For some Republicans, the effort for a measure raising the threshold to amend the constitution became more urgent this year after abortion rights proponents started gathering signatures to try to undo the state’s ban. Lawmakers like Brattin wanted Coleman’s resolution to go on the ballot in August in the hopes that it would raise the … Read more
Republican-controlled states are sealing the cracks in their anti-abortion regimes through legislation that removes the power of, or seeks to punish, Democratic prosecutors who decline to charge people for abortion-related crimes. Read more at Talking Points Memo
The Republican governor vetoed several measures, including those related to maintaining access to contraception, saying in a statement they were “not ready to become law”. Read more at The Guardian
Study finds 57% of Black women of reproductive age live in the 26 states with abortion bans or restrictions Read more at The Guardian
State lawmakers add amendment to anti-abortion bill to reclassify mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV drugs Read more at The Guardian
Advocates gathered enough signatures for voters to decide on whether the state can regulate procedure before second trimester Read more at The Guardian
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 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
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
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
