Anti-abortion misinformation mounting ahead of key Ohio vote, experts warn
Mistruths and outright lies abound in Republican advertising as the state gears up for crucial vote on abortion rights, say critics Read more at The Guardian
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Ohio purged 26,000 voters days before abortion referendum deadline
Voting rights groups say move by Republican secretary of state lacked transparency and did not follow established practice Read more at The Guardian
Ohio GOP Senate candidate says ballot measure would let a rapist ‘force’ a woman to get an abortion
Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno falsely claimed in a recent interview that Issue 1 — the ballot measure seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution — would allow a rapist to “force” a woman to have an abortion. Read more at NBC News
Infant mortality rose in 2022 for the first time in two decades
Specialists are becoming even less available now that abortion bans limit certain types of reproductive care, she added. “We’re starting to see graduating medical students choose not to go into OBGYN, and then we’re starting to see OBGYN residents choose not to train in states where it is hard for them to get comprehensive training,” … Read more
Idaho mother and son charged with kidnapping over out-of-state abortion
Rachael and Kadyn Swainston accused of taking underage girl to Oregon for abortion without her parents’ knowledge Read more at The Guardian
‘There is no ban’: Republicans test-drive new abortion messaging
“A ban is a ban is a ban,” Hopkins said. “What they’re talking about is a ban on a right that so many women had access to for years. I’m 24 in Virginia, and now I might have less rights than my mom did, who was born in 1968. To me, that is something that … Read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Long Crusade Against Birth Control
Johnson is known for being among the most anti-abortion lawmakers in Congress, and for railing against the use of “abortion as a form of birth control” before he was in office. But his statements and actions suggest he does not see much difference between abortion as a form of birth control and birth control as … Read more
The Polite Zealotry of Mike Johnson
In the 2000s, Johnson was an attorney and spokesman for the Alliance Defense Fund, known today as Alliance Defending Freedom. It describes itself as “one of the leading Christian law firms committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, marriage and family, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.” Johnson has written in favor of criminalizing … Read more
Sixty-one people in US criminalized for alleged self-managed abortions, report finds
Justice group calls some charges in past 20 years ‘illegitimate uses of state power’ and says over 40% of cases involved people of color Read more at The Guardian
‘It’s cruel’: the last southern refuge for abortion rights might soon fall
Abortion is at the center of the election. Not only is it one of the top issues for voters, according to multiple polls, but Virginia’s governor, the Republican Glenn Youngkin, has made his support for a 15-week ban the centerpiece of his campaign to help Republicans retake the state legislature. Read more at The Guardian … Read more