Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest.
GOP leadership investigates mifepristone drug makers
The GOP is upping its attacks on medication abortion. Last week, five Republican senators, including Senate Health Committee Chair Bill Cassidy, sent demand letters to the three manufacturers of the abortion drug mifepristone, seeking information about the companies’ compliance with FDA oversight and adverse event reporting rules. The letters are the latest escalation by anti-choice lawmakers and advocates as the Trump administration reportedly slow-rolls efforts to limit access to abortion drugs.
Idaho passes anti-trans bathroom ban
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a law Tuesday that bans trans people from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. The law applies to government buildings and places of “public accommodation,” including private businesses, and makes the first offense a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail. A second offense could result in a felony and up to five years of incarceration. Idaho is the fourth state to criminalize trans bathroom use.
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Kansas lawmakers bar oversight of anti-choice pregnancy centers
Kansas’ GOP-majority legislature overrided Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto this week to enact an anti-abortion law exempting “crisis pregnancy centers” from regulations about the childbirth, pregnancy, and parenting resources they can provide. In 2022, Kansas voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have paved the way for an abortion ban. Kelly said she vetoed the bill because Kansans don’t want the government in “women’s private medical decisions.”
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