Knoxville Fire Department Capt. Tim Woods confirmed the first two infants surrendered at the Department's Station 17 baby box have since been adopted; the third baby was surrendered on Oct.
Voters in Virginia will be voting on whether to enshrine the right to abortion in their state constitution, and a ballot measure in Idaho would create a statutory right to abortion in the state. In Missouri, voters have the chance to undo a ballot measure from 2024 that added a right to abortion to the state constitution.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) similarly pitched abortion as an economic issue earlier this month in a speech at the Human Rights Campaign 2026 National Dinner.
More than 150 Virginia pastors signed an open letter urging voters to reject two proposed state constitutional amendments: one that would enshrine abortion as a fundamental right throughout pregnancy, and another that would remove the ban on same-sex marriage and allow any two adults to marry. The pastors argued that abortion destroys human life and that marriage is defined by God as the union of one man and one woman, urging Virginians to vote no on both amendments for the good of the Commonwealth and in accordance with their religious beliefs.
A healthy baby girl was safely surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at Racine Fire Station 4 in Racine, Wisconsin, and was subsequently transferred to Ascension All Saints Hospital for evaluation before being placed in the custody of child protective services. The Racine Fire Department reported this is the second surrender since the baby box's launch in December 2024, and Safe Haven Baby Boxes provide a secure option for at-risk mothers to legally and safely surrender newborns up to 30 days old under Wisconsin's Safe Haven law.
Former President Joe Biden accepted the Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award from Planned Parenthood at their Delaware fundraising gala, where his wife Jill Biden presented the award. During his speech, Biden criticized the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v.
Fifty pro-life leaders sent a letter urging FDA Commissioner nominee Dr. Heidi Overton to revoke the Biden administration's mail-order abortion policy that allows abortion pills to be distributed without in-person medical visits.
Hassan-James Abbas, an Ohio doctor, was sentenced to six months in jail and two years of probation for force-feeding abortion pills to his girlfriend after ordering them online using his estranged wife's identity. Abbas pleaded no contest to four felony charges including unlawful distribution of an abortion-inducing drug and identity fraud, and his medical training certificate was suspended by the State Medical Board of Ohio.
More than 1,000 Ohio doctors, including those who perform abortions and sex changes, signed a letter opposing a major state medical association's endorsement of Republican Vivek Ramaswamy for governor. These doctors expressed their support for Democrat Amy Acton following the association's political arm endorsement decision last week.