Deborah Three states, all with Republican supermajorities, are poised to debate and vote on abortion bans Tuesday, potentially further chipping away access to care across the country and creating an abortion desert across the South. Read more at 19th News
North Carolina governor slams state GOP for overturning his veto of their 12-week abortion ban “Not a single Republican stepped up,” Cooper told Capehart. “Not a single Republican kept a campaign promise to protect women’s reproductive freedom like they said they would. And therefore, you have unified Republicans who are altogether in an assault on … Read more
North Carolina governor vetoes abortion limits, launches override showdown North Carolina’s Democratic governor has vetoed legislation that would have banned nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The veto came Saturday during a public rally. Read more at NBC News Abortion in North Carolina Hinges on Just One Republican Keeping Their Word Davis, reached … Read more
“They ran through a bill in 48 hours with no public input, with no amendments, that drastically reduces access to reproductive freedom for women,” said Cooper of the Republican lawmakers. Read more at Politico
With abortion bans becoming increasingly unpopular, Republican-led statehouses are walking a delicate line: Trying to advance bills that would restrict access to the procedure without drawing attention, circumventing normal processes to cram new policies through as legislative sessions come to a close. Read more at 19th News
The letter asks Steven H. Collis, the company’s president and CEO, to provide “the full list of states and jurisdictions” where the company intends not to distribute Mifeprex and “clearly outline the determination process and the rationale used to develop that list.” Read more at 19th News
A Trump-appointed judge’s ruling against the abortion pill may be “a Mad Lib of a legal opinion,” but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t succeed in radically restricting reproductive rights and gutting the federal government’s ability to safeguard the nation’s drug supply. Read more at Vanity Fair
North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday approved a ban on nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, down from the current 20 weeks, in response to last year’s overturning of Roe v. Wade at the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more at NBC News
“By adding unnecessary and burdensome red tape to a safe and legal medical procedure, these politicians have made clear that it was never about our health and safety. It was always about undermining our personal freedom and shaming people who seek abortions,” Planned Parenthood of Montana President and CEO Martha Fuller said in a release. … Read more
“They were very sincere, they weren’t trying to be mean,” she says. “They said, ‘The best we can tell you to do is sit in the parking lot, and if anything else happens, we will be ready to help you. But we cannot touch you unless you are crashing in front of us or your … Read more
