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Mifepristone detection study draws fire from Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats demanded answers Thursday from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin about an agency study to detect the abortion pill mifepristone in drinking water. Led by Sen.
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FDA: Mifepristone review won’t be done until March
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) won’t publish its safety review of the abortion drug mifepristone until March, it disclosed in a Wednesday court filing, adding that it won’t impose any new restrictions on the pill before that point. The revelations are likely to further anger anti-abortion activists, who have been losing patience with the…
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Collins, Jackson clash in first Maine Senate debate: 3 takeaways
Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson faced off Tuesday in the first debate of their neck-and-neck Senate race in Maine.
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Planned Parenthood Votes adds $1M to ad campaigns in Maine, Michigan
Planned Parenthood is investing an additional $1 million in ad buys to boost Democratic Senate candidates in Maine and Michigan. The latest investment in the states by Planned Parenthood Votes — a super PAC affiliated with Planned Parenthood — will fund digital ad campaigns targeting Sen.
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Alito’s first book pushes conservative justice into spotlight
Two decades after joining the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito joins the ranks of justices as authors. Alito’s first book, “So Ordered,” set for release Tuesday, is an adapted collection of speeches he’s given over the years commenting on abortion, originalism, threats to the judiciary and more.
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Alito says he has hunch who leaked Dobbs decision
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview that he has an “opinion” on who leaked the draft opinion of justices overturning Roe vs. Wade in 2022.
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Alito: Overturning Roe v. Wade took ‘courage’ from Supreme Court justices
Justice Samuel Alito said his vote to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 alongside the Supreme Court’s six conservative justices, took “courage.” In a preview for his interview with CBS News, Alito was asked if there was a particular decision that took courage.
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Red states challenge mail-order abortion shield laws for providers
Three attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging abortion shield laws in three Democratic-led states.
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Nevada abortion rights group launches $1M campaign on ballot measure
A leading abortion rights group in Nevada is launching a $1 million ad campaign to mobilize voters around a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution. Abortion is legal up to 24 weeks after conception in Nevada due to a 2024 ballot initiative that passed with 64 percent of the vote.
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FDA pick sidesteps tough questions
Dr. Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, avoided answering difficult questions from senators regarding vaccines and abortion.
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Anti-abortion group threatens to sue FDA over mifepristone
Students for Life America filed a notice of intent to sue the Food and Drug Administration over alleged inaction regarding the Endangered Species Act. The group claims that more than 50 tons of medical waste are involved in their complaint as part of their effort to restrict abortion drugs using environmental laws.
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Trump FDA pick tests Collins on abortion
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) faces a challenge regarding her stance on abortion as she evaluates Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Overton is scheduled to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday. The situation serves as a significant test of Collins' commitment to being an abortion-rights Republican amid the confirmation process for the FDA leadership position.
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Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan declined an emergency request from surrogate McKenna West to intervene in a custody dispute involving biological parents who had told her to get an abortion. West sought to overturn a parentage judgment issued in California in favor of the couple, but the case was not taken up by the Supreme Court.
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Family of Texas woman who died while pregnant sues Paxton, doctors over denied abortion
The family of Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old Texas woman who died from preeclampsia in 2024 while four months pregnant, filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after doctors denied her an abortion. Walker experienced seizures, blood clots, and a hypertensive crisis during her pregnancy and had requested an abortion multiple times.
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Hawley to push GOP officeholders, candidates to sign ‘Declaration for Life’
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is collaborating with Christian groups to encourage Republican officeholders and candidates to sign a 'Declaration for Life' pledge aimed at supporting legislation to restrict abortion.
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Abortion rights group expands midterm battleground efforts
Reproductive Freedom for All (RFFA) is investing about $1 million into a direct voter contact campaign across three priority House districts in Arizona, Michigan, and Nevada ahead of the November midterm elections. The group aims to expand its outreach efforts in these key battleground districts.
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Surrogate who fled to Texas to avoid abortion appeals custody case to Supreme Court
Surrogate McKenna West, who fled to Texas after refusing to abort a child diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, has filed an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to block a California court order recognizing the biological parents as the legal parents. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in the custody battle, and a Texas judge ordered life-saving care for the child and prohibited removal from the state, but West was dismissed from the case and now seeks to participate in medical decisions and prevent the child from being moved to California for hospice care.
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