{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-discusses-work-to-defend-unborn-with-louisiana-pastors/", "Cassidy Discusses Work to Defend Unborn with Louisiana Pastors", "2026-04-27", "2026", "2026-04", "Republican", "Senate", "LA", "Bill Cassidy", "C001075", "www.cassidy.senate.gov", "cassidy", "https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "BATON ROUGE \u2013 U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) had breakfast on Friday in Baton Rouge with pastors from across Louisiana to discuss his work to protect women and babies from dangerous chemical abortion drugs.\n\n\u201cWe have an obligation to keep mothers and their unborn babies safe,\u201d said Dr. Cassidy. \u201cChemical abortion drugs kill innocent children and put mothers\u2019 lives at risk. The safeguards protecting women from coercion and abuse must be reinstated immediately.\u201d\n\nIn January, as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Cassidy led a hearingon the dangers of the abortion drugs. He is also leading conservative Republicans calling on Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary to reinstate commonsense safeguards that protect women from coercion and abuse.\n\nIn February, Cassidy led 58 Republican lawmakers in filing an amicus brief supporting Louisiana\u2019s lawsuit to protect women and their unborn children from chemical abortions. Additionally, he launched an investigation into chemical abortion drug manufacturers to determine if they are complying with FDA regulations in marketing these dangerous drugs.\n\nThe breakfast was organized by the Family Research Council, with their President Tony Perkins thanking Cassidy for his work.\n\n\u201cThis is not just another issue,\u201d said Mr. Perkins. \u201cThe shedding of innocent blood is not just another policy issue. Senator Cassidy has been leading on this issue in Washington, DC, even as late of this week. I appreciate Senator Cassidy\u2019s leadership on this. He gets it, he understands it, and he\u2019s not afraid to speak out about it.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-28T06:05:12Z", "2026-04-28T06:07:17Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-discusses-work-to-defend-unborn-with-louisiana-pastors/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6397698782384396, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}