Apr 11 Biden signs bipartisan congressional resolution, ending COVID national emergency By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday as President Biden signed a resolution to bring it to a close after three years — weeks before it was set to expire alongside a separate public health… Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 6:51 Conflicting rulings by federal judges leaves state of abortion pill in limbo By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman Dueling decisions from federal judges over the FDA's approval of mifepristone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions, mark the latest flash point in the fight over reproductive rights. The two decisions are the most significant abortion rulings… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 8:36 Uninsured patients say North Carolina's Medicaid expansion is a life-changing development By John Yang, Sam Weber, Kaisha Young North Carolina is now the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The bipartisan expansion, signed into law last month, comes after a decade of Republican resistance in the state. As John Yang reports, it will be… Continue watching
Apr 10 Next abortion battlefront opens between states with clashing laws By Geoff Mulvihill, John Hanna, Associated Press States with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to keep their residents from getting abortions in other states. But legal observers say there's no precedent offering guidance about what would hold up in court. Continue reading
Apr 09 Health secretary Becerra slams Texas abortion pill ruling as 'reckless' and 'not America' By Hope Yen, Associated Press The nation's top health official said Sunday that a court ruling threatening the availability of a main drug used in medication abortion was “not America" and he did not rule out defying the judge's order if necessary. Continue reading
Apr 09 2 judges issued competing rulings on abortion pills. What happens now? By Kenichi Serino Dueling, back-to-back rulings by federal judges about access to the drug mifepristone, which is used in most abortions in the United States, have raised questions about the future of reproductive health care in the country. Continue reading
Apr 08 Iowa attorney general halts payments for rape victims' contraceptives, abortions By Associated Press The Iowa Attorney General's Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew criticism from some victim advocates. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 3:03 News Wrap: Justice Department probes potential leak of Pentagon documents In our news wrap Saturday, access to the abortion drug mifepristone is up in the air after dueling rulings from two federal judges, the DOJ launched an investigation into a potential leak of Pentagon documents detailing aid to Ukraine, China… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 6:32 Mifepristone ruling is latest in series of moves to curb abortion access By Ali Rogin, Lorna Baldwin, Claire Mufson On Friday, a federal judge in Texas invalidated FDA approval of mifepristone, threatening access to the most common abortion pill in the country. Earlier this week, legislatures in Idaho, Kansas and Florida moved to further restrict abortion access in those… Continue watching
Apr 07 FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone in limbo after 2 federal judges order conflicting rulings By Paul J. Weber, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press A federal judge in Texas has thrown into jeopardy the most common method of abortion in the U.S., ordering regulators to temporarily halt their approval of the drug mifepristone for abortion. Continue reading