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Where Americans stand on abortion restrictions as a new Supreme Court term opens

By Chloe Jones

Overall, 74 percent of Americans said they oppose a law that allows private citizens to sue abortion providers or others who provide any assistance.

WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Texas abortion ban

By News Desk

The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to hold a hearing Wednesday on Texas' restrictive abortion ban.

WATCH: House Democrats blast treatment of Haitian migrants

By Associated Press

Rep. Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California, likened the treatment of the migrants to slavery after scenes of border patrol agents on horseback using their reins to control the crowds.

Options shrink for Haitian migrants straddling Texas border

By Juan A. Lozano, Eric Gay, Elliot Spagat, María Verza, Associated Press

The options remaining for thousands of Haitian migrants straddling the Mexico-Texas border are narrowing as the United States government was ramping up expulsion flights to Haiti on Tuesday and Mexico began busing some away from the border.

U.S. authorities accelerate removal of Haitian asylum-seekers from Texas-Mexico border

By PBS NewsHour Weekend

Thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti, have gathered under a bridge in the border town of Del Rio, Texas, where officials have declared a local state of emergency. The crisis has spotlighted Biden's continued use of a Trump-era deportation policy,…

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US ramps up plan to expel Haitian migrants gathered in Texas

By Associated Press

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that it moved about 2,000 of the migrants who had gathered under and near a bridge in the border city of Del Rio to other locations on Friday for processing and…

Thousands of Haitian migrants converge in Texas border town

By Associated Press

Thousands of Haitian migrants have assembled under and around a bridge in a small Texas border town, presenting the Biden administration with a fresh and immediate challenge.

Texas is pushing the most anti-trans bills in the country. Advocates fear deadly consequences.

By Orion Rummler, The 19th

Though more research is needed, as greater numbers of anti-trans bills have been introduced across more states within the last two years, more trans homicides have taken place in those states.

South Dakota governor orders restrictions on abortion meds

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has issued an executive order to restrict access to abortion medication and make it clear that medicine-induced abortions fall within state law requiring an in-person consultation with a physician.