“The Supreme Court has agreed to expedite and hear procedural elements of two challenges to Texas' new anti-abortion law, which effectively bans most abortions after six weeks.
One case is the Department of Justice's challenge against the Texas law, and the other is by an organization called Whole Women's Health.
The questions presented in each case are procedural in nature and will not get to the merits of the Texas law or whether to potentially overturn the major abortion precedent Roe v. Wade.
"[T]he petition is granted limited to the following question: May the United States bring suit in federal court and obtain injunctive or declaratory relief against the State, state court judges, state court clerks, other state officials, or all private parties to prohibit S.B. 8 from being enforced?" the court wrote regarding the DOJ's case.
The "question presented" in the Whole Women's Health case is about "whether a State can insulate from federal-court review a law that prohibits the exercise of a constitutional right by delegating to the general public the authority to enforce that prohibition through civil actions."
Arguments are scheduled for Nov. 1. The court declined to halt the law in the interim.”
“The lawsuit, led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, is joined by 11 other states. The states are seeking to restore the Trump administration rule so that medical clinics cannot obtain funding from Title X, a federal grant program, toward performing or referring abortions.”
The lawsuit, led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, is joined by 11 other states. The states are seeking to restore the Trump administration rule so that medical clinics cannot obtain funding from Title X, a federal grant program, toward performing or referring abortions.
The Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump in 2019 issued a rule that “prohibits the use of Title X funds to perform, promote, refer for, or support abortion as a method of family planning.” The rule also requires “clear financial and physical separation between Title X and non-Title X activities.”
The Biden administration on Oct. 4 revoked the Trump-era rule such that starting Nov. 8, clinics receiving federal funds will be allowed to refer pregnant women for abortions.
Pro-life doctors push back on claim women don’t know they’re pregnant at six weeks - Washington Times
“‘Modern pregnancy tests can detect pregnancy just one week from fertilization, as any woman trying to become pregnant knows. Our patients deserve access to better information about their healthcare than the lies offered by abortion industry lawyers or partisan medical providers,’ the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists said in a statement to The Washington Times.”
“The National Association of Business Economics (NABE) found that nearly half — 47% — of respondents to its Business Conditions Survey reported a shortage of skilled workers in the third quarter. That's up from 32% reporting shortages in the second quarter of the year, which already was too high for comfort. And nobody thinks the labor shortages will just disappear as 2021 turns to 2022.”
Business groups ask White House to delay Biden Covid vaccine mandate until after the holidays - CNBC
“Worried that President Joe Biden’s Covid vaccine mandate for private companies could cause a mass exodus of employees, business groups are pleading with the White House to delay the rule until after the holiday season.”
“Dennis Deslongchamp, the president of the Denver Concessionaires Association, told KMGH that organizers had hoped for about 5,000 people at the fair, which he called a ‘very lofty goal.’ Organizers had wanted to fill about 1,000 jobs at the airport, but only about 100 people came to the four-hour fair, Deslongchamp told the outlet.”
Biden Could Use National Guard to Help With Supply Chain Bottlenecks - Wall Street Journal
“President Biden said he would consider deploying the National Guard to assist with supply-chain bottlenecks that have led to shortages and higher consumer costs, if his administration is unable to ease the problem.”
