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In its June 13 ruling in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to address the FDA’s unlawful removal of commonsense safety standards for abortion drugs. But nothing in the Court’s decision changes the fact that the FDA’s own label says that roughly one in 25 women who take chemical abortion drugs will end up in the emergency room. Women and girls deserve better. The FDA managed to avoid accountability on a legal technicality. But the FDA’s actions are as wrong today as they were yesterday. ADF will continue to advocate for women’s health and expose the ...

Free speech platform “X” was just banned by the Brazilian government. That means it’s illegal for Brazilian citizens to use the social media platform, which is owned by Elon Musk. Even more, Brazilians can be subject to nearly $9,000 fines if they attempt to continue using “X” via a virtual private network (VPN). This is a blatant violation of Brazilians’ freedom of speech. And it creates a dire situation for human rights in a critical nation in the region. The ruling follows years of the government systematically targeting its own citizens—oftentimes, conservative voices—for what they say ...