The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld West Virginia's law banning FDA-approved medication abortion, marking the first federal court to sanction such a ban and undermining the FDA's regulatory authority.
A new lawsuit filed in Texas could force federal courts to weigh in on the legality of telehealth abortions, which people have increasingly used to terminate their pregnancies since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
The last Bundestag session before summer break ended in embarrassment for Germany's black-red government leaders when a planned vote on constitutional court judges was cancelled due to political disagreements.
"Gov. Tim Walz remarked that the shootings appeared to be an act of targeted political violence, highlighting the increasing risks faced by lawmakers who advocate for contentious issues."
The architects of State v. Uthmeier want to make it impossible for minors to ever get an abortion without parental approval—or potentially for any Floridian to get an abortion at all.
