Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest.

Congressmen resign over sexual misconduct, assault cases

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) resigned from Congress on April 14 following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, and at least two accusations of sexual assault. His resignation, along with that of Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), came after the House of Representatives threatened to hold an expulsion vote. Swalwell also dropped his bid to be California’s next governor. “For me, justice won’t be until he can’t ever harm a woman ever again,” one accuser told CBS, “and he has faced the consequences for the women that he has harmed.”

DOJ fires prosecutors over FACE Act cases

The Justice Department fired at least four U.S. assistant attorneys who were involved in prosecuting anti-abortion protesters during the Biden administration. The DOJ now claims that these criminal prosecutions amounted to a “weaponization” of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and targeted individuals based on their religion. President Donald Trump pardoned two dozen of the convicted demonstrators in 2025.

Sen. Josh Hawley goes after mifepristone (again)

Miffed that the FDA hasn’t begun a planned “review” of abortion drug mifepristone, the right is trying to enlist the DOJ. Mifepristone has been safely used for decades, but in an April 14 letter to Acting A.G. Todd Blanche, Sen. Josh Hawley called it “dangerous” and urged the DOJ to investigate its manufacturer, Danco Laboratories. In another letter, anti-abortion groups asked the DOJ to “stand with” the Republican states suing the FDA to stop the mailing of mifepristone—cases that could outlaw telehealth abortion care.

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