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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 3h
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Yesterday, the FBI’s number two man resigned. Andrew Bailey was previously the Attorney General of Missouri, where he aggressively investigated providers of abortion and gender-affirming care. We spent months reporting on Bailey’s past in Missouri, and what he might have been doing at the FBI. The bottom line: An abortion pill crackdown is likely on the way, even after Bailey’s departure.Heidi Overton, Trump’s pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, had her confirmation hearing on Thursday and it was a doozy. Overton refused to say that the abortion drug mifepristone is safe and effective and even declined to say that IUDs are birth control, not abortifacients. Next comes a committee vote and a full Senate vote. In less soul-crushing news, Susan wrote about how advocates in multiple states are challenging abortion laws under the rights to life and liberty enshrined in state constitutions. The refreshing argument is that restrictions violate the constitutional rights of pregnant people.
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Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti—yes, that one—sent sweeping legal demands to an abortion fund and the state’s Planned Parenthood affiliate. He’s seeking internal communications, website and social media copy, donor records, patient records, information about healthcare providers, and more
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Tennessee AG Investigating Clinics and Abortion Funds, Racist Hyde Amendment Turns 50: September 29 News Roundup
Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 12h
That federal prosecution was in 2018—while Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land. Now, the FBI could try to charge people for using the mail to violate state abortion bans. One vehicle is the the Comstock Act of 1873. Yes, you read that year correctly. @autonomynews.co
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 15h
Did you know the DOJ prosecuted a New York woman for selling abortion pills during the first Trump administration? Learn about how they could be laying the groundwork to do it again in our latest at @autonomynews.co:
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What Was This Anti-Abortion Zealot Doing at the FBI?
Andrew Bailey has always been hellbent on eradicating abortion access. As the FBI’s No. 2, he may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: The signs are everywhere that FBI and DOJ are gearing up investigate distributors of abortion pills. While Anti-abortion zealot Andrew Bailey may be leaving, Todd Blanche is Comstock-curious and FBI Director Kash Patel recently told Josh Hawley he's open to criminal probes. @autonomynews.co
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What Was This Anti-Abortion Zealot Doing at the FBI?
Andrew Bailey has always been hellbent on eradicating abortion access. As the FBI’s No. 2, he may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers.
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 28/09/2026
NEW: Andrew Bailey, the FBI's No. 2, has resigned. He may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers. As Trump faces pressure to restrict pills, FBI Director Kash Patel recently said he was open to criminal probes. The public wouldn't know until someone's in handcuffs
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What Was This Anti-Abortion Zealot Doing at the FBI?
Andrew Bailey has always been hellbent on eradicating abortion access. As the FBI’s No. 2, he may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
I haven't seen a single story explain that the lawsuit filed by Tierra Walker's family is part of a broader legal argument that women and pregnant people have a right to life. There are at least four state cases like this. Subscribe to @autonomynews.co for context you're not getting anywhere else
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.co
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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From the article: “The thing we don't hear about enough, in my opinion, is the lives and humanity of pregnant people.” 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 In Judaism, the fetus is regarded as a part of the pregnant person's body until birth. Because whose life matters most is the one already born.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
Amplify Legal sued over Arkansas' abortion ban on a similar right-to-life claim, and advocates in Wisconsin and Oklahoma are challenging abortion laws under the framework. "It is so critical to the future of the movement...to talk about ‘what does the right to life’ mean?” @greerdonley.bsky.social
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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
“The thing we don't hear about enough, in my opinion, is the lives and humanity of pregnant people.” These kinds of challenges not only seek to overturn state bans, but could be used as part of a larger argument that Dobbs is unworkable and should be reversed: www.autonomynews.co/new-lawsuits...
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Anti-abortion advocates have claimed for decades that fetuses and even embryos are people with legal rights. No one can stop them from making that argument, Duane said, but reproductive rights and justice advocates can and should highlight the people without whom that potential life wouldn’t exist.

“The thing we don't hear about enough, in my opinion, is the lives and humanity of pregnant people,” she said. “We cede that ground to them when we don't plant our feet firmly on the ground and say what our values are, which is that pregnant people should not lose their rights just because they're pregnant.” 

