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Civil rights groups file lawsuit over Florida’s new congressional map

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022Erinn Cosby

A coalition of civil rights groups has filed the first lawsuit in Florida against the recently passed congressional map put forward by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis that eliminates two districts represented by Black Democrats while giving Republicans the advantage in as many as 20 of 28 seats.

4 states moved to restrict abortion access this week

April 16, 2022April 16, 2022Brian Bagnall

Four states moved to curtail abortion access this week, with two of them advancing their own versions of a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — similar to the controversial Mississippi law before the US Supreme Court that’s set up a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade.