Trump\u2019s attorney general pick hints at making national abortion restrictions a priority<\/p>\n
In a call last week, Blanche, who is serving as both acting attorney general and deputy attorney general and has previously served as Trump\u2019s personal lawyer, suggested that under his leadership, the department would prioritize restrictions on medication abortion.<\/p>\n
Read more at 19th News<\/a><\/p>\n Is Blanche Vow to Make Dobbs Permanent in \u2018Every Single State\u2019 Tied to Cornyn, Tillis Appeasement?<\/p>\n It appears that Blanche previewed for the anti-abortion activists changes ahead that would place restrictions on the online prescription and mailing of the abortion pill, mifepristone, often prescribed alongside misoprostol to carry out an abortion. He specifically suggested targeting states with shield laws that have allowed doctors to prescribe abortion drugs to patients out of state.<\/p>\n \u201cIf states have said, \u2018We are going to protect the unborn and we\u2019re going to protect every life from the moment of conception,\u2019 we\u2019re putting practices and policies in place so that other states and other organizations can\u2019t attack that,\u201d he said. \u201cThey can\u2019t do things like they\u2019re doing with mailing in mail-order drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n and<\/p>\n But it also comes after Cornyn and Tillis both signed off on a letter<\/a> dated July 15 that urged Blanche to use the DOJ\u2019s might to \u201cstop the abortion industry\u2019s unlawful and unsafe mail-order abortion drug practice.\u201d The two sent the letter to Blanche ahead of his confirmation hearing, so it\u2019s possible these promises to anti-abortion activists were made as part of some sort of last-ditch attempt to appease Cornyn and Tillis.<\/p>\n Read more at Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Trump\u2019s attorney general pick hints at making national abortion restrictions a priority In a call last week, Blanche, who is serving as both acting attorney general and deputy attorney general and has previously served as Trump\u2019s personal lawyer, suggested that under his leadership, the department would prioritize restrictions on medication abortion. Read more at 19th … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[172,155,146,468,147,770,345,227,346,823],"class_list":["post-4000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abortion-bans","tag-abortion-restrictions","tag-comstock-act","tag-doj","tag-fda","tag-louisiana-v-fda","tag-medication-abortion","tag-mifepristone","tag-shield-laws","tag-us-mail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4001,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4000\/revisions\/4001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}