Missouri abortion rights in legal limbo after constitutional protections take effect The day after Missouri voters supported the measure to amend the constitution, Planned Parenthood affiliates in the state filed a lawsuit asking the court to strike down the state’s near-total abortion ban as well as a raft of other restrictions that, Planned Parenthood said, … Read more
Abortion Won Almost Everywhere. Here’s Where It Lost Voters in 10 states considered protections for abortion. They won in seven Read more at Rolling Stone Abortion amendments pass in Colorado, Missouri, Maryland and more while Florida measure fails Life updates on efforts to enshrine abortion rights in state constitutions or tweak existing laws Read more … Read more
Nobody sums up how we got here better than Donald Trump. In his own words: “For 54 years, they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it, and I’m proud to have done it.” If he is elected president again, make no mistake: He will sign a national abortion ban. And … Read more
In several states across the country, there are already extreme abortion bans that have led to the deaths of multiple pregnant women and at least one teen; restrictive voting policies that make it difficult for citizens to cast their ballots; defunding of education and censorship of books; and other such policies that have also been … Read more
For another, DeSantis — the man who signed back-to-back abortion bans into law here — has thrown the full force of the state government behind coordinated efforts to tank the measure. Read more at Rolling Stone
Of course, we all know what “protect” really means in this context: it means “control”. Should he become president again, Trump and his allies seem intent on massively expanding the power of the president and eliminating hard-won freedoms. Conservative lawmakers and influencers want to control a woman’s access to reproductive healthcare. They want to control … Read more
Though the impact of abortion will become clearer after Election Day, she said, losing an existing right can motivate voters. “It was the law of the land for a long time,” she said. “It’s very hard to take that away from people.” Read more at NBC News
Joshua and Davis met at an abortion rights rally in 2023 and became friends. They lean on each other for support, especially when testifying against anti-abortion laws in Louisiana’s legislature capitol, which is 76% male, majority white, and comprised of a supermajority of anti-abortion Republicans. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
States across the country have been using a series of laws and court rulings in the past decade to criminalize how women react to pregnancy loss. Legal experts say the fear and suspicion following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that allowed states to ban abortion may be making things … Read more
She said the health department and Gov. Jim Pillen — who held a news conference last week about what he called “misinformation” pertaining to abortion — were “trying to camouflage that there is actually an abortion ban in Nebraska.” Read more at NBC News
