[ad_1] Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain and owner of New York-based Duane Reade, confirmed last week that it would not dispense abortion pills either by mail or at brick-and-mortar locations in several states where they remain legal. The company announced the decision after nearly two dozen Republican state attorneys general threatened legal action if … Read more
[ad_1] “This is an attempt to call the question ‘Which side are you on? Whose side are you on?” Newsom said in an interview with POLITICO ahead of the announcement. “Are you going to just cower in the face of bullies? Are you going to just roll over?” Walgreens will no longer provide medications to … Read more
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[ad_1] Washington: A total of 12 states in the US have launched a lawsuit saying that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is hampering access to a popular abortion pill, the media reported. Mifepristone, part of a two-drug regimen that induces abortions was approved in 2000, with restrictions to assure its safe use. reports the … Read more
[ad_1] That win on Election Day set up the abortion providers in the state who are challenging the laws to argue on Nov. 15 that both the state’s near-total ban on the procedure beginning at conception and a separate law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy violate provisions of the state constitution adopted in … Read more
[ad_1] In Georgia, legislators want to create a prosecutorial oversight commission that could discipline or remove local prosecutors who demonstrate a “willful and persistent failure to perform his or her duties.” A bill introduced in the South Carolina House would give the state attorney general the power to prosecute abortion cases — something currently under … Read more
[ad_1] The Illinois governor on Thursday called on the federal government to not only enact a federal law legalizing abortion nationwide but also to assist people who have to travel from their home states for access to abortion. The prospects for such a law at the federal level appear dim. President Joe Biden has asked … Read more
[ad_1] While the Biden administration plans to swiftly appeal any ruling against the pills — which could come any time after lawyers for both sides submit their briefs on Friday — advocates say they are not counting on federal leaders to take the sweeping actions they believe are needed to deal with the potential loss … Read more
[ad_1] Kollar-Kotelly noted that there is some legal scholarship suggesting that the 13th Amendment — which was ratified at the end of the Civil War and sought to ban slavery and “involuntary servitude” — provides just such a right. She is asking the parties in the criminal case, which involves charges of blocking access to … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday invoked its extraordinary power under Article 142 to allow the adoption of a child after the delivery of a 20-year-old student who was carrying a 29-week unwanted pregnancy. A bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala noted that Additional … Read more