Amplify Legal is making a similar right to life claim in a case it filed against Arkansas' abortion ban. The first hearing in the lawsuit is on Monday. These kinds of challenges not only seek to overturn state-level bans, but could be used as part of a larger argument that the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is itself unworkable and should be reversed.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
Tierra Walker died from preeclampsia at 20 weeks pregnant. Dozens of doctors refused to offer her an abortion during multiple trips to the ER. “People should not lose their fundamental constitutional rights just because they are pregnant” -Molly Duane, the Walker family's attorney. @autonomynews.co
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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 25/09/2026
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 25/09/2026
ICYMI: Heidi Overton, Trump's nominee to lead the FDA, refused to say whether she agreed with a false White House claim that IUDs cause abortions, and even suggested the agency could change its stance on the matter. Overton also wouldn't say that medication abortion is safe and effective.
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Trump’s FDA Pick Refused to Say IUDs Don't Cause Abortions
Dr. Heidi Overton also said she is open to investigating abortion pill manufacturers during her Senate confirmation hearing.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 24/09/2026
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 24/09/2026
New story by me and @susanrinkunas.com on Overton's confirmation hearing at @autonomynews.co:
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Trump’s FDA Pick Refused to Say IUDs Don't Cause Abortions
Dr. Heidi Overton also said she is open to investigating abortion pill manufacturers during her Senate confirmation hearing.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 24/09/2026
Heidi Overton just started her opening statement at her confirmation hearing by thanking her lord and savior Jesus Christ
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 24/09/2026
This is a BIG deal as Trump's Department of Justice has refused to say that certain forms of birth control don't cause abortions in an active court case we covered on @autonomynews.co
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Trump Is Still Fighting to Let Employers Object to Birth Control for ‘Moral’ Reasons
The administration will ask an appeals court today to restore sweeping, ideological exceptions to insurance coverage of contraception.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 23/09/2026
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At Least 6 Hospitals Have Caved to Trump Shakedown on Trans Kids: September 21 News Roundup
Plus, Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to block extraditions of abortion providers.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 23/09/2026
@autonomynews.co ran this headline yesterday btw
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Hospitals Shut Youth Gender Clinics in Deal with Trump Administration
At least six hospitals have struck agreements with the Trump administration to pay fines and stop providing gender-transition treatments to minors.
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 22/09/2026
Legislators could override Newsom's veto of a bill that would have blocked future governors from extraditing abortion providers—but the California legislature hasn't overridden a veto since 1979.
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At Least 6 Hospitals Have Caved to Trump Shakedown on Trans Kids: September 21 News Roundup
Plus, Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to block extraditions of abortion providers.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 18/09/2026
The excessive restrictions on mifepristone—specifically, its placement under a special safety program called REMS—is in line with a long history of paternalism at the FDA. I explored that in this piece, because, guess what? The FDA has also begun subjecting some contraceptives to REMS
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The FDA Quietly Slapped More Restrictions on the Birth Control Implant
The agency recently approved Nexplanon for up to five years of use—but it also imposed extra regulations that leave some providers worried.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 18/09/2026
The idea that FDA restricts mifepristone excessively is in line with the consensus among experts. In fact, leading researchers say it should be available over the counter. Instead, even with loosened restrictions, it can only be prescribed by certified providers & dispensed by certified pharmacies
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Self-Selection for Medication Abortion Using a Prototype Drug Facts Label
This diagnostic study examines whether patients seeking an abortion could accurately self-select their eligibility to use over-the-counter (OTC) medication abortion by using a prototype OTC package an...
