Deborah Storms and aligned activists call themselves “abortion abolitionists,” and they are working on multiple fronts. At statehouses, they are lobbying legislators to support hardline anti-abortion bills. At least 14 states saw bills filed during the current or most recent sessions that would establish fertilized eggs as full legal persons, and classify abortion as homicide. At … Read more
In other words, Texas legislators not only want to make sure no one can start a discussion on these topics, they also want to make sure no one can find one. The goal is to wipe this information from the internet altogether. That creates glaring free-speech issues with this bill and, if passed, the consequences would … Read more
Brittni Frederiksen, the associate director for Women’s Health Policy at the nonpartisan health care think tank KFF, is among those skeptical of the groups’ findings. She highlighted, for instance, that the report lists ectopic pregnancies — when an embryo implants outside the uterus — as an “adverse event” from the pills when the pills do … Read more
The group has been succeeding in its efforts, too. According to Jessica Valenti, an abortion reporter who writes the Abortion, Every Day newsletter, in addition to the new Texas bill, legislation that calls for testing wastewater for mifepristone has been introduced in Oklahoma, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, Maine, Idaho, and West Virginia. Valenti asserts that Students … Read more
Abortion opponents have sought before to connect abortion rights to gender-affirming care, including in the November election in Missouri. But this would be the first time a state attempted to outlaw both abortion and gender-affirming care in one constitutional amendment, at a moment when Republicans across the country, including President Donald Trump, have focused their … Read more
Some legal observers theorize that the administration’s unanticipated stance in the case boils down to its unwavering support for executive power, even when it creates odd bedfellows. It doesn’t want its FDA to be hamstrung — including, perhaps, when it gins up its own reason to restrict mifepristone in the future. Others think it’s a gambit … Read more
But experts say $5,000 checks won’t lead to a baby boom. Between unaffordable healthcare, soaring housing costs, inaccessible childcare and a lack of federal parental leave mandates, Americans face a swath of expensive hurdles that disincentivize them from having large families – or families at all – and that will require a much larger government … Read more
Kayla Smith and Kylie Cooper Left Idaho for Washington and Minnesota to flee a strict abortion ban The number of people internally displaced by anti-abortion laws is startling. A recent study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research of 13 states with strict abortion bans found that, between them, they are losing 36,000 residents … Read more
The bill’s backers have said they intend to target the medical professionals mailing abortion pills, which could provide a blueprint for other states. Read more at 19th News
A movement that believes abortion should be treated as homicide has grown alongside a Republican penchant for punishment Read more at The Guardian
