A Massachusetts member of Congress sponsored a bill in December declaring that abortion rights are human rights. The bill would require the U.S. State Department to include "reproductive rights" in its annual human rights report, after the State Department deleted all subsections pertaining to abortion rights in 2017.
Bill deBlasio, New York City's left-wing Democratic mayor, is planning to visit Nashua, New Hampshire on Friday, February 15, anticipating a possible run for president in 2020.
DeBlasio, according to the Nashua Telegraph, "believes the nation's recent leftward political shift may allow him to be a viable 2020 presidential candidate."