By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning, Advocate readers! Four years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, advocates say state bans and restrictions have resulted in patients being denied care even in cases of miscarriage. An Arkansas woman shares her story in a Stateline piece taking a deeper look at the issue. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news on the Advocate site here.
Mylissa McNeill, sitting outside her home in Jacksonville, Ark., earlier this year, says she was denied prompt miscarriage care in August 2022. It was the beginning of a cascade of health problems that she blames, at least in part, on hospitals’ reluctance to provide miscarriage management care that might run afoul of state abortion bans. (Photo by Katie Adkins/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Stateline
A new study published last month by the Journal of the American Medical Association found that since the Dobbs decision, in states where abortion bans took effect, miscarriage management has shifted away from medical intervention toward more of a “wait-and-see” approach.
The U.S. Capitol on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By DC Bureau
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led U.S. Senate served up a rare public check on President Donald Trump’s agenda Tuesday when it voted to approve a House-passed War Powers Resolution to end hostilities in Iran.
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GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By DC Bureau
WASHINGTON — An appeals court Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to use fast-track deportations within the interior of the country and not just at the Southern border, a key pillar in the president’s mass deportation campaign.
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