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Pro-life group says mail-order abortion pills violate federal law, urges Trump admin to take action
EXCLUSIVE: A pro-life group has released a new report calling on the Trump administration to take action against mail-order abortion drugs, arguing that it can enforce a 19th-century federal law to crack down on abortion pill shipments.
In the report obtained by Digital, the Restoration of America Foundation (ROAF) said Democrat-led states’ shield laws — adopted to protect providers in blue states from being prosecuted by GOP state governments — allow providers to ship, or are being used by providers to ship, the abortion pill mifepristone into red states «with no in-person exam or verification of who takes them or whether they take them willingly.»
ROAF attributed the growth in mail-order abortions in part to FDA policy changes that suspended the in-person dispensing requirement during the COVID-19 pandemic before making the change permanent, allowing abortion drugs to be prescribed through telehealth and mailed to patients.
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The report said nearly 15,000 medication abortions each month were provided under blue state shield laws by June 2025. It also said that by the end of 2024, about 15% of all U.S. abortions were through medication mailed to women in states with abortion restrictions.
ROAF also cited an insurance claims analysis that the organization said found serious adverse health events following 10.9% of drug-induced abortions from 2017 through 2023, roughly 22 times the rate reported on the FDA-approved label for the abortion pill regimen. The group said the rate reached 11.2% in 2023 as the drugs were used more broadly.
According to the report, ROAF estimated that mail-order drugs were «directly responsible» for more than 300,000 abortions in 2025 alone.
This comes just ahead of the 110th anniversary of Planned Parenthood in the U.S., as the nation’s largest abortion provider will be commemorating its Oct. 16, 1916, founding later this month.
The ROAF report is urging Attorney General Todd Blanche to enforce the Comstock Act, an 1873 law criminalizing sending certain abortion-related materials that the pro-life group argues should be used by the Trump administration to stop shield laws from protecting mail-order medication abortions.
«As we come up with this anniversary for Planned Parenthood, we think it’s a good moment to release this paper. We really want to talk about the Comstock Act and the impact it could have on abortions going forward in this country,» ROAF CEO Doug Truax told Digital.
«The Comstock Act says it’s illegal to put these drugs in the mail, so we’re just asking them to enforce the law,» he continued.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which returned the power to make abortion laws to the states, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel under the Biden administration in December 2022 issued an opinion that concluded that the Comstock Act does not prohibit mailing mifepristone or misoprostol when the sender lacks intent that the recipient use the drugs unlawfully.
The Biden administration’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded in a December 2022 opinion that the Comstock Act does not prohibit mailing mifepristone or misoprostol when the sender lacks the intent that the drugs be used unlawfully.
But Blanche said during his confirmation hearings over the summer that he would review how the DOJ interprets the Comstock Act. ROAF says the department should withdraw the Biden administration’s opinion, investigate providers and organizations involved in mailing the drugs and enforce the 150-year-old federal law, which the group argues would effectively ban the mailing of abortion drugs nationwide.
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«We are asking the administration to take a step back and say, okay, when Roe was the law of the land, Comstock was unenforceable. But since Roe is out, Comstock is back on the table, and it is valid law, and it is illegal to put abortion drugs in the mail. You have thousands of people in basically blue states mailing a ton of pills around this country … it’s resulting in the amount of deaths that we’re talking about here. So this is an illegal action that they’re taking. We just want you to enforce Comstock, and it will save hundreds of thousands of lives going forward,» Truax said.
«It’s a great way to get momentum back on our side in the pro-life community, which, frankly, I think the president and all conservatives around the country would appreciate now, as we head into November 3, and then, especially as we head into the next election cycle,» he added.
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La Tierra sumó por unos meses un acompañante diminuto. El asteroide 2026 QQ8 quedó atrapado de forma temporal por la gravedad terrestre y trazará una vuelta y media en las cercanías del planeta antes de alejarse en 2027.
El fenómeno no altera la dinámica de la Luna ni representa una amenaza, pero aporta una oportunidad para observar cómo actúa la gravedad en la región donde compiten la influencia de la Tierra y la del Sol.
El Centro de Planetas Menores de la Unión Astronómica Internacional informó el hallazgo a fines de octubre. El astrónomo húngaro Krisztián Sárneczky, conocido por sus descubrimientos de asteroides, detectó por primera vez la roca espacial el 20 de agosto. Para ese momento, QQ8 ya se encontraba en una trayectoria ligada a nuestro planeta desde finales de abril.
La denominación de miniluna describe un satélite natural temporal. No se trata de una segunda Luna estable ni de un cuerpo destinado a permanecer en el sistema Tierra-Luna durante miles de años. Es un objeto pequeño que, por su velocidad y por la geometría de su aproximación, entra durante un período limitado en la zona donde la atracción terrestre logra modificar su recorrido alrededor del Sol.
