Dems Keep GOP’s Abortion Ban Bill In Spotlight; Ballot Measures Emerge; Push For OTC Abortion Drug, Medical Training Continues

Democrats continue to tee up abortion access as a midterm campaign issue, seeing it as bolstering their new hopes of retaining control of the Senate. They are keeping Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) controversial 15-week abortion ban proposal in the political spotlight, coming as several abortion-friendly states prepare ballot measures to protect reproductive health access while abortion bans continue to fluctuate from state to state. Meanwhile, key stakeholders are pressing for abortion medication to be made available over-the-counter, and for abortion...