“This month’s decline reflects a clear consensus across all demographic and political affiliations,” said Joanne Hsu, director of the survey. “Republicans joined independents and Democrats in expressing worsening expectations since February for their personal finances, business conditions, unemployment, and inflation.”
has ceased providing either surgical or medical abortions since Feb. 28 because of the laws.One of the laws requires abortion clinics — specifically Wellspring Health Access in Casper as the state’s only abortion clinic — to be licensed as outpatient surgical centers.
Getting licensed would require costly renovations, clinic officials say. The law also requires the Wellspring Health Access physicians to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital even though that facility is under no obligation to grant such a request.The other new law requires patients to have an ultrasound at least 48 hours before receiving a medication abortion. While attorneys for the state argue the Legislature has wide regulatory discretion to prevent rare mishaps during abortions, the women and nonprofits argue that ultrasounds are a costly and burdensome requirement.A judge in Casper is considering a request by the clinic and the others to suspend the new laws while their lawsuit proceeds.
Wellspring Health Access opened in 2023, almost a year later than planned because ancaused heavy damage. A woman convicted for setting fire to the building
to five years in prison.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans surprised tech industry watchers and outraged state governments when they added a clause to Republicans’ signature “Whitehouse replied that Zeldin should explain why Justice Department lawyers, speaking under oath on behalf of the agency, have “said that everything you just said is not true. That’s what I want.”
A lawyer for the EPA told a federal appeals court this week that the agency was “not accusing anybody of fraud” in a separate dispute over its termination of $20 billion in grants under a so-calledprogram to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects nationwide.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court judge who was an outspoken supporter of abortion rights in the state Legislature announced Tuesday that she is running for the, taking on an incumbent conservative justice who sided with President Donald Trump in his failed attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.