The Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday afternoon it is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics. The new rule is called “Ensuring Access to Equitable, Affordable, Client-Centered, Quality Family Planning Services“. It has to do with Title X, the taxpayer-funded program that makes available more than $250 million a…

The Supreme Court returns to the courtroom for a new term Monday with several highly-anticipated cases, including a direct challenge to both Roe V. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Both of those cases guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion nationwide. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health has to do with Mississippi’s ban on most abortions after…

Gwen’s picks for Friday, October 1 include: President Biden meets with Democrats as they work to rescue the $3.5 trillion spending bill. Negotiations continue on Capitol Hill as that bill and the bipartisan infrastructure bill, two key parts of Biden’s domestic agenda, hang in the balance. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge is hearing arguments Friday over whether Texas can leave in place the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., which since September has banned most abortions and sent women racing to get care beyond the borders of the nation’s second-most populous state. A lawsuit filed by the Biden administration seeks…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19. The high court said in a press release Friday that Kavanaugh has no symptoms and has been fully vaccinated since January. Kavanaugh and all the other justices had a routine coronavirus test ahead of Friday’s ceremonial investiture for Justice Amy Coney…

The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday a proposed rule the Biden administration hopes would help keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program alive. The proposed rule, set to be published Tuesday, aims to clear up potential legal issues raised by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen back in July. His ruling found the DACA…

A new border crisis is forming in the small border town of Del Rio, Texas across from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico on Friday. An estimated 12,000 migrants, mostly Haitian, are waiting to ask for asylum in the U.S. Thousands of Haitian migrants have assembled under and around a bridge, and presented the Biden administration with a…

Justice Amy Coney Barrett spoke at an event celebrating the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center. “The media, along with hot takes on Twitter, report the results and decisions. … That makes the decision seem results-oriented. It leaves the reader to judge whether the court was right or wrong, based on whether she liked the results of…

The seven-day moving average for new COVID deaths in the United States is back up above 1,000 – a figure the Americans have not suffered since before COVID vaccines became widely available back in April. To that end, a series of new government and private sector policies addressing COVID have popped up in the past…

In an attempt to block Texas Senate Bill 8, the abortion law that took effect last week, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday the Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state. The video above shows clips from Garland’s announcement. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to declare…