One proposed amendment, known as “Protect the Right to Abortion,” would amend the state’s constitution to say that “all persons shall have a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability, or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient.” The other proposed amendment, called the “Protect Women and Children,” bars abortions … Read more
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the Secretary of State’s assertion that supporters did not submit the correct documents at the right time. Read more at 19th News
Almost two-thirds of Americans say abortion should be legal in most cases, but almost zero percent of people at the Heritage Foundation seem to believe the same. The much-publicized Project 2025—a governmental blueprint drawn up by the powerful think tank that got regular name-checks yesterday—asserts that abortion is “not health care.” (The document mentions abortion … Read more
The Arkansas Supreme Court sided with state officials in a ruling on Thursday that will keep an abortion rights question off the ballot in November over what is, essentially, a paperwork issue. The court upheld state officials’ decision to reject certain signatures that were collected by paid petitioners. The officials had found that the organizers … Read more
According to the poll, 53 percent of Republican women voters someway or strongly oppose leaving abortion rights up to the states, in addition to 86 percent of Democratic women. Seventy-three percent of independent women voters also polled that they opposed leaving abortion to the states. When looking at women in the suburbs and urban areas, … Read more
In the book, Up from Conservatism, the authors advocate for the repeal of the Civil Rights Act, for politicians to conduct “deep investigations into what the gay lifestyle actually does to people”, that college and childcare be defunded and that rightwing governments “promote male-dominated industries” in order to discourage female participation in the workplace. Vance’s … Read more
Media Matters dug up a whopping 13 other instances of Vance railing about childless women, calling them “sociopaths” who “must be stopped.” Repeatedly, he singled out cat ownership as a sure sign that one belonged to the “cabal” of non-mothers he believes are single-handedly destroying the nation. and The book has been delayed until after … Read more
“If I didn’t get an abortion, it would put a future pregnancy at risk. But Trump didn’t care, and because of his abortion bans I had to flee my home,” Cox said from the convention floor. “There’s nothing pro-family about abortion bans. There’s nothing pro-life about letting women suffer and even die.” Read more at … Read more
“Yesterday, when he was asked if he has any regrets about ending Roe v Wade, Donald Trump, without even a moment’s hesitation – you would think you’d reflect on it for a second – said: ‘No regrets,’” said the vice-president at tonight’s rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, just after a raucous ceremonial roll call at the … Read more
“A second Trump term would rip away even more of our rights: passing a national abortion ban, letting states monitor pregnancies and prosecute doctors, restricting birth control and fertility treatments,” Zurawski said on Monday night. “We cannot let that happen. We need to vote as if lives depend on it — because they do.” Read … Read more
