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Q&A: Florida passed a 6-week abortion ban. What happens now?

On Thursday, the Florida House passed SB 300, a bill banning abortions after six weeks of gestation with limited exceptions.

Orlando Sentinel

Biden administration joins Supreme Court abortion pill appeal

Intervention comes after appeals court maintained approval for the drug but tightened access to it

The Independent UK

DeSantis signs 6-week abortion ban in closed-door ceremony

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, giving the Republican a major conservative policy victory as he prepares to launch an expected presidential candidacy

The Independent UK

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From abortion to school choice, areas to watch now that NC GOP has regained supermajority

RALEIGH, N.C. — For the first time in more than four years, North Carolina Republicans last month overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

Tribune News Service

US supreme court justice blocks ruling that limits abortion pill access – as it happened

Temporary pause on lower court rulings gives court additional time to consider a longer stay

The Guardian - US

U.S. Intelligence Leak Suspect Identified as 21-Year-Old Jack Teixeira

Plus: More secrecy from the Global Disinformation Index, the public awaits another big Supreme Court abortion decision, and more...

Reason

Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules

A drug manufacturer is asking the Supreme Court to preserve access to its abortion pill free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues

The Independent UK

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The fight over the abortion pill erases years of progress on expanding drug’s reach

The latest move in the fight over the abortion pill erases years of progress in increasing access to the drug, with the leader of the country’s biggest medical body calling it a “profoundly dangerous step backwards.”

Tribune News Service

The GOP's abortion albatross

They brought this on themselves

Salon

DeSantis quietly signs Florida 6-week abortion ban

During a private ceremony, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that would ban most abortions in Florida after six weeks, a time before most women know they are pregnant.

Orlando Sentinel

Supreme Court halts abortion drug case through Wednesday - Roll Call

The ruling comes after a federal judge in Texas suspended the FDA's 2000 approval of mifespristone, a drug used for medication abortions.

Roll Call

All eyes on SCOTUS for abortion pill ruling

A decision could come Friday — and could effectively override the Food and Drug Administration's decision-making.

Axios

A new abortion pill ruling is super bad

The 5th Circuit judges nodded approval of a 19th century federal law that was used to ban books and birth control

Salon

Here's what really happened during the abortion drug's approval 23 years ago

A Texas judge ruled that the Food and Drug Administration wrongly approved mifepristone in 2000 and accused it of doing a rush job. Here's what really went down.

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The pharmaceutical industry urges courts to preserve access to abortion pill

As the debate over mifepristone makes its way to the Supreme Court, the pharmaceutical industry has raised concerns that ruling against the FDA could chill the development of new drugs.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Abortion pill ruling means more painful, later terminations

The conservative 5th Circuit has blocked part of a Texas judge’s decision to pull abortion drug mifepristone off the market, but leaves in place onerous and outdated restrictions that the Food and Drug Administration determined in 2016 were medically unnecessary.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Presbyterian church’s LGBTQ+ school discrimination; Florida’s abortion ban; Jennifer Coolidge to visit Australia

Church calls for the right to exclude students from leadership positions if they are in a same-sex relationship or having premarital sex

WEKU

Florida has a new abortion ban after 6 weeks, but it can't go into effect yet

The ban gives Gov. DeSantis a key political victory among Republican primary voters as he prepares to launch a presidential candidacy built on his national brand as a conservative standard bearer.

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Reason

The Good and Bad of the Fifth Circuit's Abortion Pill Ruling

The appeals court's unpublished order avoids some of the district court's errors, but still has some significant problems, especially with regard to standing.

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis signs six-week abortion ban into law in Florida

The ban is set to strike another blow against the availability of abortion in the Deep South

Salon

DeSantis to sign 6-week abortion ban

The only exceptions to the ban will be in the case of rape and incest up to 15 weeks, per Thursday's hearing

Al Jazeera

Florida Governor DeSantis signs abortion ban into law

Florida now among some 13 other US states that have enacted bans on abortion at six weeks of pregnancy or earlier.

Los Angeles Times

Biden administration will ask Supreme Court to preserve full access to abortion pills

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that the Biden administration will ask the Supreme Court to preserve full and easy access to the abortion medication that has become the most-used method of ending early pregnancies.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida lawmakers OK 6-week abortion ban backed by Gov. DeSantis

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Rejecting Democratic efforts to change it, the Republican-controlled Legislature gave final approval Thursday to a near-total ban on abortion after six weeks, sending the bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis who has said he would sign it.

The Independent UK

Florida GOP passes 6-week abortion ban, DeSantis supports

The Republican-dominated Florida Legislature has approved a bill to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy

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