Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams “Mifepristone remains safe, effective, and AVAILABLE.” However, access to medication abortion remains at “severe risk.” That was the message Friday from reproductive rights advocates after the United States Supreme Court temporarily blocked a ruling by a Texas federal judge that would effectively end access to abortion …
Read More »Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Limits To Abortion Pill Access
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has temporarily halted any changes in access to the abortion medication mifepristone from taking effect until Wednesday at midnight. The one-page order from Alito, issued late Friday afternoon, will block for now the April 7 ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern …
Read More »Biden Administration Proposes To Strengthen Patient Privacy For Those Seeking Abortions
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The Biden administration is trying to enhance the federal law that guards patient privacy to further protect those who seek legal abortion care and other reproductive health care services. The announcement comes amid two major ongoing federal court cases dealing with access to the abortion pill …
Read More »Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Repeals 1931 Abortion Ban
Barbara Rodriguez Originally published by The 19th Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed into law a bill that repeals a 1931 abortion ban, cementing access in the state and fulfilling a promise she made during her reelection campaign. Whitmer signed the legislation surrounded by Michigan doctors, lawmakers and abortion …
Read More »Idaho Becomes First US State to Restrict Interstate Travel for Abortion Care
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday made his state the first in the U.S. to restrict interstate travel for abortion care by signing legislation that aims to prevent minors from traveling to obtain an abortion without parental consent. The Republican-authored law, H.B. 242, creates a new …
Read More »Wisconsin Democratic Lawmakers Call For Repealing Wisconsin’s 1849 Abortion Ban
Baylor Spears, Wisconsin Examiner Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers announced a bill Tuesday that would repeal Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban to effectively “restore Roe” in the state. The action comes two weeks before Wisconsin’s consequential Supreme Court Election. It follows Republicans’ announcement of a bill last week that would …
Read More »What The Vice President’s Trip Meant To Iowa Democrats And Advocates
Barbara Rodriguez Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris’ Thursday trip to Iowa to discuss abortion rights was so last-minute that Ruth Ann Gaines, a longtime Democratic state representative, got word about it only a few days ago. On Thursday, Gaines rushed to join other local leaders at …
Read More »GOP Lawmakers In Florida Introduce A 6-Week Abortion Ban Bill
Diane Rado, Florida Phoenix The GOP-controlled Florida Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a 15-week abortion ban just last year. On Tuesday, lawmakers filed a bill to reduce the ban to six weeks, creating significant new abortion restrictions in the state. State Sen. Erin Grall, who has been at the …
Read More »Michigan House Repeals State’s 1931 Abortion Ban
Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance In bipartisan fashion, the Michigan House approved bills on Thursday that would nullify Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban. The vote was 58-50 on the two bills, with state Reps. Thomas Kuhn (R-Troy) and Donni Steele (R-Orion Twp.) crossing over to join Democrats to vote for the legislation. …
Read More »Texas Abortion Funds Likely Safe From Prosecution, Federal Judge Rules
Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune A federal judge issued a favorable ruling for Texas abortion funds, indicating they likely cannot be criminally charged for helping people travel out of state to terminate their pregnancies. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman temporarily blocked prosecutors in eight counties from pursuing charges against anyone …
Read More »Democratic Governors In 20 States Form Reproductive Rights Alliance
Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Michigan Advance Democratic governors from 20 states across the U.S., led by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, have formed a Reproductive Freedom Alliance to safeguard and improve abortion and reproductive health care access “in the face of an unprecedented assault by states hostile to abortion rights,” according to a …
Read More »GOP Leaders in Some States Want to Add Abortion Ban Exceptions
With Tennessee’s so-called trigger law already on the books, the state enacted its abortion ban almost immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June. Yet even as anti-abortion legislators and advocates celebrated, they considered how much further they could go — perhaps by barring Tennesseans …
Read More »VP Harris in Florida: ‘Can we truly be free if a woman cannot make decisions about her life?’
Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix In a direct challenge to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to his backyard Sunday to announce that President Joe Biden was signing an executive order designed to guarantee access to abortion rights, including abortion-inducing medications. During a roughly 20-minute address in Tallahassee …
Read More »Prior to VP Harris’ Remarks In Florida Sunday, Biden Provides Statement On Abortion Rights
Diane Rado, Florida Phoenix Sunday, on what was going to be the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision on Jan. 22, 1973, President Joe Biden provided a statement from the White House: “Today, instead of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, we …
Read More »Abortion Bans Don’t Prosecute Pregnant People. That May Be About To Change.
Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th As state lawmakers weigh new restrictions on abortion, some Republicans are revisiting a longstanding taboo of not prosecuting pregnant people for seeking abortions in places where the procedure is banned, though the topic remains divisive among anti-abortion advocates. State restrictions have so far …
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