Miller, who ultimately received a single fetal abortion and give birth to a healthy son, said she’s not confused about the former president’s positions when it comes to women and reproductive rights. Trump won’t make America great, she said, but he will make it more like Texas, subjecting millions more Americans to the sort of … Read more
“There are cases where a minor might not feel safe telling their parents they need abortion care. It could be an abusive family situation,” she said. “It could be any number of circumstances that make it feel unsafe for a 17-year-old to go to her parents, but maybe she has a big sister who can … Read more
Another lie? That the social problems we have today are caused by the “breakup” of the so-called traditional family, which was set in motion by contraception, abortion and no-fault divorce. So now, the MAGA movement headed by Donald Trump is going after all those things. Read more at The Hill
During his last campaign for Congress, Kent made the slavery analogy more than once. In 2022, his opponent, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, shared a screenshot in which a high school student DMed her to say that Kent had made a similar argument when visiting their school. The student wrote: “Joe Kent came to my high school … Read more
Even though the plaintiffs suing for the right to flunk female students for abortion include boilerplate arguments in which they feign concern that abortion is “killing,” the legal filing makes it clear that what really outrages Bonevac and Hatfield is that Title IX prevents them from controlling the private lives of students. Along with their … Read more
For Manian, the confluence of the pair of abortion cases underlines two critical truths: that the anti-abortion movement will not stop until it has achieved a total abortion ban nationwide, and that by tearing up the right to an abortion, the supreme court has created a legal mess that is likely to dog it for … Read more
“It now matters in a much more policy-focused way how Donald Trump thinks about women — that he doesn’t respect them, would sell them out, wouldn’t do anything to defend their rights — sort of matters in a different way now, because abortion is such an important issue going into this election. They’re talking in … Read more
Texas supreme court rejects challenge to abortion ban over medical exceptions The Texas supreme court on Friday rejected a challenge from more than 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions under the state’s near-total abortion ban, ruling in an unanimous opinion that the state’s ban can stand as is. Read more at … Read more
Texas GOP Appears To Put Death Penalty For Abortion Patients On 2024 Wish List Texas delegates voted on a 2024 platform at the state’s GOP Convention on Saturday and aim to tally the votes by Wednesday to finalize their platform for the coming year. The proposal called for new legislation to solidify fetal personhood ideology … Read more
Lee’s actions mean Tennessee will soon become the second state in the nation to enact legislation that supporters say will stop any adult who “intentionally recruits, harbors, or transports” a pregnant minor within the state to get an abortion without consent from the minor’s parents or guardians. Read more at The Guardian
