The move has no immediate legal force but will likely spark lawsuits that advocates hope will restore abortion rights.

The president reinstated a policy blocking U.S. aid to foreign organizations that use funds for abortion. He also overturned two Biden executive orders, contending they violated the law barring federal funding for abortion.

President Donald Trump issued executive orders late Friday reviving some of his first term’s anti-abortion policies, like restrictions on federal funding for family planning and some overseas health programs.

The president’s announcement on Friday was one of many sweeping executive moves he’s making in his final days in office.

President Trump pardoned 23 pro-life individuals convicted under Biden administration for demonstrating at abortion clinics. The pardons include elderly activists.

Biden’s record of promises kept, promises broken and compromises is roughly equally split between the three categories, according to PolitiFact.

It is unclear what, if any, legal weight the declaration carries.

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.

Columbus filed motions to join two lawsuits as defendants alongside the Department of Health and Human Services.

Thursday marks another day of Senate confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard.

North Carolina is another state prone to hurricanes—and in fact Hurricane Helene last fall triggered a Biden administration recovery effort led by Deanne Criswell, the impeccably qualified and unanimously confirmed director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. There were no conditions attached, but here are two that would have been nice.

Karnik, federal policy director of the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy nonprofit dedicated to advancing reproductive health and rights in the U.S. and around the world. Friedrich-Karnik unpacked Trump’s actions on reproductive rights so far and their implications for people seeking abortion care.