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Republicans are trying to raise the bar for voters to amend their state constitutions

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The uptick comes as progressives have found success with ballot measure campaigns to expand or protect abortion rights in state constitutions following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022. In 2024, those initiatives passed in seven of the 10 states where they were on the ballot, including Missouri. Read more at … Read more

Online misinformation putting women off contraceptive pill, study finds

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Social media misinformation about the contraceptive pill is encouraging women to view it so negatively that many give it up, a study has found. Researchers have identified myths spread on TikTok and other social media platforms as a key driver of users suffering side-effects that are real but psychological in origin. It is called the … Read more

RFK Jr.’s new MAHA roadmap is finally public

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The report also reups Kennedy’s battle against fluoride, which he believes shouldn’t be added to drinking water, by directing the CDC to update its recommendations and appears to nod at a years-long campaign by abortion opponents to cut off access to pills used in pregnancy terminations because of their alleged impact on water pollution. Read … Read more

New York to defend its shield law – may end up before the Supreme Court

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Letitia James will ‘step in to defend’ New York doctor accused of mailing abortion pills to Texas The move on Monday tees up a showdown between states that ban abortion and those that protect it – one that, legal experts say, challenges fundamental constitutional issues and will likely end up in front of the US … Read more

During Hearing RFK Jr. Hints That Access To Mifepristone May Be Cut Back

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RFK Jr hints access to key abortion drug could be cut back The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has suggested that Biden-era regulations expanding access to abortion pills could be rolled back because the Biden administration had “twisted the data” behind the pills. Read more at The Guardian RFK Jr. Signals Brewing Attack … Read more

Texas Picks The Abortion Fight Everyone Saw Coming

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Texas’ new legislation, by design, will be difficult to preemptively challenge, as it’s enforced by ordinary citizens. A legal clash is likely only after someone is sued under it. “They’re trying to provoke a fight over the Comstock Act,” Hill said, referencing an 1873 federal law banning the mailing of abortifacients that the anti-abortion movement … Read more