New abortion laws and minimum wage amounts are taking effect in dozens of states across the country after the U.S. entered 2023 on Sunday. New drug policies are also coming.
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-TX., discusses House Republicans’ plans to hold the Biden administration accountable once the new Congress swears into office next week.and minimum wage limits take effect after the U.S. rang in 2023 on Saturday.will each begin enforcing new protections for abortion rights this week, while Tennessee will begin requiring physician prescriptions for all abortion-inducing drugs.
A police officer maintains a watch during a demonstration by victims of gun violence in front of the Supreme Court.Red and Blue states have taken aggressive action to restrict and protect abortion access in the months since the Supreme Court's decisions in Dobbs v. Jackson. More than a dozen Republican-led states had abortion"trigger laws" that severely limited or outright banned abortions just weeks or months after the ruling came down. Others took action and passed new legislation soon after the ruling.
McKayla Wolff left and Karen Wolff, joined hands as they rallied for abortion rights at the capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Sunday July 17, 2022. President Joe Biden sought to pass federal legislation establishing a right to an abortion this month, but the Democratic Party lost control of the House of Representatives, making the move impossible.