“Gut punch”: Texas Supreme Court says “life-saving exception” is clear enough. Plaintiffs disagree

The Texas Supreme Court also said that as “painful as such circumstances are,” referring to fatal fetal anomalies, “the law does not authorize abortions for diagnosed fetal conditions absent a life-threatening complication to the mother does not render it unconstitutional.” Read more at Salon  

Republicans hide their war on contraception in plain sight

Republicans use two big, interlocking lies to conceal an anti-contraception agenda from the public. First, they deny they intend to take birth control away, by limiting their definition of “birth control” to condoms and the rhythm method. To justify that shell game, they lie about how the most popular and effective forms of birth control … Read more

Trump to make virtual appearance at event with group that calls abortion ‘child sacrifice’

Donald Trump is courting a Christian advocacy organization that wants to ban all abortions and calls the procedure “child sacrifice,” a stringent position that contradicts his own less restrictive approach and stated intention to let states decide the issue. Trump is scheduled to make a virtual appearance Monday at an event hosted by the Danbury … Read more

The Supreme Court is poised to take one of Biden’s few tools on abortion access

No matter how the high court rules, medical groups say there will continue to be widespread fear and confusion in states with abortion bans about whether and when they can treat patients in emergencies, noting that the stories of Texas patient Kate Cox and Indiana OB-GYN Caitlin Bernard have especially fueled the chilling effect. Read … Read more

House Republicans pass new abortion restrictions in Veterans Affairs bill

A controversial provision in the spending bill would prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs from offering abortion counseling and, in some cases, abortion procedures to veterans and their beneficiaries. It overturns a Biden administration rule that allows the VA to provide abortion care when the life or health of the mother is in danger or … Read more

Why is the “Right to Contraception Act” considered necessary?

Regarding a 2022 version of the bill, some Republican politicians, including Florida Rep. Kat Cammack, said the legislation is not necessary, calling it a fear-mongering technique led by the Democratic Party. However, Justice Clarence Thomas said in 2022 that the Supreme Court should revisit and overrule past landmark decisions, including Griswold v. Connecticut. Read more … Read more

Senate blocks vote on Right to Contraception Act – news round-up

Senate Republicans block bill to recognize legal right to contraception Ziegler said abortion opponents could even use existing abortion bans to outlaw contraception. After Roe fell, three states – Georgia, Utah and Oklahoma – changed their legal definitions of “abortion” to remove language that protected contraception, according to a draft of a forthcoming paper by … Read more