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 18/09/2026
That's right: In addition to the three ongoing lawsuits where abortion-restrictive states are arguing the FDA's regulation of mifepristone is too lax, two federal judges (in Hawaii and Virginia) have ruled the FDA regulates mifepristone too tightly. Explained in this recent @autonomynews.co story:
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FDA Lawyer Leaves Door Wide Open for Mifepristone Restrictions at Appeals Court Hearing
Louisiana made misleading claims about the safety of medication abortion, while the Justice Department sidestepped questions about whether the drug should remain available via telehealth.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 18/09/2026
@autonomynews.co is covering every development in medication abortion access, including the other lawsuits against the FDA and the bogus "review." Keep our work paywall-free with a paid subscription today: www.autonomynews.co#/portal/
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FDA Lawyer Leaves Door Wide Open for Mifepristone Restrictions at Appeals Court Hearing
Louisiana made misleading claims about the safety of medication abortion, while the Justice Department sidestepped questions about whether the drug should remain available via telehealth.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 18/09/2026
Filing from Whole Woman's Health Alliance outlines far-right pressure campaign on FDA to further restrict mifepristone despite scientific evidence. Also cites AG Todd Blanche's comments in a private call that DOJ was working with FDA on mife storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... @autonomynews.co
Plaintiffs believe there is a grave risk that, on remand, FDA will ignore the statutory factors
that this Court has directed it to consider. Even before this Court’s remand, FDA had started to
conduct a review of the mifepristone REMS. That review was instigated and driven by
ideologically-driven politicians and lawmakers from states that have banned abortion who disagree...with a different aspect of FDA’s 2023 REMS decision: its formal elimination of the in-person
dispensing requirement. The political pressure on FDA to make the mifepristone REMS more onerous is considerable:

Date               Event
April 28, 2025 Senator Josh Hawley (R. Mo.) sends a letter to then-FDA Commissioner
Martin Makary urging him to “revisit and restore the FDA’s longstanding
safety measures regarding mifepristone.”1
June 2, 2025 Then-FDA Commissioner Martin Makary responds to Senator Hawley,
saying that he is “committed to conducting a review of mifepristone and
working with the professional career scientists at the Agency who review
this data.”2
July 31, 2025 Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and at least 20 other Republican
attorneys general send a letter to Health and Human Services (“HHS”)
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and then-FDA Commissioner Makary
calling for FDA to “consider reinstating safety protocols” from the 2011
REMS or, alternatively, to withdraw mifepristone from the market.3
Sept. 19, 2025 HHS Secretary Kennedy and then-FDA Commissioner Makary respond
to the Republican attorneys general, informing them that “through the
FDA, HHS will conduct a study of the safety of the current REMS, in
order to determine whether modifications are necessary.”4
1 Letter from Sen. Josh Hawley to Comm’r Martin Makary (Apr. 28, 2025)
(https://www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-04-28-Hawley-FDA-Letter-to-
Makary.pdf).
2 Image posted by Sen. Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO), X, Letter from Comm’r Makary (Jun. 2, 2025),
Date Event
Dec. 10, 2025 Senator Hawley sends another letter to then-FDA Commissioner Makary
demanding a “specific timeline” for completion of FDA’s mifepristone
review.5
May 12, 2026 Makary resigns as Commissioner of FDA. The press reports that one
factor contributing to his “rocky tenure” at FDA was anti-abortion groups’
accusation that he was “slow-walking” the mifepristone review.6
The press also reports that “[w]ithin hours of his appointment,” Acting
FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas reached out to “several anti-
abortion leaders” to assure them that “he is morally opposed to the
procedure.”7
Aug. 19, 2026 President Trump nominates Heidi Overton to succeed Makary as FDA
Commissioner. While working at the America First Policy Institute, Dr.
Overton co-authored a paper on “Risking Two Lives: The Dangerous Rise
of Chemical Abortion,” in which she opined that mifepristone posed “a
serious threat to women’s health.”8
Aug. 27, 2026 The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions issues a
report titled “Mifepristone Without Guardrails: An Investigation Into
How Chemical Abortion Drug Makers Are Putting Mothers and Babies
At Risk” (the “Senate HELP Report”).9 The Senate HELP Report....[continues on next page, not shown] concludes that ““FDA should step in to institute more stringent REMS requirements that provide sufficient guardrails to discourage inappropriate use of products approved with ETASU.”
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vawd.128384/gov.uscourts.vawd.128384.101.0.pdf
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 18/09/2026
UPDATE: after a judge ordered the FDA to reconsider abortion pill regulations for being *too* restrictive, the clinic group that sued asks court to retain jurisdiction "given the very real possibility of political interference" in the FDA's ongoing review storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 17/09/2026
Most abortion ban "exceptions" aren't exceptions at all, explains @davidnhackney.bsky.social in this excerpt from his new book. These "crumbs of autonomy" only provide doctors with a potential defense against criminal charges—not actual protection.
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Abortion Ban Exceptions Masquerade as Freedoms
In criminal cases, prosecutors usually have to prove a person’s guilt. But under most criminal abortion bans, it’s on the physician to prove their actions fit within a so-called exception.
