A few of the standouts included bills on exceptions to abortions, fentanyl in lethal injections and vaccines for children.

Since 2022, abortion has been supposedly illegal in Texas,” Money said, “but the carve-outs in that legislation and in others has left open the door for self-induced abortions.” ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed to her conservative colleagues' willingness to upend decades-old precedents when asked Wednesday night about sagging public confidence in the court.