“The Dobbs decision basically flung open the gates for these types of criminalizations to continue and increase,” Rivera said. “Unless we do something about it, this is unfortunately going to be the trend.” Read more at HuffPost
Although the case occurred before the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, it has been seen as a harbinger of how law enforcement may prosecute people for ending their own pregnancies in a post-Roe era – and how giant tech companies could go along with it. Read more at The Guardian
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Indianapolis federal court, marked Attorney General Todd Rokita’s latest attempt to seek disciplinary legal action against Dr. Caitlin Bernard. Read more at NBC News
“It’s never a ‘terrible thing’ to protect innocent life,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said. Read more at Politico
“They obfuscated the actual language of the proposed state constitutional amendment by substituting their own language and creating out of whole cloth a veil of deceit and bias in their desire to impose their views on Ohio voters about what they think is the substance of the proposed amendment,” Justice Jennifer Brunner wrote. Read more … Read more
Tuberville refuses to budge on military promotions despite growing GOP pressure But Tuberville is standing firm and says he will only release the holds if the Biden administration reverses its policy of paying for service members to travel across state lines to obtain abortions. Read more at The Hill Why Tuberville breakthrough isn’t breaking military … Read more
Last November, voters in Kentucky turned out in large numbers to reject the idea of adding an amendment outlawing abortion to the state constitution. But almost a year later abortion is still illegal in Kentucky — thanks in large part to Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who defended against a challenge to the state’s existing abortion … Read more
In the past, trying to prove someone had taken abortion pills was tricky. It was impossible to tell whether a woman had experienced a miscarriage or had a medical abortion: the symptoms are the same and the technology didn’t exist to find evidence mifepristone and misoprostol had been ingested. Now, however, a government intent on … Read more
The Face Act penalizes people for blockading and threatening abortion clinics. Anti-abortion activists want it repealed Read more at The Guardian
A dozen DOD officials, current and former service members and military spouses said in interviews that troops are nervous about seeking the benefit because they say it could compromise their privacy and open them up to retaliation. Read more at Politico
