Conservatives move to keep abortion off the 2024 ballot
“We don’t believe those rights should be subjected to majority vote.” Read more at Politico
Uncategorized
Vice President Harris to ratchet up fight for abortion access as 2024 looms
“Extremists across our country continue to wage a full-on attack against hard-won, hard-fought freedoms as they push their radical policies — from banning abortion in all 50 states and criminalizing doctors, to forcing women to travel out of state in order to get the care they need,” Harris said in a statement. Read more at … Read more
Reproductive rights group urges Ohio prosecutor to drop criminal charge against woman who miscarried
Beene said Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights fears the case will deter other women from seeking miscarriage care. The organization also shared its letter, dated Dec. 15, with the Warren mayor, law director and city council members, in hopes of building support for dropping charges against Watts. Read more at The Hill
Black Ohio woman’s arrest after pregnancy loss begs the question, ‘What do you do after a miscarriage?’
Despite expert testimony advocating the pregnancy was not viable, the case went viral this weekend when a judge decided that she will face a grand jury. This is another story contributing to the trend of pregnancy-related criminalization continuing across the country. Read more at Cleveland.com
How the Supreme Court could restrict access to abortion pills
Whatever the court decides could have sweeping ramifications. While the pills will likely stay on the market, there could be some significant changes to access, even in states where abortion remains legal and protected. Read more at The Hill
The states where abortion could be on the ballot in 2024
Here’s an overview of where abortion will — and could be — directly on the ballot in 2024, how many signatures organizers need to collect and the challenges advocates are facing in the states. Read more at 19th News
An ‘abortion abolitionist’ became an Oklahoma senator. The fringe is celebrating its big victory
Abortion “abolitionists,” on the other hand, hold what they believe to be a more ideologically consistent stance: if a fetus is a person, then abortion is tantamount to murder. And patients should be punished accordingly. Read more at The Guardian
GOP presidential candidates forced to discuss Texas abortion ban
Texas Abortion Case Exposes GOP’s Inability to Defend Their Own Laws When Kate Cox was forced to flee Texas after state authorities denied her pleas to terminate a potentially deadly pregnancy, it laid bare the true cost of state control over women’s reproductive health. It’s also made plain that Republicans — despite their claims to … Read more
Dozens of Texas businesses back challenge to abortion ban: ‘This is why our economy is taking a hit’
The Bumble filing draws on research that found that nearly half of young women in nine battleground states are considering or making plans to move to a state with “comprehensive protections” for reproductive health care, and nearly two-thirds of college educated workers nationwide would not consider a job in a state with abortion restrictions. Read more at The Hill … Read more
Justice Neil Gorsuch took 10 minutes to approve Dobbs abortion opinion – report
New York Times reports conservative supreme court justice had no changes to 98-page draft of opinion that removed right to abortion Read more at The Guardian