Fate of Wyoming’s last abortion clinic in balance as Republicans take aim
Wellspring center in Casper pauses services after conservative legislature passes tough new restrictions Read more at The Guardian
Deborah
Pardoned anti-abortion activists plan next steps
Trump’s FBI and DOJ dropped several ongoing investigations into threats against abortion clinics and issued a new memo signaling reduced enforcement going forward against such acts. Read more at Politico
Trump’s FDA pick says he’ll review whether abortion pill must be dispensed in person again
“I do think it makes sense to review the totality of data and ongoing data,” Makary said, referring to how patients get mifepristone. Read more at NBC News
In red states, GOP lawmakers revive an “incredibly regressive” push to treat abortion as murder
Republican state lawmakers in more than 10 states, including South Carolina, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Georgia, Indiana, North Dakota and Oklahoma, have all introduced bills that would redefine abortion as homicide by defining a “person” or “human being” as inclusive of an “unborn” or “preborn” child. All seek to criminalize abortion in a way that has been rejected by even the … Read more
Trump launches fresh attacks on US abortion rights
Administration to drop Idaho emergency abortion lawsuit and back South Carolina in Planned Parenthood funds case Read more at The Guardian
Trump quietly props up the strictest abortion ban in the country
“Ordering people to suffer”: Trump backs states that ban life-saving care for pregnant women Read more at Salon
Key court hearing as Alabama threatens prosecutions over abortion support
Now, experts worry that a victory for Alabama could serve as a green light for other states’ efforts to attack people who want to end their pregnancies but live in states that ban abortion. Read more at The Guardian
Federal law protects emergency abortions. Will Trump keep that policy?
But the policy’s future remains uncertain. Trump has directed the federal government to identify and rescind policies that support abortion rights. Contributors to Project 2025, the public policy blueprint the Trump administration has largely followed since taking office, have called for reversing the interpretation that EMTALA can protect the right to emergency abortion. Read more … Read more
Abortion pill manufacturer asks to join suit that could rewrite US abortion access
GenBioPro seeks to defend access to mifepristone in suit brought by attorneys general of Idaho, Missouri and Kansas Read more at The Guardian
“A woman is like a child”: MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power
Conservative women believe complicity will save them. But an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights Read more at Salon