Trump ally and conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot Thursday during a college event, had previously compared abortion to the Holocaust. In a resurfaced video, Kirk stated, “We allow the massacre of a million and a half babies a year under the guise of women’s reproductive health. We are allowing babies to be…
By GEOFF MULVIHILL President Donald Trump’s administration is calling to remove abortion coverage from the list of medical benefits for veterans and their families, saying it’s not needed. The Department of Veterans Affairs posted the proposed rule change on Monday and opened a public comment period on it that runs through Sept. 3. The department…
By GEOFF MULVIHILL President Donald Trump’s administration is calling to remove abortion coverage from the list of medical benefits for veterans and their families, saying it’s not needed. The Department of Veterans Affairs posted the proposed rule change on Monday and opened a public comment period on it that runs through Sept. 3. The department…
Veterans Affairs officials on Monday formally moved to end all abortions at department facilities, calling policies that provided the services at federal hospitals them “legally questionable” and unnecessary. That policy marked the first time VA physicians were permitted to perform abortions on federal property, even in states where it had been outlawed. The new interim…
Veterans Affairs officials on Monday formally moved to end all abortions at department facilities, calling policies that provided the services at federal hospitals them “legally questionable” and unnecessary. That policy marked the first time VA physicians were permitted to perform abortions on federal property, even in states where it had been outlawed. The new interim…
Wisconsin supreme court (AP) On Wednesday, the Wisconsin supreme court ruled to overturn the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban, determining that a more recent law, criminalising abortions only when the fetus is viable outside the womb, takes precedence. In a closely split 4-3 ruling, the court, with its liberal majority, declared that the state’s 1849 abortion…
Left: Kat Cammack; right: Ron DeSantis – Governor of Florida (Image credit: AP) Florida Republican Congresswoman Kat Cammack has said that fear surrounding the state’s strict abortion laws delayed her emergency treatment for an ectopic pregnancy last year. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Cammack said hospital staff were initially reluctant to administer methotrexate, a…
But the spending plan still drew significant criticism from Democratic lawmakers who objected to restrictions on abortion care for troops, insufficient funds to support Ukraine and missing budget justifications from the administration on how hundreds of billions of dollars will be spent. The funding bill — which heads to the full chamber for consideration later…
A view outside the Houses of Parliament, in London. File | Photo Credit: AP British lawmakers debated proposals Tuesday to decriminalize abortion amid concerns that police are using antiquated laws to prosecute women who end their own pregnancies. Two amendments to a broader crime bill that would bar the prosecution of women who take steps…
This is a representative AI image (TIL Denny) In a rare case, a brain-dead woman in Georgia gave birth to a premature baby boy through a C-section while being kept on life support, her family said. Doctors kept the mother, Adriana Smith, on life support in line with the US state of Georgia’s abortion laws.The…
