SCOTUS Sheepishly Admits It Shouldn’t Have Taken Emergency Abortion Case The embarrassing reversal — which was accidentally disclosed a day early when it was “inadvertently and briefly uploaded” to the Supreme Court’s website — plainly indicated a growing rift at the court: the three liberal justices, who see this case as a very simple one; three … Read more
Defenders of the laws, which states started passing a half-century ago, see legislation and arguments to repeal them as the latest effort to restrict women’s rights – following the overturning of Roe v Wade and passage of abortion bans around the country – and say that without such protections, the country would return to an … Read more
Terrified you might be losing your pregnancy, you rush to the emergency room — only to be told that no one there will care for you, because they’re worried they could be accused of participating in an abortion. The staff tells you to drive to another hospital, but that will take hours, by which time, … Read more
Just a few weeks back, the NRSC put out a separate memo, advising candidates that a key part of their platform should involve expressing support for access to birth control and exposing “the Democrats’ lies on this issue,” according to Axios. It’s all part of a broader effort by Republicans to try to create a … Read more
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin that asks the court to declare that access to abortion is a right protected by the state constitution, according to a draft court order obtained by Wisconsin Watch. Read more at 19th News
Texas abortion ban linked to increase in infant deaths, new study finds The study found a 23% jump in infant deaths due to congenital anomalies – the kind of conditions that are often identified in utero and lead to abortions in states where the procedure is legal, since they can be incompatible with life. But … Read more
“Donald Trump is the sole person responsible for this nightmare,” the statement continued. “For him, these cruel state bans are a ‘beautiful thing to watch’ — and they’re just beginning. This is a man who brags about overturning Roe v. Wade, has called for women who access reproductive health care to be punished — and … Read more
Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions performed in the country is up. But that’s only part of the story. In many places, they are also much harder to get or provide. Read more at 19th News
Abortion Funds Are In ‘A State Of Emergency’ 2 Years After Dobbs After the overturn of Roe v. Wade, donations flowed to abortion funds, but over time the money has dried up — endangering care for people across the country. Read more at HuffPost
“That’s what these clinics do. And in states where they have passed these Trump abortion bans, these clinics are closing, which means that there is a reduction of very essential health care across the board for a lot of people,” Harris added. Read more at NBC News