Los cálculos indican que 2026 QQ8 completa una órbita solar cada 359 días, un lapso equivalente a 0,98 años terrestres. Esa cadencia lo conduce cerca de la Tierra aproximadamente una vez por década. En 2026, la aproximación presentó las condiciones necesarias para que el planeta lo retuviera por unos meses.
En 1965 pasó también cerca de la Tierra, aunque sin ingresar en una trayectoria de captura. Otra aproximación está prevista para 2058, sin perspectivas de una nueva miniluna.
QQ8 pasará a 568.000 kilómetros y no supone riesgo de impacto
La distancia mínima estimada entre el objeto y la Tierra será de 568.000 kilómetros, unas 1,5 veces la separación media entre nuestro planeta y la Luna. Esa cifra equivale a cerca de 177.000 kilómetros más que la distancia lunar promedio. Por eso, el término miniluna puede inducir a error si se interpreta como cercanía: QQ8 permanece mucho más lejos que nuestro satélite natural permanente.
Las estimaciones sobre su diámetro oscilan entre uno y dos metros. Incluso la cifra mayor lo sitúa entre los objetos espaciales más pequeños que logran una captura temporal reconocible. Si una roca de ese tamaño siguiera una ruta de colisión, la atmósfera terrestre la destruiría antes de que alcanzara la superficie. El episodio produciría, como mucho, un fenómeno luminoso en el cielo, sin consecuencias para la población.
La confirmación de su naturaleza resultó central en las observaciones posteriores al anuncio. Al principio surgió la duda de si QQ8 podía ser un fragmento de basura espacial, como una pieza desprendida de un cohete o de un satélite. Equipos astronómicos realizaron nuevas mediciones con el telescopio de 2,2 metros de la Universidad de Hawái y con el Telescopio Discovery de Lowell. Esos datos permitieron descartar un origen artificial.
El Centro de Planetas Menores concluyó que se trata de un cuerpo natural, probablemente un asteroide pequeño. La distinción tiene importancia científica: los restos tecnológicos pueden seguir trayectorias cercanas a la Tierra, pero no aportan la misma información sobre la población de rocas que circula por el vecindario planetario. QQ8 pertenece a esa segunda categoría y ayuda a estudiar cuerpos que suelen escapar a los registros por su tamaño reducido.
Su ruta tampoco forma un círculo regular alrededor de la Tierra. La esfera de Hill explica mejor el proceso. Esa región marca, de forma aproximada, el espacio en el que la gravedad terrestre puede imponerse sobre la del Sol para retener temporalmente un objeto. Fuera de ese límite, la fuerza solar determina el movimiento. QQ8 cruzó esa frontera gravitatoria en abril, por lo que quedó sujeto a una órbita transitoria y compleja.
El desenlace está previsto para diciembre. En ese punto, las perturbaciones gravitatorias devolverán al asteroide a una trayectoria dominada por el Sol. Algunas proyecciones sitúan su salida definitiva cerca de enero de 2027, una diferencia que depende de cómo se defina el inicio y el final exactos de la captura. En cualquier caso, el paso de QQ8 por las cercanías terrestres durará alrededor de nueve meses.
La Tierra recibe satélites temporales con más frecuencia de la que parece
La presencia de una miniluna no constituye un hecho excepcional, aunque cada caso ofrece condiciones distintas. Entre los antecedentes recientes figuran 2020 SO, 2020 CD3 y 2024 PT5. También aparece 2025 PN7, catalogado como cuasiluna. La diferencia importa: una cuasiluna comparte una órbita solar parecida a la terrestre y, vista desde nuestro planeta, parece acompañarlo; sin embargo, no queda capturada por la gravedad de la Tierra como un satélite temporal.
Un estudio publicado el año pasado planteó que la Tierra podría contar con hasta seis minilunas a la vez. Muchas pasarían inadvertidas porque miden apenas decenas de centímetros y permanecen poco tiempo cerca del planeta. Un modelo elaborado este año estimó un diámetro medio de 75 centímetros para esos satélites fugaces. El mismo trabajo calculó una permanencia media cercana a nueve meses, un valor compatible con el período previsto para 2026 QQ8.
Esa comparación también ubica a QQ8 por encima del tamaño medio propuesto para las minilunas. Las simulaciones indican que una roca espacial de unos tres metros de ancho podría mantenerse bajo control gravitatorio terrestre entre 10 y 20 años. No obstante, esos escenarios dependen de múltiples variables: la velocidad de llegada, el ángulo de aproximación, la influencia solar y el efecto gravitatorio de la Luna.
