Trump’s worst judge will hear a $1.8 billion attack on Planned Parenthood
Remember that guy who tried to ban mifepristone? He’s back. Read more at Vox
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Texas Republicans Try to Break the Internet to Deny Women Abortions
In addition to being a logistical challenge, the proposed law is “a total train wreck under the First Amendment,” Brian Hauss, staff attorney with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, tells Rolling Stone. “The whole point of the First Amendment is to prevent the government from censoring ideas or information because it disagrees with … Read more
Jan. 6 Megadonor Helping Ohio GOP Preemptively Overturn Will of the Voters
The amendment is one of a raft of efforts in states across the country where extremist Republicans are taking drastic measures to circumvent the will of the public on issues like abortion, criminal justice, and education. Read more at The Intercept
Ohio election officials scramble ahead of August vote on state constitution changes
Republicans want voters to raise the threshold for approving future amendments to the Ohio Constitution from a simple majority to 60%, before a possible November ballot measure to codify abortion rights in the constitution. A group of doctors and citizens is currently gathering signatures to put an abortion rights amendment on the November ballot. Read … Read more
South Carolina governor signs six-week abortion ban
The law marks a significant setback for abortion-rights advocates in the state. Prior to this measure, abortions were legal in South Carolina until 22 weeks, though a lack of access and other restrictions often prevented women from getting abortions after 12 weeks in the state. Read more at The Hill
Tim Scott says South Carolina’s six-week abortion ban is ‘good news’
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, says the state’s recently passed six-week abortion ban is “good news.” Read more at The Hill
Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law.
Doctors told her she might die but she couldn’t have an abortion under state law until she got sicker, documents show. The Biden administration says failing to act violates a federal law requiring hospitals to provide emergency care. Read more at Pro Publica
Nebraska governor signs 12-week abortion ban, limits on gender-affirming care for minors
Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill Monday that bans abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts gender-affirming medical care for people younger than 19. Read more at NBC News
Haley says she’d sign abortion ban, but more Republicans are needed in Congress
GOP presidential candidate and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Wednesday she would sign a federal abortion ban into law if she were president, but she dismissed the possibility of such a ban materializing, noting it was unlikely to get the necessary 60 votes to pass the Senate. Read more at The Hill
GOP boycott in Oregon halts bills on guns, abortion and more
If Republican senators deny a quorum for the rest of the legislative session, which doesn’t end until late June, they could theoretically kill the bills on gun control, abortion rights and gender-affirming care. Read more at the Los Angeles Times