Texas birth rate among teens in 2022 hit 15-year high
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
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Tennessee bill targets adults who take minors out of state for abortion
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
Young students deciding on colleges weigh state politics in their decisions
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
‘They hate God’: US anti-abortion activists aim to fight back on 51st Roe anniversary
“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 and Harris campaigns promote abortion access and contraception
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
New York GOP challenged on abortion rights on Roe anniversary
“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
‘We will never go away’: anti-abortion activists meet in Washington to plan further bans
“I want to see no abortions be legal, ever” Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America Read more at The Guardian
Florida abortion rights supporters fear new proposal would target doctors
“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
With Roe in the background, policies to advance a culture of life take center stage (opinion)
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
Even at March for Life, abortion opponents don’t talk about a national ban
Johnson highlighted two bills House Republicans passed this week. One would block a proposed federal rule meant to keep states from using money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF) — one of the programs most often associated with the term welfare — to support anti-abortion centers. Another bill would require that colleges … Read more