Gorsuch confirmation hearings continue with witness testimony
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday held a new round of hearings on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Thursday's hearings involved testimony from 28 outside witnesses . This list included...
Kentucky's HB 2 , which requires doctors to perform an ultrasound before an abortion, faced its first legal challenge in federal court Thursday. HB 2 requires doctors to perform an ultrasound and show their patients pictures, explaining...
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday concluded testifying in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee . Gorsuch largely avoided giving direct answers on many policy questions, likening it to campaign promises to...
Oklahoma House approves bill banning abortions because of genetic abnormalities
The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed HB 1549, known as the the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2017 , on Tuesday, which would prohibit abortions because of Down's Syndrome or genetic abnormalities of the child. According to the...
Gorsuch faces tough questions in second day of confirmation hearings
The Senate Judiciary Committee continued confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Gorsuch faced numerous questions and concerns by Democrats on issues of abortion, gun control and campaign spending....
The Texas Senate approved bills on Wednesday that would prevent doctors from encouraging abortions to avoid lawsuits from birth defects and to require doctors to ensure a fetus is deceased before performing certain procedures. Texas Bills 25...
House Republicans propose bills to supplant Affordable Care Act
Republican representatives in the House Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee released two separate bills on Monday that, if passed, would repeal and replace...
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that creates regulatory task forces in every federal agency to look through the regulations and determine which ones "are burdensome to the US economy" and can be removed...
Federal judge blocks Texas plan to cut Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday to halt Texas' plan to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood . The injunction...
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have defunded Planned Parenthood and other women's health providers. HB 2264 sought to remove funding from any provider that performed any abortion or...
