Vance says a future Trump administration would defund Planned Parenthood
In 2016, then-candidate Trump said in a debate that he would end federal funding for Planned Parenthood, saying he would “defund it because I’m pro-life.” Read more at NBC News
The Rise of the Right-Wing Tattletale
Mitchell declined to comment for this article. But his work on the Silva case and the bounty law, among other matters, reflects a tactic that conservatives have recently embraced in a range of social battles, including those over abortion, LGBTQ issues, and school curricula. Across the nation, Republican-controlled state legislatures and conservative activists have passed … Read more
Trump and Vance Are Calling Their Abortion Ban Something New
Trump, and the conservative-activist elite that Vance hails from, have a clear plan for limiting women’s access to abortion should they win in November. This could take the form of a congressionally authorized ban if Republicans have a big enough majority, which Trump and Vance would simply refer to as a “minimum national standard.” Or … Read more
Catholic hospital offered a bucket and towels to woman it denied abortion, California AG says
In California, where abortion rights are guaranteed, there’s a loophole. The growth of Catholic hospital systems, which restrict reproductive health care, has left patients with no other option for care. Read more at 19th News
Vance backtracks on whether Trump would veto national abortion ban
When pressed on if Trump would veto a national abortion if brought to his desk as president, Vance wouldn’t commit to an answer. Instead, Vance said Sunday that Trump “thinks it’s ridiculous to talk about vetoing a piece of legislation that isn’t going to come before the president in the first place.” Read more at … Read more
It’s harder to pay and travel for abortion care and support funds are struggling
“We’re in the midst of an abortion funding crisis,” says Oriaku Njoku, the executive director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, which provides an online search tool for patients to find a local or regional assistance fund. Njoku and others at these funds point to intersecting pressures: increased demand for financial assistance for abortions, … Read more
New report shows more than 200 pregnant people have faced criminal charges since Dobbs decision
The majority of cases did not require prosecutors to find evidence that the fetus was harmed Read more at Salon
“Deadly”: Experts warn Trump and Vance are “backpedaling” on abortion to conceal a darker reality
In August, Amber Thurman, a Georgia woman who suffered a rare complication from abortion pills, died from an infection after Georgia passed a law banning the abortion treatment that would have saved her life. Earlier this summer, Texas woman Kate Cox, whose fetus’ lethal anomaly doctors said threatened her health and future fertility, left the … Read more
JD Vance won the VP debate with lies. Here’s the truth, in his own words
At his core, if Vance has one, there is a Christian nationalism that seems to embrace Trump as a means to an end. This is what really concerns me about Vance, not that he believes in nothing, but that he believes in a country run on Christianity above law. Read more at the LA Times … Read more
JD Vance’s “weird science” hypocrisy: His climate change cleanup job shows a contempt for children
As many feminist critics — myself included — have argued, Vance’s relentless talk about children isn’t rooted in a true enthusiasm for the joys of parenthood. Instead, it’s about leveraging childbirth as a weapon against women’s equality, driving them out of the workforce and into dependent relationships with men. That’s why he also opposes affordable … Read more