Alexia Moore took abortion pills and went to a Georgia emergency room in pain, where a security guard called the police.
The fetus was delivered at the hospital and did not survive. The county coroner ruled the cause of death undetermined. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation declined to perform an autopsy. Local police charged Moore with felony murder anyway, building their case from her medical records and her own words to the nurses who treated her.
She has been jailed for more than two weeks. Today, the Trump administration opened what it calls conscience investigations into all 13 states that require health insurers to cover abortion. That’s the next step in a Project 2025 roadmap to eliminate that coverage by threatening to pull states’ Medicaid funding.
One woman in a rural county jail and 13 state governments are under federal investigation because they believe women have a fundamental right to make their own health care decisions. Call your representatives and demand they protect abortion access before the next woman arrives at an emergency room and leaves in handcuffs.
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FOREIGN RELATIONS
1. Trump invokes Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor while seated next to Japan’s prime minister, after a Japanese reporter asks why allies weren’t consulted on Iran. Know this: Audible groan from press corps | via The Japan Times
WAR
2. Iran bombs Saudi, Qatari, and Kuwaiti energy facilities after Israeli strike on the world’s largest gas field, with oil prices up 60% since the war began. Know this: Netanyahu claims Iran can’t enrich uranium | via The Associated Press
3. Trump says he is “not putting troops anywhere” in Iran as 2,200 Marines head toward the Persian Gulf, calling the war an “excursion.”. Know this: Three Israeli officials dispute U.S. denial | via The Independent
HEALTH
4. HHS launches investigations into 13 states that require health insurers to cover abortion, executing a strategy the Heritage Foundation proposed in Project 2025. Know this: Weldon Amendment used as legal basis | via News from the States
EPSTEIN SEX CRIME NETWORK
5. Epstein’s longtime lawyer tells House panel he had “no knowledge whatsoever” of crimes, as Democrats press for details on a settlement with a woman who accused Trump. Know this: Hard drives from Epstein investigators confirmed | via CBS News
JUSTICE DEPT
6. DOJ subpoenas former FBI Director Comey in a new probe of Obama officials over Russia, months after a judge threw out the administration’s first case against him. Know this: Gabbard called Russia interference “contrived narrative” | via USA Today
COURTS
7. Federal judge vacates RFK Jr.’s declaration targeting gender-affirming care, ruling HHS exceeded its authority and calling the approach “break it and see.”. Know this: 21 states sued, summary judgment granted | via Courthouse News Service
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
8. Georgia charges a woman with felony murder after police say she took pills to induce an abortion, in one of the first such cases since the state’s heartbeat law took effect. Know this: Hospital security called police | via WXIA Atlanta
IMMIGRATION
9. A 19-year-old Mexican migrant dies of a presumed suicide at a Florida ICE detention center that the Biden administration had restricted over medical care failures. Know this: Arrested for riding scooter across street | via The Daytona Beach News-Journal
10. ICE buys a $145 million warehouse in Salt Lake City for a detention center without notifying Utah’s Republican governor or any member of the state’s all-GOP congressional delegation. Know this: City says infrastructure can’t support it | via The Utah News-Dispatch
11. ICE jails a Milwaukee woman a second time despite no criminal record in 36 years and a judge’s finding that she qualifies for permanent residency. Know this: Judge found her good candidate for residency | via The Wisconsin Examiner
12. Protestant and Catholic clergy ask a federal judge to order pastoral access to immigrants held at the Minneapolis ICE facility that was the center of Operation Metro Surge. Know this: Detention center building named for human rights bishop | via The Associated Press
13. Spanish-language reporter in Tennessee is released on $10,000 bond after more than two weeks jailed by ICE, with her attorneys alleging First Amendment retaliation. Know this: ICE interviews rescheduled then records vanished | via WSMV Nashville
EDUCATION
14. Treasury takes over $1.7 trillion federal student loan portfolio as Education Department dismantlement continues, with the agency already down half its workforce. Know this: GAO found servicer oversight abandoned | via Federal News Network
CONGRESS
15. Democratic Sen. Fetterman casts the deciding vote as Senate committee advances Mullin’s DHS nomination 8-7, after Chairman Paul votes no over anger and violence concerns | via ABC News
GRIFT
16. Trump-appointed panel approves a 24-carat gold coin depicting the president for America’s 250th anniversary after the citizens advisory committee was bypassed. Know this: Advisory panel never reviewed designs | via NBC News
FIGHTING BACK
17. Twenty-four states and 8 cities sue to restore the EPA’s endangerment finding, the legal foundation for all U.S. climate regulation since 2009. Know this: Courts uniformly rejected all prior challenges | via Spectrum News
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