Before the newly elected U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson was in public office, the Louisiana Republican’s restrictive stances on gender identity, abortion and sexuality were honed at the conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, where he served as a senior spokesperson and attorney. Alliance Defending Freedom, or ADF, is the legal force behind dozens […]

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The Biden White House has condemned social media harassment of a Department of the Interior staffer.

Abortion rights are on the ballot in November in Virginia legislative elections.

Republicans in Congress unanimously opposed the Inflation Reduction Act, which requires drug companies to negotiate prices for Medicare recipients.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the abortion drug mifepristone should be available in the United States.

More than 17% of respondents to a recent survey said they would refuse a fellowship or a job in states with abortion restrictions.

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The Mississippi governor’s plan would give hundreds of millions of dollars to hospitals, but would not expand Medicaid for low-income families.

'In the state of Pennsylvania, 85% of counties don't have a single doctor providing abortion care,' says nurse practitioner Kara Pravdo.

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The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act set aside $10 billion to set up tech hubs across the United States.

'No one should have to choose between being there for their family and a paycheck,' Whitmer said in a speech.

The price cuts would target medication used to treat diabetes, heart failure, blood cancers, kidney disease and other ailments.

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'It appears every candidate either can't or won't answer the question about how to reduce gun violence,' said gun safety advocate Fred Guttenberg.

A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an injunction that had been placed on the Alabama law by a federal district judge.

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Nineteen state attorneys general joined Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson in filing an amicus brief in a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Idaho ban.

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro announced that after 30 years, the state budget would no longer fund the anti-abortion Real Alternatives organization.

Republican Rep. Dave Schweikert called Democrats immoral for fighting against cuts to Medicare and Social Security.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is stumping for ballot Issue 1, which would make it harder for Ohio voters to amend the Constitution.

The ruling will force families of trans youth to take their children out of state for health care.

Aid Access partners with abortion providers who can prescribe abortion medication to anyone who needs it, including users in restricted states.

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Lawyers seek to stop Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care, Sen. J.D. Vance introduces a bill to ban all gender-affirming care, and more.

A case out of Nebraska involving a mother and her teenage daughter could offer a preview of how digital footprints could be used to enforce abortion laws.

The drug company is the latest to sue over a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act requiring pharmaceutical companies to negotiate prices with the federal Medicare program.

Vance's bill would criminalize the provision of puberty blockers and hormone treatments to most people under the age of 18.

'Fewer people are applying to med schools in restricted states,' says Becca, a fourth-year medical student.