- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche privately assured religious leaders he is working to restrict abortion access following the 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade.
- During a White House Faith Office conference call, Blanche stated the Department of Justice is collaborating with federal health agencies to make the Dobbs decision "permanent in every state."
- Blanche reportedly pledged to prevent physicians in states where abortion is legal from prescribing mail-order abortion drugs to patients in states with abortion bans.
- The Department of Justice clarified that Blanche's remarks were specifically about mail-order abortion drugs, not a broader expansion of federal control over states.
- Democratic senators and reproductive rights advocates criticized Blanche's comments, with some calling him a "zealot" for seeking to undermine reproductive rights nationwide.
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