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Texas sues Biden administration over confidential contraception for teens

Federal clinics in Texas are already required to get parental permission to prescribe birth control after a 2022 court ruling.

The Texas Tribune

Texas city to vote on ban on people helping patients traveling for abortion

Amarillo will decide in November on being ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’ as activists ready campaign against measure

The Guardian - US

Texas judges prevent Biden administration from enforcing protections for LGBTQ+ students

Governor Greg Abbott had already directed the Texas Education Agency to disregard the changes to Title IX

Latin Times

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Federal judge refuses to block Biden administration rule on gun sales in Kansas, 19 other states

A federal judge in Kansas has refused to block the nationwide enforcement of a Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers to do background checks of buyers at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores

The Independent UK

Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit

The New Orleans-based court, which hears Texas cases, is pushing the federal judiciary to the right, even when it gets overturned by a higher court.

The Texas Tribune

Supreme Court Decision Paves Way For Future Abortion Pill Battles

Ongoing legal battle over mifepristone access and reproductive rights following Supreme Court ruling.

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The supreme court’s abortion pill ruling isn’t the end of a fight. It’s the beginning

The justices unanimously rejected the mifepristone case on technical grounds. Their ruling is not the victory it may seem

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U.S. Supreme Court allows access to abortion pill, unanimously rejecting Texas challenge

In the high court’s first abortion-related ruling since it overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the justices ruled unanimously to change nothing about mifepristone’s legal status.

The Texas Tribune

In 75th lawsuit against Biden, Paxton sues to stop new gender identity guidelines for employers

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton aims new lawsuit at Biden Administration to halt compliance of gender identity mandates in the workplace.

The Texas Tribune

Temporary Victory For Gun Rights Groups As Judge Blocks Biden's Background Check Rule

On Sunday, District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Biden administration from fully implementing a new rule aimed at requiring gun dealers to obtain licenses and conduct background checks for firearm sales at gun shows and online.

International Business Times

With an eye on Amarillo courthouse, U.S. senators push to stop federal judge shopping

Judge shopping has made a federal courthouse in Amarillo with a Trump-appointed judge a destination for conservative litigants challenging Biden administration policies.

The Texas Tribune

How Texas teens lost the one program that allowed birth control without parental consent

Federal Title X clinics do not require parental consent for birth control — except in Texas, where a lawsuit upended the longstanding program.

The Texas Tribune

Even the US supreme court was baffled by conservatives’ attack on abortion pills

The anti-choice case relies on outlandish legal leaps. And if they can’t win there, they’ll redouble efforts to win the White House

The Guardian - US

Why a 19th-century law matters in the Supreme Court abortion pill fight

The 1873 law banned the mailing of materials that were deemed "obscene."

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How the Supreme Court could determine abortion pill access

The court's decision further curtails abortion access nearly two years after overturning Roe v. Wade.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Supreme Court takes up Texas case challenging abortion pill access

A majority of Supreme Court justices seemed open to keeping mifepristone, a common abortion-inducing drug, on the market despite a Texas ruling revoking its FDA approval.

The Guardian - US

How the abortion pill case at the supreme court could undo the FDA

The mifepristone case is viewed with trepidation by the medical industry and could have enormous consequences for drug regulation

Salon

Is a birth control ban next?

A case in Texas could lead to contraception restrictions for minors across the country

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The Texas Tribune

How plans for a West Texas drag show turned into a war over the First Amendment

In the staunchly conservative Panhandle, LGBTQ+ Texans say political and legal battles overlook their humanity.

WEKU

Supreme Court again refuses to intervene in drag show controversy

It was the second time the court has refused to step into a drag controversy this term.

Reason

How Many Judges Sit In Single Judge Divisions?

And how many of those judges have issued national injunctions?

Reason

Abortion Pill Studies Retracted: Politics or Science?

"Following the science" as the Supreme Court considers the safety and efficacy of medical abortions.

The Texas Tribune

5th Circuit upholds Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent for contraception

A three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled that a Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent to obtain birth control does not conflict with the goals of the federally-funded Title X program, which has given teens birth control confidentially.

Roll Call

Federal courts seek to stop ‘judge shopping’ with new rule - Roll Call

The federal judiciary announced a new rule Tuesday on how cases are assigned to judges to discourage so-called “judge shopping” nationwide.

WEKU

Research at the heart of a federal case against the abortion pill has been retracted

A research paper that raises questions about the safety of abortion has been retracted. The research is cited in a federal judge's ruling about the abortion pill mifepristone.

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