She miscarried weeks after Roe fell. A delay in care changed her life.
Four years after the Dobbs decision, critics say medical exemptions in abortion bans are so vague they delay care. Read more at 19th News
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The Trump administration is calling frozen embryos children – opinion
But the move represents a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s pursuit of fetal personhood, the doctrine that anti-abortion forces aspire to enshrine in law whereby fertilized eggs are granted constitutional rights as persons – a regime that would ban all abortion and many kinds of birth control and miscarriage management, would curtail the basic … Read more
Senators alarmed at Trump administration website Moms.gov promoting anti-abortion facilities
In their Wednesday letter, senators – including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden and Tammy Duckworth – criticized the site and noted that it “directs pregnant women to unregulated and often non-medical anti-abortion facilities known as crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs)”, which they said “raises profound concerns about the health, safety and privacy of … Read more
FDA Moves to Restrict Abortion Pill Access
In an ominous move, the FDA — under pressure from antiabortion groups and GOP members of Congress — has launched a new safety study of mifepristone that is a thinly veiled move to restrict mail and telehealth access to the abortion pill. “The administration is aiming for a robust study that will withstand legal criticism,” … Read more
Hawley pushes Blanche to settle abortion pill case
In an interview Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), said he wanted to know whether conservatives could count on Blanche to settle multiple lawsuits over mifepristone — a pill used in more than two-thirds of abortions — and clear the way for potential restrictions on the medication. Read more at Politico
So Much for Leaving Abortion Up to the States
In his famous “House Divided” speech in 1858, Abraham Lincoln predicted that “we shall lie down, pleasantly dreaming that the people of Missouri are on the verge of making their State free, and we shall awake to the reality instead, that the Supreme Court has made Illinois a slave State.” If Lincoln’s warning holds true … Read more
A religious hospital denied her a life-saving drug during an ectopic pregnancy. She lost her fertility
Harmonie Perrone, 28, knew she was probably having an ectopic pregnancy, and she knew exactly what she needed to do: seek medical care immediately, before life-threatening complications set in. But she was denied that care twice as she feared for her life – and, after the delay in care, she lost her fertility, she says … Read more
Republican lawmakers face backlash after daring to challenge abortion bans
Multiple Republicans lose primaries after key party allies backed their challengers instead Read more from ProPublica via Salon
At Turning Point USA conference, women offer away their right to vote
In her 2025 interview on the podcast “The Pocket with Chris Griffin” – where they labeled her “the female Andrew Tate” – Stone said, “I know for a fact that if women couldn’t vote then abortion wouldn’t be legal in the first place.” …. In April, Democracy Docket reported that the idea that women shouldn’t … Read more
Religious anti-abortion center finds opportunity in town without OB-GYNs
“Crisis pregnancy centers have, for years and years, capitalized on gaps in access to healthcare,” she said. “In no way, shape, or form do crisis pregnancy centers have the infrastructure or ability or training to bridge those gaps.” According to Swartzendruber’s research, more than 2,600 crisis pregnancy centers operated in the U.S. as of 2024, … Read more