Nearly 65,000 US rape victims could not get an abortion in their state, analysis shows The data demonstrates that abortion bans likely make it impossible for most victims of rape to obtain abortions in their home states, even for the minority of people who live in states with exemptions for rape, researchers said. Read more … Read more
The birth rate among Texas teenagers hit a 15-year high in 2022, following the 2021 six-week abortion ban in the state. Read more at The Hill
The bill says that an adult who “recruits, harbors, or transports a pregnant unemancipated minor within this state for the purpose of” aiding them in getting access to actions that constitute “criminal abortion” under Tennessee law “commits the offense of abortion trafficking of a minor,” despite where the action occurs. Read more at The Hill … Read more
Nearly three-quarters of unenrolled young adults told Gallup this year that reproductive health laws are a factor in their decisions about where to go to college. Read more at NBC News
“I want to see no abortions be legal, ever,” she said in an interview. She rejected the notion that abortions performed to save women’s lives qualify as abortions. “When you’re looking at a case where a woman’s life is at risk, where the physician believes that she can no longer safely carry her child in … Read more
Biden says end of Roe left ‘cruel reality’ for women in the US “The cruelty is astounding. An affront to a women’s dignity being told by extreme politicians to wait, to get sicker and sicker to the point where her life may be in danger before you can get the care you need. That cruel … Read more
“It’s crystal clear to me that the GOP is fully committed to a nationwide abortion ban,” Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) said in an interview. “They’re continuing to even more aggressively pursue that, literally choosing a speaker of the House that authored the bill for a nationwide abortion ban. And that would certainly affect New York.” … Read more
“I want to see no abortions be legal, ever” Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America Read more at The Guardian
“This bill … is a thinly veiled attempt to allow men to sue women and doctors in cases of wanted and needed abortion care,” said Lauren Book. Read more at Politico
If you have recently been to a restaurant, you may have been asked to wait for a table, even if the restaurant is nearly empty. In this all-too-common scenario, the problem isn’t space, it’s workers — or lack of them. When I visit businesses throughout south central Kansas, nearly every business owner tells me they … Read more