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 17/09/2026
Ten years ago today, Donald Trump signed a hostage letter to get the endorsement of top anti-abortion group, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. Months earlier, SBA urged voters to "support anyone but" Trump, saying he couldn't be trusted. SBA's wildest dreams are on the precipice of coming true 🧵
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 16/09/2026
Big lawsuit filed by the family of Tierra Walker, who died of preeclampsia at 20 weeks pregnant after being denied abortion care. Argues Texas' abortion bans violate the state constitution's right to life and should be struck down. More soon on @autonomynews.co abortioninamerica.org/wp-content/u...
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Not one of Ms. Walker’s medical providers sought to rely on the exception to Texas’s abortion bans or offered Ms. Walker’s life-saving abortion. To the extent Ms. Walker’s medical providers believed that she was never sick enough to qualify for the exception, Texas’s abortion bans, combined with the associated definitions of “abortion,” “reasonable medical judgment,” and “medical emergency,” are unconstitutionally vague in violation of the due course of law provision of Article I, Section 19 and thus unenforceable. See Paxton v. Annunciation House, Inc., 719 S.W.3d at 589.
208. In addition, to the extent Texas’s abortion bans and associated definitions were a proximate cause of Ms. Walker’s death, they violated her right to life under the Texas Constitution and are unconstitutional. Vernon’s Tex. Civ. Stats. ch. 6-1/2; Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 170A.001-170A.007; Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 171.201-171.212; Tex. Health & Safety Code § 245.002.
209. Finally, to the extent Texas’s statutory scheme, taken as a whole, cumulatively denied Ms. Walker her right to life without due process of law, Texas violated her right to life under the Texas Constitution

https://abortioninamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Walker-Petition.pdf
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 16/09/2026
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 15/09/2026
The surrogate at the center of a custody battle over a very sick baby wants the Supreme Court to pause a California ruling finding the baby's biological parents are his legal parents. After the couple requested an abortion, the surrogate fled to Texas which recognizes birth mothers as legal mothers
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Surrogate Takes Custody Battle to Supreme Court, EPA to Test Water for Mifepristone: September 14 News Roundup
Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 10/09/2026
As we explained at @autonomynews.co, this case was always a bid by anti-abortion groups to get the issue of gestational surrogacy before the Supreme Court: www.autonomynews.co/whats-really...
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What’s Really Going On in a Messy Surrogacy Fight: August 17 News Roundup
Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 10/09/2026
UPDATE in this case: A Texas court gave full credit to a California court's ruling that Baby Rumi's biological parents are his rightful parents, and dismissed McKenna West, the surrogate, from the case. She (and her Alliance Defending Freedom lawyers) are appealing to the Supreme Court.
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Surrogate dismissed from Texas case, asks Supreme Court to intervene
Surrogate McKenna West refused an abortion and then traveled to the Dallas area to gave birth to a baby boy with a severe heart condition. Her attorneys want her to have access to the baby.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10/09/2026
Justice Alito wrote in May that telehealth prescriptions of mifepristone are part of “a scheme to undermine our decision in Dobbs.” But attacks on the pills are part of a far-right scheme to ban abortion nationwide without passing a single new law
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 09/09/2026
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Thank you to EP for the subscription and BB for the tip! That's 2 paid supporters down, and 8 to go www.autonomynews.co/support/
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 09/09/2026
NEW: During a hearing at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Trump administration repeatedly refused to defend an FDA change that allowed telehealth access to mifepristone The FDA is conducting a baseless safety “review” of the drug, which could upend abortion care after the midterm elections
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FDA Lawyer Leaves Door Wide Open for Mifepristone Restrictions at Appeals Court Hearing
Louisiana made misleading claims about the safety of medication abortion, while the Justice Department sidestepped questions about whether the drug should remain available via telehealth.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 09/09/2026
Amid the news of the day, I have some news of my own. 😊
A Publishers Marketplace deal report that says: Journalist and Autonomy News cofounder Garnet Henderson’s LEAVE NO MEANS UNTRIED, an investigation into how anti-abortion disinformation has shaped our laws and culture, and how this playbook is being used to attack other freedoms, to Michelle Capone at Melville House, at auction, for publication in fall 2027, by Nicki Richesin at Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner (NA).
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 09/09/2026
The judges will hear arguments about whether the Comstock Act bans mailing mifepristone prescribed via telehealth—one Supreme Court justice said in May that he agrees. This case will no doubt head back to SCOTUS in the coming months, but the FDA could act before then, kicking off new lawsuits
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Supreme Court Maintains Mifepristone Access, But Thomas Calls for Comstock Act Prosecutions
The good news is that nothing changes today. The bad news is that access to mifepristone isn’t safe.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 09/09/2026
The Fifth Circuit will hear a case about the abortion drug mifepristone on Wednesday. The big thing to know is access won't change after the judges rule. But a bogus FDA safety "review" could upend access after the midterms. We'll be covering on @autonomynews.co www.autonomynews.co/mifepristone...