Algunas de estas rocas quizá proceden del propio satélite natural de la Tierra. Grandes impactos sobre la superficie lunar pueden expulsar material al espacio y enviar fragmentos hacia órbitas que cruzan el entorno terrestre. Kamo’oalewa, descubierto en 2016 y clasificado como cuasisatélite, figura entre los candidatos a ese origen. Tiene unos 40 metros de diámetro, mucho más que QQ8, y mantiene una relación orbital distinta con la Tierra.
“Su espectro se asemeja mucho al de las muestras lunares erosionadas por el espacio, lo que sugiere un origen lunar de Kamo’oalewa”, escribieron los autores de un estudio sobre ese objeto. La afirmación vincula la composición de Kamo’oalewa con material expuesto durante largo tiempo al entorno espacial en la Luna. Ese posible parentesco amplía el interés por los cuerpos pequeños que transitan cerca de la Tierra.
Los investigadores sostuvieron además que un origen lunar para Kamo’oalewa señalaría que los impactos dispersan fragmentos considerables por el sistema Tierra-Luna. Esa información resulta relevante para reconstruir la procedencia de los objetos próximos a la Tierra, entender la formación de satélites de planetas rocosos y evaluar riesgos potenciales. Los objetos cercanos a la Tierra, conocidos por la sigla NEO, suelen existir entre uno y 10 millones de años, aunque algunos persisten hasta 150 millones.
En el caso de la Tierra, 2026 QQ8 no modifica ninguno de esos equilibrios a gran escala. Su valor reside en la observación de un proceso breve: una roca de dimensiones modestas entra en la zona de influencia terrestre, completa parte de un recorrido condicionado por esa atracción y vuelve a integrarse en su órbita solar. Desde diciembre, la miniluna dejará de acompañar al planeta, pero sus mediciones permitirán afinar modelos sobre estas visitas temporales.
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The husband of a TV anchor was arrested in Pakistan Sunday after his wife was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head, according to officials.
Rabiya Ahsan, 41, was allegedly killed inside her home in Rawalpindi, according to Punjab Information Minister Azma Zahid Bokhari.
Ahsan worked as a program host for 92 News, where she established herself as a dedicated journalist alongside senior colleagues. She also frequently posted videos about national affairs on social media.
Officials identified her husband as Ahsan Tahir Khan, who claimed he was playing with a firearm in the home when it accidentally discharged, Bokhari said.
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News anchor Rabiya Ahsan speaks in a video recorded before she was found fatally shot Sunday. (@rabiyaahsanofficial/Instagram)
Khan reportedly works as a civil service officer at the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, a government agency that supports citizens living abroad, according to local outlet The Express Tribune, citing police sources.
Police are preparing to pursue a murder case against the suspect, according to the report.
Rawalpindi police also confirmed in a post on X that a woman was killed in a Sunday shooting but did not immediately identify her.
Authorities said officers seized the suspected weapon in connection with the husband’s arrest.
Ahsan’s body was also transferred to a hospital for a postmortem examination.
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Ahsan was found dead in her home in Pakistan over the weekend. (@Rabiya_Ahsan/X)
The news of her death sparked an outpouring of grief across Pakistan’s journalism community.
«I am deeply saddened to learn that our ex-colleague anchorperson Rabiya Ahsan is no longer with us,» one former colleague said on X.
The Pakistani presidency also expressed sadness over the killing and called for a transparent investigation to ensure those responsible are held accountable.
«The First Lady has expressed deep sadness over the killing of journalist Rabia Ahsan and strongly condemned the violence,» the statement read, referring to First Lady Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari.
DALLAS PUBLIC DEFENDER’S CHIEF INVESTIGATOR CHARGED WITH WIFE’S MURDER AFTER BLOODY APARTMENT DISCOVERY
Rabiya Ahsan, 41, addresses viewers in a social media video recorded before her death. (@Rabiya_Ahsan/X)
She also voiced concern over what she described as a «disturbing pattern» of professional women being targeted and allegedly killed by their husbands in the same metropolitan area.
The first lady recalled the case of Hina Javed, a media executive who was found dead with signs of torture three months ago, according to Dawn. Her husband and a domestic worker were reportedly arrested in connection with her killing.
«Such incidents demand serious attention and accountability. Women must be able to live and work without fear for their lives,» the Pakistani presidency said.
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Shanghai-based tycoon Neville Roy Singham’s ‘Squad,’ Bernie Sanders donations resurface
A Shanghai-based tycoon known for pushing Chinese Communist Party talking points, whose activist network is flooding Capitol Hill this week, has directly funded some of the most powerful progressives in Congress, including members of «The Squad.»
