How the group behind the abortion drug battle is taking its fight global

London — British anti-abortion activist Isabel Vaughn-Spruce says she wasn’t protesting when she stood silently in a protected zone outside an abortion clinic near her church in Birmingham, England. “I internally reasoned that surely my silent thoughts should still be allowed to happen inside that zone. My prayers. So I went and silently prayed outside the

Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge targeting the availability of the widely used abortion pill mifepristone, preserving access to the drug in its first major abortion-related ruling since the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The unanimous ruling from the justices was on procedural grounds. They determined that a group of anti-abortion rights doctors

U.S. does not expect significant Russian breakthrough in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region

The U.S. does not expect Russia to mount a significant breakthrough in its offensive against the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, the Pentagon said Thursday.  “A couple of weeks ago, there was concern that would see a significant breakthrough on the part of the Russians,” said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. “I don’t think we’ll see