An obscure, 150-year-old morality law has resurfaced in the legal battle over abortion medication

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A law named for morality crusader Anthony Comstock (left) is being used to argue against abortion medication

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This new paperwork rule could make getting student-loan forgiveness easier for government and nonprofit workers

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Sen. Feinstein requested to temporarily have someone replace her on the Judiciary Committee amid health concerns, but Republicans could prevent that from happening

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Dianne Feinstein.

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A federal appeals court co-opted anti-abortion terms in its ruling on mifepristone, calling a fetus an 'unborn child'

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Boxes of Mifepristone, an aboriton medication

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Court refuses to answer if Trump can be sued for comments he made about rape accuser E. Jean Carroll while in office

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Former US President Donald Trump arrives on stage on March 13, 2023.

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Republicans reportedly want to ban student loan forgiveness and make it harder to get food stamps in a debt ceiling deal — and they seem to want to do it all over again next year

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) receives applause from fellow Representatives at the start of the 118th Congress on January 3, 2023.

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Florida LGBTQ rights group issues travel warning telling the queer community it may no longer be safe to move to or visit the state

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LGBTQ rights supporters, left, protest against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, pictured right, in a composite image.

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DeSantis is calling up Republican lawmakers in his state to try to stop them endorsing Trump, report says

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Ron DeSantis, then Governor-elect of Florida, talks with Donald Trump, then US president, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in December 2018.
Ron DeSantis, then Governor-elect of Florida, talks with Donald Trump, then US president, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in December 2018.

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Ozempic and other new weight-loss drugs could save lives. Too bad millions of Americans are being denied access to them.

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While the while the healthcare system battles it out over revolutionary new weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, people who most need obesity treatment are stuck without access to these critical drugs.

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A Missouri lawmaker defended child marriage, saying kids he knows who got married at age 12 are 'still married'

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Republican Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon speaks in his Capitol office on Feb. 1, 2022, in Jefferson City, Mo.
Republican Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon speaks in his Capitol office on Feb. 1, 2022, in Jefferson City, Mo.

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