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Oct 02 2023
News
As Rochester City Council considers multi-family zoning, Pill Hill pushes back
As she stands in the front yard of her Pill Hill home, Sasha Gentling describes one of her earliest memories. It happened just down the street, at her grandmother’s home.“I received my first kitten over at her house. I think I must have been four years old. So I do remember that birthday party in particular,” she said. This neighborhood of architectural time capsules sits just blocks from Mayo
MPR NewsApr 10 2023
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Justice Department appeals judge’s ruling on abortion pill
The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Monday to put on hold a judge’s ruling that could make a medication abortion drug unavailable nationwide starting Friday at midnight. The request, filed on Monday before the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, is seeking a short-term administrative stay as well as a long-term stay pending appeal on a lower court ruling from US District Judge
San Jose Mercury NewsApr 10 2023
Analysis
4 questions answered about the courts and the abortion pill mifepristone
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.
On Friday in Texas, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone should be put on hold, more than 20
PBS NewsHourOct 01 2023
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Some Pill Hill residents to speak against rezoning at Monday’s City Council meeting
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Residents of Rochester’s Pill Hill district are gathering to voice against zoning changes coming to the area. They will be attending Monday’s Rochester City Council meeting to propose changes to the city’s new zoning map. City of Rochester’s Ryan Yetzer says the rezoning is part of a comprehensive plan, along with a future land-use map, that was adopted in 2018. He
KTTC NewsSep 28 2023
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Nevada woman’s death after taking abortion pills spurs lawsuit, safety fears
The family of a Nevada woman who died of sepsis after taking abortion pills is suing for wrongful death, a case that is reigniting safety concerns as the Biden administration seeks to expand access by relaxing medical protocols.
Alyona Dixon, 24, died Sept. 28, 2022, less than a week after she was prescribed the two-pill abortion regimen at a Planned Parenthood clinic. The cause of
Washington TimesNov 06 2023
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GOP Attorneys General Sue FDA over Approval of ‘Risky, Untested’ Mail-Order Abortion Pills
The attorneys general of Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas announced Monday that they are suing the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Health, alleging that they did not have the legal right to approve abortion pills more than 20 years ago, and did not have the right to authorize the delivery of the pills through the mail during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 105-page lawsuit
National Review (News)May 30 2023
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Environmental groups slam 'poison pills' in debt ceiling bill
As President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy try to sell Congress on their proposal to raise the debt ceiling, environmental groups are crying out against provisions that would push forward a controversial pipeline project and weaken a bedrock environmental law. The deal is a “disaster for people and the planet,” the nonprofit Friends of the Earth said in a statement. The
GristMar 15 2023
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Texas judge to consider banning abortion pill in US
A U.S. judge in Texas is set to hear arguments on Wednesday in a bid by anti-abortion groups to ban sales of the abortion pill mifepristone across the country, even in states where abortion is legal, as they challenge regulatory approval granted more than two decades ago.
Dozens of journalists and people planning to attend the hearing gathered before dawn outside the federal courthouse
ReutersSep 22 2023
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Nebraska Mother Gets Prison For Providing Daughter's Abortion Pills & Daughter Gets Jail
Short because I want to get the news out. Political Wire lead me to this Huff Post story: “mother pleaded guilty in July to tampering with human remains, false reporting and providing an abortion after at least 20 weeks of gestation, which is illegal in Nebraska. Madison County District Judge Mark Johnson sentenced her Friday to one year in prison for each count, with the first two to run
Daily KosJul 13 2023
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US approves first over-the-counter birth control pill
The US government has approved the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill.
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday birth control pill Opill will be available without a prescription for women of all ages.
In a statement, the agency said the move would help reduce women's barriers to accessing contraception.
The manufacturer of the progestin-only pill
BBC News