Since late last year, Donald Trump has been holding private meetings with religious-right figures in an effort to remind them about his anti-abortion record and ensure their support. But instead of thanking Trump for his role in repealing Roe v. Wade, the leaders are pressing for hardcore commitments that go …
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On the evening of Friday, April 7 — the Christian holiday Good Friday — religious-liberty-lawyer-turned-federal-judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued an order suspending distribution of mifepristone, the most widely used abortion medication in America, nationwide within seven days. By Monday morning, lawyers and reproductive rights advocates had launched themselves full force into …
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The Justice Department submitted a request to the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday asking to halt a Texas ruling that would ban access to the abortion medication mifepristone. The request comes after Texas Judge District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on Friday issued an injunction suspending the nationwide distribution of …
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More than two decades after its approval, Federal Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ordered the Food and Drug Administration to suspend authorization of the abortion medication mifepristone nationwide within the next seven days. In a separate ruling, issued an hour after the Texas decision, Washington District Court Judge Thomas O. Rice …
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There is more than one way to burn a book, Ray Bradbury wrote, and the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Texas House Rep. Steve Toth brandished the equivalent of a butane torch earlier this session when he introduced House Bill 2690, legislation that seeks to …
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North Carolina House Rep. Tricia Cotham stood before a bank of television cameras flanked by a dozen former rivals on Wednesday and announced she was done with the Democrats. “The modern Democratic Party has become unrecognizable to me and to so many others throughout this state and this country,” Cotham …
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Judge Janet Protasiewicz has been elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, giving liberals a majority on the court ahead of a decision that could determine the future of reproductive rights in the state. The Associated Press called the race just before 9 p.m. local time. The race — between Protasiewicz …
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On Tuesday, voters in Wisconsin will decide who they want to sit on the Supreme Court for the next 10 years. The jurist who wins that election will weigh in on hundreds of cases over the next decade, but for many doctors the race is about just one of them: …
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The Florida Legislature is moving with terrifying efficiency to cut off abortion access in one of the last remaining refuges for women seeking care in the South. Florida currently restricts abortion to 15 weeks gestation, but bills being rushed through the Senate and House this week would ban the procedure …
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A Wyoming judge temporarily blocked a state abortion ban that took effect over the weekend, the New York Times reports. On Wednesday, Judge Melissa Owens of Teton County District Court ordered that the newly enacted law be blocked while the court reviews a lawsuit brought against the state by abortion …
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