The 38-year-old’s opposition to IVF and skepticism of the fertility industry makes her an outlier in the presidential field — though she has not called for banning the procedure. Read more at Politico
What is the Comstock Act of 1873 and how is it tied to abortion pill case? The Comstock Act is a set of federal laws passed by Congress in 1873. It made it illegal to send “obscene, lewd or lascivious,” “immoral” or “indecent” materials through mail, including drugs that induce abortions and contraception. Read more … Read more
“The way I see it, once any element of this is criminalized or once the fetus is defined as a person in any area of law, criminalization is the next step and it is not hard to do,” she said. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
She was candid about the fact that the ADF’s current lawsuit is part of a much broader legal strategy to restrict access to abortion, and she defended her belief that the 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection to all embryos from the moment of conception — a position that, if endorsed by the courts, would likely … Read more
Meanwhile, the RSC’s budget also calls for the passage of the Life at Conception Act, which would establish that “the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization.” This would make abortion illegal in all cases, including for patients who … Read more
“If Trump wins the election, you’ll see Ho on the short list of nominees to the supreme court,” he said. “He is obviously behaving in a way that makes him a very prominent candidate in a Republican administration.” Read more at The Guardian
What’s at stake in the Supreme Court mifepristone case Legal scholars like Ziegler also note that there’s an even bigger way that this case could affect everyone in the country. “You have, lurking in the background, the possibility that the Comstock Act is going to be reinvented as an abortion ban,” she says. Read more … Read more
Meet the Arizona Lawmaker Who Announced Her Abortion on the Statehouse Floor Then, of course, having to tell me that I could consider adoption and parenting as options, which in my case is obviously outrageous. I would have loved to consider parenting as an option, but that was not realistic for me, I was going … Read more
Yet despite Republicans’ efforts to distance themselves from the Alabama court’s ruling, it is the logical outcome of a strain of legal reasoning that began more 50 years ago. In fact, the Alabama ruling provides a roadmap for where the anti-abortion movement is now headed. That destination is enshrining “fetal personhood” as the law of … Read more
‘Cruel’: the supreme court could send one-time abortion deserts like Hawaii back in time If the supreme court rewinds these measures, many people will likely have to go to much greater lengths to end their pregnancies. The availability of abortion in the US would plummet, abortion providers and their supporters told the Guardian – even … Read more
