More than half of US Black women aged 15-49 live under abortion bans – report
Study finds 57% of Black women of reproductive age live in the 26 states with abortion bans or restrictions Read more at The Guardian
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Louisiana moves to add abortion pills to list of controlled dangerous substances
State lawmakers add amendment to anti-abortion bill to reclassify mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV drugs Read more at The Guardian
South Dakota to decide on abortion rights in fall as ballot initiative advances
Advocates gathered enough signatures for voters to decide on whether the state can regulate procedure before second trimester Read more at The Guardian
Colorado voters to decide on abortion rights after measure qualifies for ballot
Supporters gather enough valid signatures to put measure – that would enshrine abortion rights into constitution – on to ballot Read more at The Guardian
Ben Carson calls for national abortion ban, and an end to no-fault divorce
Ben Carson calls for making divorce harder Carson’s book broadly advocates for a return to traditional, conservative family values. In addition to his push to end no-fault divorce, he calls for a national ban on abortion, men to “assume the responsibility of leadership” in families and cuts to welfare for single mothers in order to … Read more
Texas’s Handmaid’s Tale gives everyone but women reproductive control (opinion)
Even the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party, former President Donald Trump, has said that states could monitor women’s pregnancies to support abortion bans. If these efforts succeed, women may not only be second-class citizens vis-a-vis men but also vis-a-vis the fetuses and maybe even embryos. Read more at The Hill
In South Florida, a Democrat’s pitch links abortion, immigration and freedom
For voters connected to countries that have long had strong restrictions on abortion, she said, the long-term impact on women’s safety and economic opportunity is not new. “They know it’s directly linked to violence against women. It’s directly linked to high levels of maternal mortality,” she added. Latin America has some of the highest rates … Read more
Progressives Prep $10 Million Campaign to Expose ‘MAGA Supreme Court’
Since Trump and Republican lawmakers built their Supreme Court conservative supermajority, the justices have issued increasingly radical decisions. The Dobbs decision in 2022 allowed states to ban abortion; this term, the court could limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone, and justices could also allow states to bar hospitals from providing emergency abortion care necessary … Read more
Why Are Some Republican Lawmakers Hellbent on Preserving Child Marriage?
This argument — that child marriage must be preserved to prevent abortion — seems to be gaining currency with Republicans across the country as they consider laws to raise the marriage age. Read more at Rolling Stone
Katie Britt proposes federal database to collect data on pregnant people
Critics have noted that the database of “pregnancy support centers” would provide misleading information in an effort to dissuade women from seeking abortions. Axios noted that the bill would also provide grants to anti-abortion non-profit organizations. Read more at The Guardian