A viral Senate hearing exchange between Republican senators and an Atlanta OB-GYN over the question 'can men get pregnant' sparked a social media debate Wednesday.

Newsom said extraditing the doctor would have violated an executive order he signed in 2022 barring state agencies in his administration from assisting other states' efforts to prosecute abortion providers.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday rejected a request to extradite a California physician accused of providing abortion medication to a Louisiana patient, marking the latest clash between states with sharply different abortion laws following the U.

On Tuesday, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued an indictment for Healdsburg doctor Remy Coeytaux and sought his extradition. Coeytaux was charged with “criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs.”

The Republican senator referenced a Toledo-area doctor accused of secretly giving mifepristone to his girlfriend without consent, arguing for reinstating in-person dispensing requirements.

The case, escalating the interstate battle over abortion, is the second time Louisiana has criminally charged out-of-state doctors with sending abortion pills to Louisiana residents.

The Senate HELP Committee is expected to meet this morning to debate federal regulation of abortion pills — the predominant method of ending pregnancies nationwide and a key way patients are circumventing state bans.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is blocking Louisiana's effort to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills out of state.

Abortion support among Christian colleges has reportedly surged 38% since Roe v. Wade was overturned, with one in seven now connected to abortion.