President Donald Trump’s nomination of Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to be confirmed to that role faces several key challenges.
Abortion
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Women who say they experienced harm from abortion pill push Blanche to settle suit on FDA policy
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA US pro-life group urged Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to side with states against a federal policy permitting an abortion pill to be sent by mail.
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“He’s said much of his inspiration comes from Catholic social teaching. If his conscience is really formed by the Gospel, we should hope this bears some fruit.”
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Planned Parenthood to get millions in Medicaid again as defunding lapses
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year expired July 4.
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(OSV News) — California’s lawsuit against two pro-life nonprofit organizations that specialize in helping to reverse the immediate effects of abortion pills went to trial June 24. The Thomas More …
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USCCB and pro-life leaders: Abortion pills remain key post-Dobbs challenge
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonOn the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. bishops and pro-life leaders pointed to abortion pills as among …
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Washington Roundup: US-Iran MOU begins; SCOTUS takes up ICE bond hearings; FDA abortion suit filing
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, with Iranian officials, a tentative framework to end the war in Iran, but uncertainty remained about an …
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Lawmakers back US bishops’ bid to block abortion from pregnant worker protection rules
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonFifty members of Congress offered their support to a lawsuit by the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference and other Catholic organizations seeking to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion …
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Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA group of Catholic ministries asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision in regulations meant to add …
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Supreme Court leaves in place mail-order distribution of mifepristone during legal challenge
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe U.S. Supreme Court on May 14 blocked an appeals court ruling that sought to pause a federal policy permitting mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill, to be dispensed through …
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