The Texas attorney general’s office has filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court, effectively blocking a judge’s hours-old order that temporarily lifted a ban on emergency abortions. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
Judge temporarily exempts women with complicated pregnancies from Texas abortion ban The temporary injunction will stand until the lawsuit against Texas is complete, unless a higher court intervenes. The injunction is expected to be appealed. Read more at NBC News Judge rules Texas’ abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications The court … Read more
“They are funding abortion tourism, which is not an appropriate thing for the military to be doing,” DeSantis said. “So I think our Republicans in the Congress should just take a stand on this. The [Pentagon] should stand down.” Read more at NBC News
Multimillion-Dollar ‘Disinformation Campaign’ Seeks To Make Ohio’s Big Abortion Vote About ‘Sex Change’ Operations “There is absolutely nothing in the amendment that mentions or supersedes Ohio’s parental consent laws,” Beene said. “Their intentionally deceptive ad is the beginning of a multi-million-dollar disinformation campaign designed to raise unsubstantiated fears and distract from the fact that the … Read more
Army chief retires as Tuberville hold snarls the Pentagon’s top ranks “The failure to confirm our superbly qualified senior uniformed leaders undermines our military readiness,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at the changeover ceremony at an Army installation just outside Washington on an uncharacteristically cool and rainy morning. “It undermines our retention of some of … Read more
Greta Kemp Martin, a lawyer who works as a litigation director for Disability Rights Mississippi, said she decided last year that she couldn’t let Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch, whose office represented Mississippi in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization before the Supreme Court, go unopposed. Read more at 19th News
President George W. Bush started PEPFAR in Africa in 2003. The program retains bipartisan support. But anti-abortion groups and some House Republicans, including Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, are pushing to attach abortion-related limits on U.S. health support overseas to the reauthorizing legislation. They are also seeking yearly votes on PEPFAR’s continuance. Read more at … Read more
“Abortion providers, OB-GYNs, nurse practitioners are being pushed out of certain parts of the country that do have these restrictive abortion laws. That’s having a spillover effect for those that want to continue their pregnancies,” said Jamila Taylor, president and CEO of the National WIC Association. Read more at Politico
A group that supports people who need out-of-state abortions in the Deep South sued Alabama’s Republican attorney general Monday, following his threats to prosecute anyone who assists residents who want to travel out of state for an abortion. Read more at The Hill
Former Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) are boasting their support for national abortion bans as fellow GOP presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spars with anti-abortion activists. Read more at The Hill
