Texas, abortion and Dan Patrick
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, allowed three states to go forward with a lawsuit that seeks to change how mifepristone is used.
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Texas abortion restrictions are among the strictest in the nation, banning the procedure unless a pregnant person has a "life-threatening condition."
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Reproductiverights.gov, which was launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2022, was offline Tuesday morning.
A lifelong advocate for women's rights, Texas-born Richards will be remembered as one of the United States' most influential defenders of abortion access in recent decades.
Richards was diagnosed two years ago with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. She died in her home “surrounded by family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie,” her family said in a statement, cited by The Associated Press.
Voters in Missouri last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the state's near-total abortion ban. The same day, they reelected a Republican supermajority to the state Legislature,
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a proclamation enshrining access to abortion into the state's constitution after voters approved ballot question 1 in the 2024 election.
In a statement the following day, Trump’s acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman announced that the Biden administration’s guidelines on these areas were being rescinded, as well as an end to what the Trump administration has termed the “the broad abuse of humanitarian parole.”
Former Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, a former Air Force Reserve chaplain, a veteran of the Iraq War and says he wants to improve veterans' services.