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Abortion Pills Will Be the Next Battle in the 2024 Election

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The next front is rapidly emerging in the struggle between supporters and opponents of legal abortion, and that escalating conflict is increasing the chances that the issue will shape the 2024 election as it did last November’s midterm contest. President Joe Biden triggered the new confrontation with a flurry of recent moves to expand access to the drugs used in medication abortions, which now account for more than half of all abortions performed in the United States. Medication abortion involves two drugs: mifepristone followed by misoprostol (which is also used…

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News Roundup: Senate battle for voting protections; Supreme Court rejects latest Trump gambit

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In the news today: Tonight saw the latest Senate battle to protect voting rights even as Republican-held state legislatures pass unprecedented rollbacks targeting those rights. What’s next is unclear, but Democratic leaders organized the vote tonight as a move to force the two Senate Democratic holdouts—as well as all Senate Republicans—on record for blocking the urgently needed protections. Also this evening, the Supreme Court rejected a Trump demand that the National Archives refuse a congressional request for administration records pertaining to the violence on January 6. Justice Thomas was the…

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U.S. Democrats battle over climate change plans in $3.5 trillion bill – Reuters

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U.S. Democrats battle over climate change plans in $ 3.5 trillion bill  Reuters What becomes of America if congressional Democrats fail? | Column  Tampa Bay Times How screwed are Democrats in the Senate?  Vox.com Can the US democratic system pass the big test up ahead?  The National Democrats face grim political reality in midterms | TheHill  The Hill View Full Coverage on Google News “us democrats” – Google News

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