Trump said it’s up to the states to decide abortion. Here’s everything else he didn’t say
Trump in a video posted Monday to Truth Social did not address what executive actions he would take to curb abortion access as president. Read more at Politico
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Arizona’s abortion ban is a political nightmare for Republicans in the 2024 election
When the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, Republicans across the country cheered. Freed from Roe’s regulations, GOP lawmakers promptly blanketed the US south and midwest in near-total abortion bans. But today, after a string of electoral losses, stories of women being denied abortions and polls that confirm abortion bans remain wildly … Read more
Arizona adoption of 1864 abortion ban – news round-up
Arizona Republicans denounce revived 1864 abortion ban in sudden reversal “Arizona just rolled back the clock to a time before women could vote – and, by his own admission, there’s one person responsible: Donald Trump,” Harris said in a campaign statement. “The alarm is sounding for every woman in America: if he has the opportunity, … Read more
Column: Antiabortion agitators are trying to cripple a lifesaving federal healthcare law
The conflict, as the government points out, is that the law requires doctors to perform an emergency abortion if necessary to prevent a patient’s condition from deteriorating or to protect her from potentially severe or permanent injury. Idaho law forbids an abortion unless it’s necessary to avert a patient’s death. Doctors caught in this vise … Read more
Republicans want to use an 1873 law to ban abortion. Congress must overturn that law | Moira Donegan | Opinion
The rightwing Heritage Foundation cited a maximalist approach to Comstock interpretation and enforcement – and the nationwide total abortion ban that would result – as one of their priorities in their “Project 2025”, a policy plan for a coming Trump administration. Meanwhile, in an amicus brief issued to the supreme court in the mifepristone case, … Read more
Her abortion experience was ‘bizarre and painful’. Now she’s suing Tennessee
In the nearly two years since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, 16 states have implemented near-total abortion bans. In theory, these bans have exceptions that permit people to get medically necessary abortions – but in practice, doctors and patients say, these exceptions are worded so vaguely that they are unworkable, prompting doctors … Read more
‘A crisis of conscience’: Idaho OBGYNs are leaving the state after strict abortion ban
“The fallout, of course, is going to be catastrophic for women, but it will also be catastrophic for babies and frankly, for anybody in the state who needs medical help,” Rubel said. Read more at 19th News
Florida 6 week abortion ban goes into effect May 1, status of ballot initiative protecting abortion – news round-up
‘Confusion and terror’ set in for pregnant women after ruling upholds Florida abortion ban “These bans are particularly bad for certain people, and I think that legislators and judges know this,” said Daniels. “If you are resourced and privileged enough to buy a ticket and fly three hours to Virginia and Maryland, you’re still going … Read more
Biden calls out Trump on his shifting views on abortion – news round-up
Biden slams Trump abortion comments: ‘simply lying’ “Donald Trump made it clear once again today that he is – more than anyone in America – the person responsible for ending Roe v. Wade,” Biden said in a statement. “Let there be no illusion. If Donald Trump is elected and the MAGA Republicans in Congress put … Read more
Trump’s changing positions on abortion, anti-abortion groups upset, Lindsey Graham smackdown – news round-up
Trump promises a ‘deal’ on abortion that will please everyone. It likely doesn’t exist. The presumptive Republican nominee, who has pledged to make a statement on abortion this week, has said for months that if elected he would “come together with all groups” and “negotiate something” that would “make both sides happy,” suggesting that “15 … Read more