The contentious issue of abortion has returned to the Supreme Court, with the justices prepared on Wednesday to weigh a states’ rights challenge over hospital emergency room access to the procedure. In nearly two hours of oral arguments, the high court confronted whether state abortion restrictions are invalidated by a federal law. It was unclear from the public session how the court might eventually decide. The votes of...

The contentious issue of abortion has returned to the Supreme Court, with the justices prepared on Wednesday to weigh a states’ rights challenge over hospital emergency room access to the procedure. In scheduled morning oral arguments, the high court will confront whether state abortion restrictions are invalidated by a federal law.   Idaho officials say hospitals cannot be forced by the Biden administration to perform abortions in potentially emergency...

Republican lawmakers torched Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for his national pro-abortion campaign on Monday while California faces several crises they say demand his attention. “It’s certainly frustrating that Gov. Newsom is focusing all his attention on other states besides California,” Assemblyman Vince Fong, vice chair of the state’s budget committee, told Fox News Digital. “California is in crisis.” Fong, who has been sounding the alarm on the state’s...