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Oct 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 NewsMay 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
GristSep 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 TimesJul 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 NewsMay 17 2023
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US Judges Appear Skeptical Of Preserving Access To Abortion Pill
A US federal appeals court panel appeared skeptical on Wednesday of preserving access to a widely used abortion pill. The three conservative judges pushed back against government arguments that the decision on whether to allow the use of mifepristone should be left to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which approved the drug more than 20 years ago. "We are allowed to look at the FDA just
Barron'sMay 17 2023
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Sweeping abortion pill ruling to be reviewed by conservative appeals court
A federal appeals court in New Orleans is hearing a crucial case Wednesday brought by anti-abortion activists seeking to ban the abortion pill mifepristone, which could have significant implications for abortion access in the United States. The Biden administration is defending the drug's Food and Drug Administration approval, while Danco Laboratories, the manufacturer of the drug's brand name
Washington ExaminerMay 18 2023
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Abortion Pill Access Gets Pushback from Appeals Court
NEW ORLEANS — Lawyers seeking to preserve pregnant women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion got pushback Wednesday from appellate judges with a history of supporting abortion restrictions. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments over whether the Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone should be revoked more than two
Time MagazineMay 04 2024
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RFK Jr.’s VP pick, Nicole Shanahan, takes unconventional approach to the campaign trail
ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Bonnie Swetman is a big fan of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She read his book about the coronavirus pandemic and has excitedly followed his presidential campaign and his status as an outspoken vaccine skeptic.
But as Swetman, 72, stood near the merchandise table at a comedy show fundraiser for Kennedy’s independent campaign here earlier this month, she pointed at a sign with
Washington PostNov 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)Sep 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 Kos