and managed a region of stores in the area, was fired after the the arrest of two Black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks in April 2018. The New Jersey jury returned a verdict of $25.6 million, including $25 million for punitive damages and $600,000 in compensatory damages, according to Console Mattiacci Law, which represents Phillips. The jury ruled unanimously after a six day trial, the lawyers said, noting that Phillips will also be seeking back and front pay. Starbucks said it is disappointed in the decision and is evaluating its next steps, spokesperson Jaci Anderson told CNN. A jury found in favor of a former regional director who accused the company of racial discrimination.

Persons: Shannon Phillips, White, Phillips, Jaci Anderson, Kena Betancur, “, ” Phillips, Kevin Johnson, —, Laura Ly, Zenebou Sylla Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, Philadelphia Starbucks, The New, Mattiacci, CNN, City, Getty, Partner Resources Locations: New York, Philadelphia, The, The New Jersey, City of Philadelphia, AFP

REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File PhotoHONG KONG, Feb 27 (Reuters) - JPMorgan (JPM.N) is proposing a new Asia credit index with slashed China weighting in parallel to its existing $85 billion Asia credit index, two sources said, amid growing geopolitical tensions and dimming appetite for Chinese property bonds. For the new index, JPMorgan has suggested the weighting of China be cut to close to 30% compared with a level of about 43% in its existing JPMorgan Asia credit index (.JPMACI) (JACI) in which China is the largest component, according to one person with direct knowledge of the matter. JACI is a premier Asia credit index, tracked by fund managers controlling more than $85 billion worth of assets, according to the January proposal. INDEX RESHUFFLEThe proposal to reduce China weighting came after some fund managers pushed JPMorgan to cut JACI's China debt exposure, two sources said, as its poor performance dragged down popularity of the passive products that track the index. Jane Cai, a fixed income portfolio manager at China Asset Management (Hong Kong), said at a media briefing this month that JPMorgan was also internally discussing an ex-China Asia credit index.

☆ India's Adani still eligible to be part of influential JPMorgan bond indexes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - India's Adani group of companies, which in recent weeks has seen a brutal selloff in its bonds and shares after being targetted by a U.S. short-seller, is still eligible for inclusion in JPMorgan's influential bond indexes, the bank said in a note. Adani, whose business interest includes ports, power generation and transmission, and renewable energy, has a total notional value of $7.7 billion in the JPMorgan's CEMBI and JACI indexes, the bank said on Monday. JPMorgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index series (CEMBI) tracks dollar debt issued by emerging market corporations, while its Asia Credit Index (JACI) tracks the total return performance of the Asia fixed-rate dollar bond market. After the release of Hindenburg's report, Adani's weight has decreased by 10 basis points to 36 basis points in the CEMBI Broad Div index and by 15 basis points to 48 basis points in the CEMBI Broad Div IG index, the JPMorgan note said. The Indian conglomerate's weight decreased by 16 basis points to 52 basis points in the JACI index, it added.

SYDNEY, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Australia's climate conditions will worsen in the years ahead, two national agencies said on Wednesday, warning of quicker changes in weather patterns and more frequent extreme climate events. Australia has been enduring extreme weather events that some experts attribute to climate change. Heavy rainfall events are becoming more intense and more frequent short-duration heavy rainfalls are also expected, the report showed. "This trend is expected to continue into the future," CSIRO Director of Climate Science Centre Jaci Brown said. "We're seeing mass coral bleaching events more often, and this year, for the first time, we've seen a mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef during a La Nina year."

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