Texas can ban emergency abortions despite federal guidance, court rules
The ruling by a unanimous panel of fifth US circuit court of appeals comes amid a wave of lawsuits focusing on abortion exceptions Read more at The Guardian
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Kellyanne Conway Thinks Republicans Can Win Back Women in 2024 by Saying, “We Took Away Your Abortion Rights, but We’re Letting You Keep Contraception”
Now, with the 2024 election less than a year away, what are Republicans running for higher office to do? According to GOP strategist and Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, the answer is simple: make their campaign slogan something like, “Yeah, we took away your reproductive rights, but, hey, we’re letting you keep contraception, and that’s … Read more
Threats to abortion access drive demand for abortion pills, analysis suggests
People concerned about potential new abortion restrictions appear to be more likely to request abortion pills even if they’re not yet pregnant, according to a new analysis. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
States to award anti-abortion centers roughly $250m in post-Roe surge
In the months since the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, at least 16 states have agreed to funnel more than $250m in taxpayer dollars towards anti-abortion facilities and programs that try to convince people to continue their pregnancies. Read more at The Guardian
This Issue Is A Losing Battle For Republicans — And A Few Clues Suggest They Know It
“Senate Republicans know that by talking about abortion, it’s bad for them,” North Carolina state Sen. Sydney Batch (D) told HuffPost in May, the day before the 12-week abortion ban passed. “This was always their plan, to run this through without any insight, in the dark of night, so that the rest of the general … Read more
‘Jane Roe’ is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023
Now, it’s different. “Women and pregnant people in this country are so angry and so shocked at the treatment that they are receiving at the hands of the state that they have been compelled to tell their stories,” she says. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
‘A generational struggle’: abortion rights pioneer offers insights to the post-Roe US
“This is a generational struggle,” said Hoffman, echoing the central point in her recent book Choices: A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto. “This is going to pass from me to the next generation to the next generation. “The opposition is extremely, extremely … relentless. They’re persistent, they’re creative – and they won’t stop until there is … Read more
A next big ballot fight over abortion could come to Arizona
The state currently bans the procedure after 15 weeks, a law that went into effect after the fall of Roe v. Wade. But the state supreme court will determine if the current law gets overridden by one that predates the state’s existence. An 1864 law, which is still on the books, would impose a near-complete … Read more
‘They will be refused care’: Inside an American ally’s decision to warn citizens about the US
Abortion rulings and anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the States moved Ottawa to alert Canadians about travel risks. Read more at Politico
Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it’s uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them
Ever since the nation’s highest court ended federal abortion rights more than a year ago, vaguely worded bans enacted in some Republican-controlled states have caused bewilderment over how exceptions should be applied. Read more at the Los Angeles Times