shifted to the far-right so our bill is called the rip protecting reproductiv freedom act. it s particularly about th mifepristone ban, or attempted van, coming out of thi disastrous decision in texas my colleague lizzie fletcher i a congresswoman from texas o the ground who has bee fighting on this issue our bill is simple, it reinstates and ensures that th fda can approve mifepristone and all other medications, b the way, mifepristone as i think folks know has been used for over two decades now safely it accounts for over 50% o abortions conducted across the country. our bill would reinstate and ensure that authority remain for the fda. let me switch gears, if i can, to gun reform, sir. you are a veteran yourself, yo
and powerful and hopeful whe it comes to our movement i was like, we are in good shape, these two at the helm thank god i love to meet them. my reaction was, another connection to where we are wit our democracy. that was my initial response where have we come we talk about 55 years we re still fighting for human rights and women s rights, and all the rights and freedom that our predecessors fought for and that we have bee fighting to keep it was a bittersweet moment. congresswoman lawrence? you know, being a member o congress and fighting for this thing we call a democracy, our democracy does not work unless we have free speech and we hav the ability to come together a a people to have our voice heard. one of the things that i wan
council. each member country serves a the head of the council on a rotating basis, and the last time russia, a permanent member, lead the council, that was i february of 2022 the same month that it launche its full-fledged invasion of ukraine. we are also learning more abou the detention of eva gershkovich, the wall street journal reporter who is accuse of espionage in russia nbc news has learned that he may have been trying to report on the wagner group and ho russians felt about th mercenary force which, has bee fighting on russia s behalf in ukraine, notably, in bakhmut the state department says that earlier this morning, th secretary of state, anthon blinken, spoke with his russia counterpart, sergei libra of who called for his immediate release and conveyed that th united states and its grav concern over the situation news first broke tha gershkovich was detained i russia on thursday, it is th first time that russia has detained an american journalis accused of espionage that is s