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Vermont Gov. Phil Scott delivers his State of the State address remotely from the Pavilion office building, Jan. 5, 2022, in Montpelier, Vt. Scott said Friday, April 28, 2023, that he will veto a bill passed by the legislature that aims to help the state reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging Vermonters to move away from fossil fuels to heat their homes. (Glenn Russell/VTDigger via AP, Pool, File)

Vermont governor signs shield bills that protect providers who offer medicated abortion

By Lisa Rathke - Associated Press

The Supreme Court is seen, with a carving of Justice in the foreground, April 19, 2023, in Washington. The Supreme Court is facing a self-imposed Friday night deadline to decide whether women’s access to a widely used abortion pill will stay unchanged until a legal challenge to its Food and Drug Administration approval is resolved. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Supreme Court set to decide on abortion pill access

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

A demonstrator in favor of access to abortion pills places signage about the Supreme Court, Friday, April 21, 2023, outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Supreme Court leaves abortion pill access alone while case goes through courts

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Thursday, April 20, 2023 she has directed the state to obtain a supply of the most commonly used abortion medication in the U.S. amid fears that a court ruling could restrict access to it. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Oregon secures 3-year supply of abortion pill mifepristone

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Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. The Supreme Court is deciding whether women will face restrictions in getting a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, while a lawsuit continues. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Supreme Court poised to rule on abortion pill restrictions

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. The Supreme Court is deciding whether women will face restrictions in getting a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, while a lawsuit continues. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

What Supreme Court action on abortion means for patients

By Laura Ungar - Associated Press

The Supreme Court is seen, with a carving of Justice in the foreground, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, as an announcement about the abortion pill is awaited in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court extends abortion pill access — for now

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Anti-abortion activists, right, counter-protests during a Planned Parenthood rally in support of abortion access outside the Supreme Court on Saturday, April. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Pro-life doctors urge Supreme Court to keep in place appeals court’s limits on abortion pills

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., pauses outside the chamber during a confirmation vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 5, 2021. Both of the state's U.S. senators, Cassidy and Sen. John Kennedy say they have mulled over the option of running for governor and plan on announcing their decisions for 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Bill Cassidy dismisses Democrats’ concerns over FDA authority after abortion pill ruling

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen at sunset, March 27, 2019, in Washington. Dance Laboratories is asking the Supreme Court to preserve access to its abortion pill free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Supreme Court greenlights FDA rules on use, distribution of abortion pill for now

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to reporters about legislation passed during a special legislative session in the Red Room at the state Capitol, July 1, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. For California, New York and some other states trying to position themselves as safe havens for those seeking abortions, a federal court ruling this week, Wednesday, April 12, 2023, could be a setback, adding barriers to obtaining one of the two drugs usually used in combination to end pregnancies with medication. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Latest abortion pill ruling could hit some safe havens hard

By Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A federal appeals court has ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the drug can be taken and said it could not be dispensed by mail. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Justice Department takes abortion pill fight to Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen on Feb. 21, 2023, in Washington. The Supreme Court on Monday, April 3, declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing, over a dissent from the three liberal justices. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Abortion issue returns to Supreme Court as DOJ fights ruling on FDA’s pill approval

By Alex Swoyer and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Bottles of the drug misoprostol sit on a table at the West Alabama Women's Center, March 15, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. White House officials warned on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, that access to nearly any medication is in jeopardy after a federal judge ordered that mifepristone, a pill commonly used for abortions, be pulled off the market, and they said they're consulting with lawmakers, doctors and pharmacies to fight the ruling. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Justice Department to take abortion pill fight to Supreme Court

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol, right, at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 22, 2010. A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Federal appeals court limits use of abortion pill, but doesn’t ban its FDA approval

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A patient prepares to take the first of two pills for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Some abortion clinics are fielding lots of calls from patients since a Friday, April 7, 2023 court ruling threatened the availability of a main drug used in medication abortion, mifepristone. Patients are concerned about whether they can still get the care they need. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Drugmakers urge appeals court to stay Texas ruling on abortion pill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. An “anti-vice” law from the 19th century is at the center of a new court ruling that could soon halt access to the leading abortion drug in the U.S. On Friday, April 7, 2023, a Trump-appointed judge in Texas sided with Christian conservatives in ruling that the Comstock, enacted in the 1870s, prohibits sending the long-used drug through the mail. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Abortion pill rulings in conflict: What happens next?

By Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman - Associated Press

Bottles of the drug misoprostol sit on a table at the West Alabama Women's Center, March 15, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Misoprostol induces uterus contractions that expel an embryo or fetus and other tissue. A federal judge in Texas will hear arguments Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in a high-stakes court case that could threaten access to abortion medication and blunt the authority of U.S. drug regulators. The lawsuit from Christian conservatives aimed at overturning the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The drug, when used with a second pill, misoprostol, has become the most common method of abortion in the U.S. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Supreme Court likely will allow states to restrict abortion drugs

By Sarah Parshall Perry

Gov. Maura Healey, front right, faces reporters as Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, left, looks on, Monday, April 10, 2023, during a news conference in front of the Statehouse, in Boston. Massachusetts is stockpiling enough doses of mifepristone to last for more than a year Healey, a Democrat, said Monday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Blue states stockpile abortion pills because of court battle

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican Nancy Mace talks to supporters during her election night party on Nov. 3, 2020, in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Mace is set to meet two GOP challengers on the debate stage, Monday, May 23, 2022, who are seeking to oust her from South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace sides with Democrats urging Biden to ignore abortion pill ruling

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times