A document inadvertently uploaded to the U.S. Supreme Court’s website on Wednesday appears to indicate the court will send a case regarding emergency abortion care in Idaho back to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rather than make a decision, according to reporting from Bloomberg Law. Rather than rule on …
Read More »Democrats Use Second Anniversary Of Dobbs To Reaffirm Support For Abortion Rights
Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle A slew of Democratic politicians have fired off campaign statements and staged events in Oregon and across the country to mark the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision against abortion rights. On June 24, 2022, the conservative court ruled 6-3 in favor of …
Read More »Despite GOP Headwinds, Citizen-led Abortion Measures Could Be On The Ballot In 9 States
Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline For abortion rights supporters in Florida, it was a tumultuous day of highs and lows. On April 1, the Florida Supreme Court paved the way for the state to ban nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. But it also OK’d a ballot measure that …
Read More »Rights Defenders ‘Relieved’ But ‘Not Celebrating’ Supreme Court Abortion Pill Ruling
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams While welcoming the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to preserve access to mifepristone, a medication commonly used for abortion care, rights advocates on Thursday also stressed that the six conservative justices who reversed Roe v. Wade are no allies to reproductive freedom. “We are relieved by …
Read More »Trump Says He’ll Work ‘side by side’ With Group That Wants Abortion ‘eradicated’
Jennifer Shutt, South Dakota Searchlight Former President Donald Trump said Monday that if reelected he plans to work “side by side” with a newly formed religious organization that says abortion is the “greatest atrocity facing” the United States and should be “eradicated entirely.” During two-minute recorded remarks played at The …
Read More »In Jacksonville, VP Kamala Harris Says Abortion Rights Are A Fight For Freedom
Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix A little more than 14 hours after a six-week abortion ban became the law of the land in Florida, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Jacksonville, where she put the responsibility for the new restrictions directly at the hands of former President Donald Trump. “As of …
Read More »The AZ Senate Has Repealed The 1864 Abortion Ban, After 2 Republicans Join Dems
Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror A 160-year-old abortion ban written before Arizona became a state that punishes doctors with prison time is now one step away from being repealed after a pair of Republicans in the state Senate on Wednesday crossed party lines to join Democrats in voting it down. …
Read More »Florida’s Strict Abortion Ban Begins, Impacting Thousands of Women
Jimmy Williams Florida’s strict abortion law, effective Wednesday, severely restricts abortions after just six weeks of pregnancy. The measure, replacing a previous ban at 15 weeks, presents significant challenges for women seeking abortions. While exceptions exist for cases of rape, incest, trafficking, and severe medical issues, the law essentially prohibits …
Read More »Trump Says He Would Let States Prosecute Women for Violating Abortion Bans
Former U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview published Tuesday that if reelected in November, he would allow states to monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute anyone who violates an abortion ban. That position, said one leading reproductive rights organization, underscores the grave threat the presumptive GOP nominee poses to …
Read More »2 Maine Republicans Say Lewiston Mass Shooting Was God’s Retribution for Abortion Rights
Two Maine state Republican lawmakers on Thursday were formally censured for saying during a legislative debate that the deadliest shooting in the state’s history was the result of God’s wrath over abortion, and issued apologies—but rights advocates said their views should not be treated as an aberration in the GOP. …
Read More »Abortions Are Banned In Arizona After The Supreme Court Upholds An 1864 Law
Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror The Arizona Supreme Court ruled to make abortion largely illegal in the Grand Canyon State, reinstating a 160-year-old law that forbids all procedures except those to save a woman’s life. Justice John R. Lopez IV, writing for the court in a 4-2 split decision, said …
Read More »Florida Supreme Court Approves Abortion Restriction — And Ballot Measure That Would Overturn It
Mel Leonor Barclay, Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th The Florida Supreme Court struck down its state abortion protection — paving the way for a six-week ban passed in 2023 to take effect — but will allow voters to weigh in on whether they can amend the state’s constitution …
Read More »VP Harris Becomes First Vice President to Visit Abortion Clinic
Julia Conley, Common Dreams Following repeated calls by reproductive justice groups in recent months for the Biden administration to more forcefully fight for abortion rights and against the stigmatization of care, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday made history by visiting an abortion clinic in St. Paul, Minnesota. Harris is …
Read More »State Legislators Aim To Restrict Abortion Pills, ‘trafficking’ Next In States With Bans
Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Florida Phoenix More than half of state legislatures across the country started their 2024 legislative sessions in January, and plenty of abortion-related bills have already been introduced, especially in states where the procedure is already banned. It can be hard to monitor them all, so States Newsroom’s Reproductive …
Read More »Virtually All Abortions Would Be Illegal In Florida Under New Proposal Filed By A House Republican
Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Less than a year after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning abortions in Florida after six weeks, a House Republican in the Legislature has filed a bill that essentially calls for the banning of all abortions in Florida. The move comes as the 2024 legislative …
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