Arkansas abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measure Passage of the amendment in November would effectively undo the 2022 law. That outcome, however, faces an uphill climb. Abortion opponents in the ruby red state have fought the effort to advance the proposed amendment at every turn. Read more at NBC News Nebraska … Read more
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University has spent the two-and-a-half years since SB8 took effect crunching data on infant deaths in Texas and other states, then re-crunching it to confirm their results. They found that as women whose access to abortion was drastically curtailed by SB8 began to give birth in 2022, those … Read more
RNC poised in draft text to drop national limits on abortion from party platform “After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the States and to a vote of the People,” the draft language states. “We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access … Read more
“It was ridiculous when the court said two years ago that overruling Roe was going to get the court out of the business of abortion,” said Leah Litman, a professor at the University of Michigan School of Law. “There’s an entire new frontier of abortion litigation that’s going to make its way to the court … Read more
Cadwallader added that issues like OBGYNs leaving the state and patients being airlifted to out-of-state hospitals will remain. “I think we’re going to see the transfers continue to happen,” she said. “I think we’re going to continue to lose OBGYNs and other doctors in our state.” Read more at Salon
“It’s enormously disappointing to see the bipartisan bill that we passed out of committee 57-1 become overrun with partisan amendments that restrict reproductive freedoms, attack LGBTQ+ service members, leave our NATO allies behind, ignore the threat of climate change, and more,” Houlahan said in a statement. “Our military families deserve better than this political theatre.” … Read more
Nevada is now the sixth state to put the future of abortion rights directly before voters in the 2024 election. Read more at NBC News
For generations, the GOP campaigned on eliminating the right to an abortion in the United States. Now, torn between a base that wants more restrictions on reproductive health care and a moderate majority that does not, it seems many Republicans would rather take an off-ramp than a victory lap. And yet, they just can’t escape … Read more
The Supreme Court’s abortion ruling on Thursday is a narrow one that applies only to Idaho and sends a case back down to the appeals court. Confusion among doctors in states that have strict abortion bans remains widespread. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
On Friday evening, Jefferson County Circuit Judge Brian Edwards said the group of women lacked standing to bring the case and sided with the state’s attorney general, who defended the state’s abortion laws. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
