The Key to Mike Johnson’s Christian Extremism Hangs Outside His Office
The newly elected House speaker has ties to the far-right New Apostolic Reformation — which is hell-bent on turning America into a religious state Read more at Rolling Stone
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Democrats hope to emulate Ohio ballot-measure plan to protect abortion rights
Democrats and abortion rights supporters show enthusiasm for ballot initiatives – but organizers are already meeting interference Read more at The Guardian
Michigan anti-abortion groups partner with GOP members to overturn voter-approved constitutional amendment
Right to Life sues to block Michigan’s voter-approved abortion rights law The lawsuit asks for a permanent injunction stopping enforcement of Proposal 3, which is now written into the state constitution as the “right to reproductive freedom.” Read more at The Detroit News Michigan Republicans Dig in on Abortion, Sue to Overturn Will of Voters … Read more
GOP Not Backing Down On Abortion Bans Despite New Election Losses
Staunchly anti-abortion lawmakers argued that the GOP needs to work even harder to persuade voters of their cause and redouble their efforts to pass a ban on abortion after 15 weeks at a minimum. Read more at HuffPost
The Supreme Court dismantled Roe. States are restoring it one by one.
Multiple abortion opponents also called Wednesday for more efforts to ban or restrict the ability to vote directly on abortion-rights ballot initiatives after Tuesday’s sweeping losses. American United for Life was the most explicit, calling Wednesday for the remaining red states that have a citizen-led ballot initiative process — Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, … Read more
GOP senators warn new Speaker on abortion
Republican senators worried about winning back the Senate majority in 2024 are discouraging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from moving any national abortion legislation before next year’s election. Read more at The Hill
The new House speaker has a history of backing legislation against reproductive rights.
Up until recently, Johnson was a low profile member of Congress, but he has been a staunch supporter of anti-abortion efforts. For example, Johnson is one of 29 co-sponsors for a January 2023 bill aiming to defund Planned Parenthood. He also voted against the Right to Contraception Act — which still managed to pass in … Read more
Mike Johnson, theocrat: the House speaker and a plot against America
The ADF has always been opposed to privacy rights, abortion and birth control. Now Roe is gone, the group is laying the groundwork to end protection for birth control. Those who thought Roe would never be overruled should understand that the reasoning in Dobbs v Jackson is not tailored to abortion. Dobbs was explicitly written … Read more
High stakes for abortion rights as Pennsylvania votes on key judge pick
“This election, Pennsylvania voters have a choice between Carolyn Carluccio, who has tried to hide her anti-abortion positions and dodge questions about the judiciary’s role in protecting abortion rights, and Daniel McCaffery, a proven champion of reproductive freedom,” said Breana Ross, campaigns director of Planned Parenthood Votes Pennsylvania. Read more at The Guardian
Abortion providers brace themselves ahead of Ohio vote: ‘It’s just terrifying’
If Issue 1 fails, supporters of the proposal believe the state’s supreme court will reinstate a six-week abortion ban Read more at The Guardian