Federal Election Commission records show that Neville Roy Singham and his wife, CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans, have given more than a combined $47,000 to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Chuy García, D-Ill.
Omar’s campaign took $4,200 from the couple from 2019 to 2023, according to FEC records. Singham gave her campaign $2,700 in March 2019, just weeks after she took office, and Evans gave $1,500 in two contributions in November and December 2023. None of it has been refunded.
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Sanders’ campaigns have taken in at least $6,800 from the couple, according to FEC records, most of it for his presidential bids. Singham gave $2,700 to Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign. Evans gave the 2016 campaign $2,800, of which it refunded $200, and at least $252 to his 2020 campaign in 2019. She also gave $1,250 to his Senate campaign committee, Friends of Bernie Sanders, in 2011.
García’s campaign took in $1,000 from Singham in August 2018, according to FEC records. He was running for his first term in Congress at the time, after winning the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 4th Congressional District, Singham’s home city of Chicago. The campaign has not refunded the contribution.
Jayapal has received more from the couple than any other member of Congress, a net $35,700 from 2016 to 2022, according to FEC records. Singham gave her campaign $17,800 and none of it was refunded. Evans gave $22,900, and the campaign refunded $5,000 of it in three payments between 2020 and 2023, leaving $17,900. Most of the couple’s money came in 2019 and 2021, including back-to-back maximum contributions from Singham in both years.
Under Federal Election Commission rules, a campaign has 10 days to decide whether to deposit a check or return it.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s, D-NY, campaign returned a $500 contribution from Evans through ActBlue on the day it arrived, Aug. 4, 2018, during her first run for Congress.
Digital reached out to the offices of Sanders, Jayapal, García and Ocasio-Cortez and Omar’s office for comment but did not receive responses.
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After his wedding to Evans in 2017 and the sale of ThoughtWorks, the technology company he founded, Singham directed $285 million to nonprofits and media organizations, according to a Digital investigation. The People’s Forum received $22.4 million from Singham, while CodePink received $1.33 million. BreakThrough BT Media Inc., which operates BreakThrough News, received $1.098 million, according to tax filings. Singham and his wife, who are both American citizens, now live in Shanghai, China.
Organizations within the Singham network regularly participate in staged anti-ICE, anti-capitalist, anti-data centers and anti-Israel protests – many of which garner national and social media coverage.
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Last month, Evans and CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin embarked on a China propaganda tour across the communist country.
The trip, according to an event promotion link for sign-up on the CodePink website, was 12 days and 11 nights in Shanghai, Chongqing, Zunyi, Loushanguan, Maotai Village and Guiyang with the cost of attendance between $3,000 and $4,000 depending on the total number of participants. The CodePink website said attendees will be «greeted by local Shanghai comrades,» and a tour with Benjamin and Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans is included.
«Explore China’s revolutionary history, while marveling at high-tech infrastructure and modern socialist development,» the event description reads. «Highlights include Red Memorials, Historical Re-Enactments and Museums, Socialist Infrastructure, and Rural Revitalization.»
Singham’s wife’s California-based nonprofit does not shy away from their mission to rebrand China as an ally – displaying the tagline «China is not our enemy» on their website while actively promoting the «revolutionary history» of the communist country.
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A slew of federal and congressional investigations have been opened into the Singham network, including a grand jury probe led by the Department of Justice and the Southern District of New York – though Singham has yet to be charged with any crime.
During a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia committee hearing in September, Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, cited research saying Singham shares premises with Maku Cultural Communication, a Chinese communications firm that promotes a favorable image of China, and was photographed attending a Chinese Communist Party strategic communications workshop in 2023.
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In a video that Digital unearthed, Singham stood at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Shanghai during a November 2025 conference and expressed support for «a new world order that is based on multilateralism that President Xi and the CPC [Communist Party of China] and China have proposed.»
Earlier this year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled to New York City for a meeting with Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon, and sources told Digital that Bessent gave a blunt ultimatum to Solomon.
Bessent told Solomon that Goldman Sachs could face scrutiny for alleged conspiracy in the funneling of the Singham money and urged Solomon to cooperate with federal investigators.
A person familiar with the meeting told Digital that the discussion wasn’t contentious and that Solomon readily agreed to pledge his cooperation with the Justice Department investigation. A spokesperson for the bank said «all distributions from Mr. Singham’s donor-advised fund were made to legal nonprofits, as determined by the IRS. There have been no distributions from the account since August 2023, and it was closed in early 2024.»
Digital reached out to Singham, CodePink and Evans but did not receive responses.
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