Justice Neil Gorsuch took 10 minutes to approve Dobbs abortion opinion – report
New York Times reports conservative supreme court justice had no changes to 98-page draft of opinion that removed right to abortion Read more at The Guardian
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Texas v. pregnant women – hollow exceptions, legal threats to doctors, intentional ambiguities in the law
Texas war on pregnant women (Opinion piece) Texan women considering pregnancy are well advised to flee — as Cox did, leaving the state to get the care she needed. OB-GYN doctors are leaving the state as well: There are none in two-thirds of the state’s counties. Texas is assuredly anti-abortion, but that doesn’t mean that … Read more
Texas Supreme Court rules against Kate Cox showing exceptions to bans are hollow – news round-up
One Texas case shows why women can’t rely on legal exceptions to abortion bans In Texas, the case also suggests that abortions in circumstances similar to Cox’s could remain illegal, highlighting just how hollow and limited medical exceptions are. “It … reveals just how ineffective the ‘health and life’ exceptions to abortion bans are in … Read more
Supreme Court to hear 5th Circuit mifepristone ban case – news round-up
US supreme court agrees to consider abortion pill access “You can’t just bring random lawsuits in court. You actually have to have been harmed by something,” said Greer Donley, an associate law professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School. “That’s really what standing analysis is all about, to try to figure out if if … Read more
New Mexico supreme court to consider obscure 1873 law used to ban abortion
State is latest in which the Comstock Act is being used to try to ban abortion after the fall of Roe v Wade Read more at The Guardian
GOP presidential candidates don’t want to discuss the Kate Cox Texas case – news round-up
Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn avoid questions about Kate Cox abortion case Cruz and Cornyn were notably skittish when they were asked to weigh in on Cox’s situation. Given multiple opportunities to respond to questions about the case from NBC News, both senators, who are fierce anti-abortion advocates, refused to comment on the … Read more
J.D. Vance Said Republicans Aren’t Trying to Limit Birth Control Access. Here’s a List.
Number one is GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson Read more at Rolling Stone
Kentucky woman who sued for abortion access says embryo no longer has cardiac activity
Instead, Jane Doe’s attorneys urged other women who are pregnant and seeking an abortion in the Bluegrass State to reach out if they are interested in joining the case. The lawsuit says Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban violates the plaintiff’s rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution. Read more at NBC News
Supreme Courts in 3 states will hear cases about abortion access this week
The future of reproductive rights for a wide swath of the Mountain West may be decided next week, as three state Supreme Courts hear arguments in cases that will determine abortion access in the region. Here’s what to know. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
Arizona Supreme Court hears arguments in pivotal case on 1864 abortion ban
The outcome of the case will dictate which abortion ban the state must enforce: the ban enacted in 1864 — a half-century before Arizona even gained statehood — that would likely end almost all legal abortion care in the state, or a 2022 law that bans most abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy. Read … Read more