The South Carolina Supreme Court struck down the state’s 6-week abortion ban in 3-2 vote Thursday. In its conclusion, the court said the ban violates the constitutional right to privacy.The majority opinion was written by Justice Kaye Hearn, the only woman on South Carolina’s five-person Supreme Court bench. While the Legislature …
Read More »Why Texas Is Unlikely To Let Voters Decide On Abortion Access
Emma Williams, The Texas Tribune Despite the state’s near-total ban on abortion, just 12% of Texans think abortion should be illegal in all cases, according to an August poll from The Texas Politics Project. One Texas Democrat hopes to give voters more of a say in abortion policy. State Rep. …
Read More »Fulton County Judge Overturns Georgia’s Strict Abortion Ban
A Fulton County judge ruled Tuesday to overturn Georgia’s recently implemented abortion ban — setting the state’s abortion restrictions back to previous timelines. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney sided with plaintiffs in a state constitutional challenge of the law that was filed quickly after the ban took effect. House Bill …
Read More »Even Red-State Voters Back Abortion Rights Via Ballot Questions, Rejecting Court Ruling
Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury Voters in five states — including GOP-dominated Kentucky — backed abortion rights Tuesday, signaling that while the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority no longer believes the procedure is protected within the U.S. Constitution, many Americans want their states to do just that. California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana …
Read More »Democrats Went All-In On Abortion. For Many, It Worked.
Shefali Luthra, Grace Panetta Originally published by The 19th Abortion rights advocates had a strong showing in Tuesday’s midterm elections, holding several key governorships and beating back Republican gains in state legislatures. And though several abortion-related ballot measures have not yet been called, most states with abortion on the ballot …
Read More »Second Woman Says Herschel Walker Paid For Her Abortion After Pressuring Her To End Pregnancy
Another woman has come forward with claims that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker – who has expressed anti-abortion positions – pressured her to have an abortion nearly three decades ago. The woman, who was not identified or shown on camera, shared her story Wednesday afternoon at a press conference …
Read More »States Passing Abortion Bans Reflect What Only A Small Minority Of Their Constituents Actually Want
Jasmone Mathini This story was originally published by The 19th In states that have passed abortion bans, only 13 percent of people are in favor of the procedure being completely restricted, a new analysis of a recent 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll shows. Despite huge differences in the legality of abortion across …
Read More »Military To Provide Leave, Travel Expenses For Troops Seeking Abortion
An estimated 80,000 female, active duty service members are stationed in states where their access to abortion has been restricted by state laws enacted since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in June. To give back some of that access, the Pentagon has decided to provide leave and reimburse travel …
Read More »State Abortion Bans Are Preventing Cancer Patients From Getting Chemotherapy
Shefali Luthra This story was originally published by The 19th. A six-week abortion ban in Ohio has forced people with cancer to travel out of state for abortions that are necessary to continue with life-saving treatment, according to affidavits submitted by abortion providers in the state. In at least two …
Read More »The Battle For Control Of Congress: Abortion, Inflation, Crime And Biden
Jennifer Shutt, Alaska Beacon Members of Congress are fanning out to every district in the country, leaving the wonky floor debates on Capitol Hill behind for the campaign trail in advance of the crucial Nov. 8 midterm elections. Democrats are fighting to hold their razor-thin majorities in the U.S. House …
Read More »Education Department Reinforces Title IX Protections For Abortion And Pregnancy
Grace Panetta, Errin Haines, The 19th The Biden-Harris administration issued fresh guidance Tuesday reinforcing the legal protections for pregnancy and abortion under Title IX as it recognizes the 100-day milestone since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The guidance for higher education institutions from the Department of Education, shared …
Read More »Herschel Walker’s Senate Campaign Rocked By Report He Paid For An Abortion
Stephen Fowler, GPB News As reported by the Associated Press, U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker‘s campaign has been jolted by yet another controversy, this time involving alleged threats to kill his family and a report that the Republican paid an ex-girlfriend to have an abortion despite his current hardline opposition …
Read More »‘Abortion Absolutely Is Healthcare’: U.S. House Panel Told As GOP Pursues Nationwide Ban
John L. Micek, Pennsylvania Capital-Star A nationwide abortion ban would widen disparities in healthcare and drive up the maternal mortality rate, particularly among Black women, physicians and advocates told a U.S. House panel on Thursday. “Women’s progress has always been inextricably linked with the ability to control our own bodies,” …
Read More »Karl Rove Says Texas’ Abortion Law Is Too Extreme
Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Veteran GOP strategist Karl Rove said Saturday that Texas’ abortion law is too extreme, underscoring an increasingly public discomfort with the measure among Republicans. Rove made the comment during an exchange at a Texas Tribune Festival panel about elections following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June …
Read More »Virtually All Abortions Are Now Criminalized In Arizona After Judge Reinstates 1864 Ban
Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror A near-total ban on abortion in Arizona that was written in 1864 but has been blocked since 1973 can now be enforced, a Pima County judge ruled late Friday afternoon, criminalizing almost every abortion in the Grand Canyon State. In August, Attorney General Mark Brnovich …
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