The court’s ruling could deal a blow to the abortion provider or widespread efforts to strip its government funding. Save | March 31, 2025Updated:April 01, 2025 The U.S. Supreme Court may have turned the page on its previous role in ruling on national abortion policy, but it appears that the justices will still have a prominent part to play in the next chapter. On April 2, the court will hear a case that does not directly affect abortion law but could have significant implications for the...

Three Senate Democrats introduced a package of bills meant to protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) on June 3, kicking off the party’s pre-election push to put reproductive issues front and center. The Right to IVF Act comprises four bills previously introduced by Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.). Those bills include Ms. Duckworth’s Access to Family Building Act, Ms. Murray’s Veteran Families Health Services Act, Mr. Booker’s Access to...

Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back on Republican lawmakers’ claims of a weaponized Justice Department on Capitol Hill on June 4 amid their threats to hold him in contempt of Congress. “These repeated attacks on the Justice Department are unprecedented and unfounded. These attacks have not, and they will not, influence our decision making,” the attorney general told members of the House Judiciary Committee at a 10 a.m. hearing. Mr. Garland has repeatedly refused to provide House...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lead a “three-pronged approach” to reforming a justice system Republicans say has been weaponized against former President Donald Trump and other Republicans. Announcing the plan at a June 4 press conference, Mr. Johnson said House Republicans would wield the power of the purse, other legislation, and the chamber’s oversight authorities to protect the integrity of the American justice system. “All those things will be happening vigorously, because we...

The bill aimed to guarantee access to contraception nationwide as Democrats seek to spotlight the issue ahead of the November elections. Friends Read Free Save 6/5/2024Updated: 6/6/2024 0:00 A bill to establish a federal right to contraception failed to clear a procedural hurdle in the Senate on June 5 as Democrats initiated their month-long blitz of reproductive legislation. Members rejected a move to advance the legislation in a 51–39 vote. When it became evident that the bill did not have...