The vast ripple effects of one state's abortion ban: newsfromthestates.com/article/idaho-…

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Texas capital murder case attempts to severely punish abortion pill use by treating a fetus as a person bit.ly/4eDqimD

A reminder that because of the Trump administration's interpretation of EMTALA, hospitals could decline to provide emergency abortions, via Susan Tebben newsfromthestates.com/article/federa…

"[S]ome of the things that some repro groups believe preserve the right to abortion are actually harming and paving the road to hell for people who are experiencing pregnancy criminalization," Q&A w Pregnancy Justice's legal director Nina Martin motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

The Trump administration has put on hold $6.8 billion in federal funds for K-12 schools, according to an Education Department notice obtained by States Newsroom. My latest for News from the States || bsky @statesnewsroom.com: newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-…

NEW: Republicans rewrote the US Senate megabill in its last moments -- by Ashley Murray | @ashleymurray.bsky.social for States Newsroom DC newsfromthestates.com/article/republ…

Among the latest state pregnancy criminalization bills is Michigan's longshot “Justice for Babies in the Womb Act,” via Anna Liz Nichols newsfromthestates.com/article/michig…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been sharing constituents' Medicaid, SNAP and other stories, and speaking against the "big beautiful bill" for over three hours. Here are the concerns protesters outside the Capitol on Wednesday shared with me: newsfromthestates.com/article/protes…

The CEO of one of the nation's oldest anti-abortion groups acknowledges U.S. will likely never be ready for a national abortion ban, but Americans United for Life is still slowly pushing to erode abortion access throughout the country: newsfromthestates.com/article/anti-a…

US House passes massive tax break and spending cut bill, sending it to Trump w/ Ariana Figueroa newsfromthestates.com/article/breaki…

In its new lawsuit over the "defund" provision in the budget reconciliation bill, Planned Parenthood argues some of its state members do not meet the bill's definition of prohibited entity but will likely be defunded anyway. newsfromthestates.com/article/planne…

Curious about the new pop-up if you shop on Walmart's website in Virginia? It's related to a new law that took effect last week. More details here: virginiamercury.com/briefs/new-va-…

Someone recently asked: “Why [aren’t] Mississippians in particular no longer passing on farming knowledge?” My response: They are, and here are some of the Black farmers who are training up the next generation in the Mississippi Delta. MY LATEST: capitalbnews.org/black-farmers-…

If you're a fan of Stateline || bsky @stateline.org (and who isn't?), we'd love you to take a 5-minute survey. What should we be writing more about? forms.gle/3UrUq63iZ9aqY7…

Doulas, once a luxury, are increasingly covered by Medicaid — even in GOP states newsfromthestates.com/article/doulas…

Despite a major drop in abortions in Indiana, a new state report calls for stronger enforcement of a near-total abortion ban, including financial penalties for noncompliant hospitals and expanded oversight: newsfromthestates.com/article/indian…

Today's transcript isn't ready yet, but here's an excerpt from the opening statement of the Ramya Krishnan, representing the Knight Institute, available in this transcript: knightcolumbia.org/documents/jxkb…

A breakdown of this complicated case implicating the future of a federal rule protecting certain reproductive health info from disclosure, by my colleague Kelcie Moseley-Morris newsfromthestates.com/article/doctor…

NEW: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Tax Records With ICE propublica.org/article/trump-… William Turton Chris Bing Avi Asher-Schapiro