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No Rights To Speak Of – Page 25 – Tracking the harms women face post-Roe

The Vance Warning

When the Trump Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022, it opened the door to a new regime of state-level policing and punishment of American women. After this year’s election, Republicans may or may not have the votes in Congress to pass a national abortion ban. That’s not the most important question, however. … Read more

Doctors issue stark warning as Louisiana reclassifies abortion pills

“A lot of people might go: ‘Oh, two minutes, that’s really fast.’ And yes, in the long scheme of things, that’s fast. But when you have someone who is actively hemorrhaging – in two minutes, they can lose hundreds of cc’s of blood,” Freehill said. “So those seconds count. I’m definitely worried about what’s going … Read more

Louisiana’s new abortion pill law may delay lifesaving care for women, doctors say

During labor, misoprostol is typically kept at the patient’s bedside, she said. Under the new state law, the medication must be stored in a locked cabinet, potentially on a different floor of the hospital, and will require a nurse to order the drug, enter a code and retrieve it, she said. “Even if that adds … Read more

How a Trump Win Would Threaten Access to Birth Control and Emergency Contraception

Before the ACA, birth control made up between 30 and 44 percent of women’s out-of-pocket health care costs, according to a KFF analysis. After the legislation took effect, the cost of contraception of all kinds fell dramatically — including IUDs, the cost of which dropped 68 percent. Project 2025 — the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for Trump’s … Read more

‘A false sense of comfort’: Michigan Dems fight to keep voters’ attention on abortion

“They’re not bringing it up, so I’m bringing it up,” she said. “I’m having to say to people: ‘Are you concerned about a national ban? Do you realize that if we don’t maintain the state legislature and supreme court, a Republican majority will actually go in and try to undo what Prop. 3, even though … Read more

Ron DeSantis accused of ‘intimidation campaign’ against abortion rights

Ron DeSantis is making a concerted effort to maintain draconian limits on abortion access in Florida that have led to accusations the rightwing Republican governor is conducting a “state-sponsored intimidation campaign” against abortion rights and trampling on civil liberties in the state. Read more at The Guardian  

Kamala Harris decries Trump’s abortion comments in first solo TV interview

Harris also showed disdain over Trump’s comments over abortion, expressing he needs to trust women to make their own reproductive decisions. Her comments came after Trump, at a Pennsylvania rally, called himself a “protector” of women, claiming American women will not be “thinking about abortion” if he is elected. “Donald Trump is also the person … Read more

As Death Rate Surges, Texas Asks Supreme Court to Let It Keep Denying Care to Pregnant Women

The state of Texas is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to continue denying emergency medical care to pregnant women, pretty please. The request, which the justices will consider at conference on Monday, September 30, comes on the heels of a new report that shows the state’s maternal mortality rate has spiked dramatically since … Read more