Judge’s abortion pill decision embraces extreme language and ideology of anti-abortion movement, experts say In interviews, several legal and medical experts said Kacsmaryk’s decision was unprecedented and clearly ideological. His language and reasoning, they said, closely mirrored arguments and concepts put forward by the anti-abortion movement — at the expense of scientific consensus in some … Read more
I called Ziegler today, after the Justice Department’s appeal, to get her take on what happens next. She told me that if the conflicting mifepristone rulings make their way to the Supreme Court, which they’re likely to do, it’s worth noting that the Texas decision that would block the abortion medication was “designed to appeal … Read more
The governor’s support may seem politically risky, especially after Tuesday’s Supreme Court election in Wisconsin. But he’s been backing restrictive abortion policy for years. Read more at Politico
Data released last fall by the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes also shows that more than 2.2 million women of childbearing age across 1,119 US counties are living in “maternity care deserts,” meaning their counties have no hospitals offering obstetric care, no birth centers and no obstetric providers. Read more at CNN … Read more
The Texas Abortion-Pill Ruling Signals Pro-Lifers’ Next Push Kacsmaryk’s unprecedented ruling, however, is not just a bid to block access to abortion pills. It is an open invitation to anti-abortion-rights groups to use the Comstock Act—a law passed 150 years ago and rarely enforced in the past century—to seek a nationwide federal ban on all … Read more
Texas abortion pill ruling could impact other FDA-approved drugs, vaccinations: HHS secretary When you turn upside down the entire FDA approval process, you’re not talking about just mifepristone,” Becerra said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “You’re talking about every kind of drug. You’re talking about our vaccines. You’re talking about insulin. You’re … Read more
Federal judges issue conflicting rulings in a pill used for medication abortion A federal judge in Texas blocked the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. Another in Washington state issued a conflicting ruling. The matter now seems poised to head for the Supreme Court. Read more at The 19th Federal judge blocks abortion pill approval But the … Read more
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew criticism from some victim advocates. Read more at AP via Huffpost
“When a clinic closes, the protesters don’t just pack up and go home,” Fowler said. “A lot of times, they will travel or even move to other communities and states and target the clinics that remain open there.” Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
A GOP win in the state Senate’s 8th District gave the party a supermajority — with the power to pursue impeachment of newly elected liberal Janet Protasiewicz. Read more at NBC News