Federal news

Tomorrow, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a Louisiana lawsuit that seeks to make it harder to get the abortion drug mifepristone. The state sued the Food and Drug Administration in October arguing that the agency acted unlawfully when it allowed mifepristone to be dispensed by mail or at certified pharmacies during the Biden administration. Part of Louisiana’s argument is that the Comstock Act, a dormant 19th-century anti-obscenity law, prohibits shipping mifepristone. If the appeals court agrees to ban mailing, it would end telemedicine prescriptions nationwide, even in states that protect abortion access—though pills would remain available via activist groups that distribute them outside the medical system. Thanks to a May order from the Supreme Court, there will be no changes to access until the appeals process is complete. However, the FDA is conducting a sham “review” that it could cite as a reason to restrict access to mifepristone. If that happens, manufacturers will very likely sue the agency, kicking off separate litigation.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 08/09/2026
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 08/09/2026
Even a right-wing group questioned the Trump administration's plan to divert money meant to help working parents to incentivize stay-at-home parenthood.
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Mifepristone Back in Court, Vance Wants to Pay Stay-at-Home Moms: September 8 News Roundup
Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 05/09/2026
Garnet and Susan joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social to talk about the many threats to abortion pill access in the works for after the midterm elections. Segment starts 15 minutes in:
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 03/09/2026
The Trump administration is promoting fertility awareness-based methods of birth control over all others. The antidote to the administration’s disinformation about contraceptives, experts say, isn’t to demonize FABMs—it’s to offer accurate information and support to people interested in using them.
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Right-Wingers Love Fertility Awareness. Reproductive Health Advocates Need To Stop Dismissing It.
Disparaging fertility tracking goes against the values of reproductive justice, and could send people into the arms of MAHA.
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 01/09/2026
A new report finds that most abortion patients can’t afford care amid the cost-of-living crisis. Abortion funds are seeing an increase in clients as their own resources dwindle, and many clinics are offering large discounts to help patients get care—which means absorbing financial losses.
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Exclusive: ‘Toothpicks and Band-Aids’ Can’t Keep Abortion Clinics Open
A new report finds that most abortion patients can’t afford care amid the cost-of-living crisis. Clinics and abortion funds are absorbing huge losses as a result.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Obstetric care has long been dehumanizing to pregnant people. Read more in this excerpt from Pregnancy Interrupted by @kateclancy.bsky.social in @autonomynews.co: www.autonomynews.co/in-the-name-...
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In the Name of Saving the Baby
Obstetric care has dehumanized pregnant people throughout history, as biological anthropologist Kate Clancy examines in her new book.
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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 01/09/2026
Today, far-right judge Reed O'Connor paused one of three lawsuits in which anti-abortion states are suing over the FDA's regulation of the abortion drug mifepristone—but he also opened the door to legal arguments that could take it off the market once the case picks back up in December.
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Judge Says Texas and Florida Can Challenge Mifepristone Approval: August 31 News Roundup
Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 31/08/2026
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
WICHITA FALLS DIVISION
Civil Action No. 7:25-CV-00126-O
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ET AL., 
Plaintiffs,
v. 
U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, ET AL.,
Defendants. 

OPINION & ORDER
Before the Court are Defendants Food and Drug Administration, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr,
Martin A. Makary, Richard Pazdur, and Department of Health and Human Services’ (“Government Defendants”) Motion to Stay or Alternatively to Dismiss (ECF No. 20); Danco Laboratories, LLC and GenBioPro, Inc.’s Motions to Dismiss (ECF Nos. 52, 54); The State of
Florida and the State of Texas’s Consolidated Response (ECF No. 56); and Defendants’ Replies (ECF Nos. 57–59). Having considered the Motions, briefing, and applicable law, the Court DENIES Danco Laboratories, LLC and GenBioPro, Inc.’s Motions to Dismiss and GRANTS in part Government Defendants’ Motion to Stay.

full docket:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72012984/the-state-of-florida-v-us-food-and-drug-administration/?order_by=desc
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