Jul 22 Supreme Court blocks Biden immigration policy on deportation By Associated Press The Supreme Court won’t allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the U.S. illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 6:00 News Wrap: Biden tests positive for COVID, experiences mild symptoms In our news warp Thursday, President Biden gets COVID for the first time, U.S. heat indexes hit triple digits, Italy's prime minister resigned after the ruling coalition fell apart, House passes a bill to protect contraception access, a former Minneapolis… Continue watching
Jul 21 House passes bill that would protect right to contraception By Alan Fram, Associated Press The vote is Democrats' latest campaign-season response to worries that a conservative Supreme Court that’s erased federal abortion rights could go further. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 10:19 Supreme Court decision on Roe sets off alarm bells in the LGBTQ community By John Yang When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and 50 years of precedent on abortion rights, Justice Thomas suggested the court should also reconsider other cases like the decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. This spurred the U.S. House to… Continue watching
Jul 20 Appeals court allows Georgia abortion law to take effect By Kate Brumback, Jeff Amy, Associated Press A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia's restrictive 2019 abortion law could take effect immediately. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch 7:20 Doctors worry abortion laws will hinder treatment of patients in life-or-death situations Three weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, doctors in states with abortion bans have struggled to figure out how to care for patients with high-risk pregnancies, including miscarriages, and are worried about being prosecuted for performing some… Continue watching
Jul 19 House approves same-sex marriage bill in response to Roe v. Wade decision By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade could jeopardize other rights. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 6:38 How the rape of a young girl in Ohio became a flashpoint on the abortion debate It is a case that has drawn national attention, a 10-year-old raped in Ohio was told by her doctor she could not have her pregnancy terminated because it would break the state’s six-week abortion ban. She had the procedure in… Continue watching
Jul 14 WATCH: Speaker Nancy Pelosi says House will vote to codify abortion rights Friday By Associated Press The bill would bar states from from imposing restrictions on abortions that could make them more difficult or costly to obtain. The legislation is not expected to get traction in the Senate. Continue reading
Jul 12 Louisiana judge blocks state from enforcing abortion ban By Kevin McGill, Associated Press Louisiana authorities have once again been blocked from enforcing a near total ban on abortion, this time under a judge's order released Tuesday by a state court in the capital. Continue reading