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
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‘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
Kansas judge blocks 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions
Other rules, they say, needlessly complicate the process of getting an abortion to the point that it interferes with patients’ constitutional right to bodily autonomy. Patients must correctly print and sign a consent form 24 hours before their appointment — on white paper, in black ink, in 12-point Times New Roman font. As many as … Read more
Voters in at Least 10 States Are Trying to Protect Abortion Rights. GOP Officials Are Throwing Up Roadblocks.
Abortion-rights advocates say the fight to stop voters from protecting access to the procedure looks a lot like the fight to restrict voting rights in general. Many of the same Republican lawmakers who supported laws limiting access to the ballot box also seek to prevent citizen-led drives to enshrine reproductive health care into state constitutions, … Read more
Election Denial, “Sexual Anarchy,” Noah’s Ark: All the Mike Johnson Details We Regret to Inform You Of
As an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, now known as the Alliance Defending Freedom, he worked on efforts to shut down abortion clinics in the state. In Congress, he cosponsored legislation that would have banned abortions at about six weeks of pregnancy, i.e., a time when many people do not even know they’re pregnant. … Read more
Texas county becomes largest yet to vote for abortion travel ban
Commissioners in Lubbock county, Texas, voted on Monday to ban people from transporting others along local roads for abortions, making the county the largest yet to join recent anti-abortion efforts to restrict travel out of state for the procedure. Read more at The Guardian