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When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision in June 2022, many in Washington and the media declared that abortion was now a matter for the states. While the ruling did not explicitly say abortion was a state issue, it did affirm that states have the authority to regulate abortion — and in doing so, it appeared to cut the strings of federal control, freeing states to protect the unborn.

But three years later, Americans are discovering that those strings were never truly severed. Washington still holds them tightly. Even though Dobbs recognized state authority, the federal government continues to pull the levers of abortion policy through appropriations, regulations, and executive action. The result: states may appear to act independently, but the real cont

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