A lawsuit filed in a Texas federal district court is aiming to limit Americans’ access to mifepristone, commonly referred to as the abortion pill. Anti-abortion advocates say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should rescind its approval of the medication until it can be adequately tested. “The FDA has one job, which is just to protect Americans from dangerous drugs,” said Denise Harle, senior counsel with the Alliance Defending Freedom, one of the conservative-leaning groups that brought the lawsuit. “We’re asking the court to remove that chemical drug regimen until and unless the FDA actually goes through the proper…

The trend of local and state bans on certain books is now drawing the attention of the U.S. Congress. In September 2022, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced a bicameral resolution to recognize Banned Books Week, an annual event aimed at bringing attention to books that have been banned or challenged in schools or libraries throughout history. Banned Books Week started in 1982 and is publicly promoted by the American Library Association and Amnesty International. Raskin, who chairs the House Oversight and Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, said in a statement that…