“This election, Pennsylvania voters have a choice between Carolyn Carluccio, who has tried to hide her anti-abortion positions and dodge questions about the judiciary’s role in protecting abortion rights, and Daniel McCaffery, a proven champion of reproductive freedom,” said Breana Ross, campaigns director of Planned Parenthood Votes Pennsylvania. Read more at The Guardian
If Issue 1 fails, supporters of the proposal believe the state’s supreme court will reinstate a six-week abortion ban Read more at The Guardian
Tensions are boiling among female veterans (and on Capitol Hill) over the Alabama senator’s blockade of almost 400 military officers. Read more at Vanity Fair
“There’s no excuse for being, or supporting, an anti-abortion election-denying conspiracy theorist, and our fundamental rights are in jeopardy with this extremist and his supporters in office,” Mackler continues. Read more at The Hill
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
Voting rights groups say move by Republican secretary of state lacked transparency and did not follow established practice Read more at The Guardian
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
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
Rachael and Kadyn Swainston accused of taking underage girl to Oregon for abortion without her parents’ knowledge Read more at The Guardian
“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
