2024 Election

Leader of Project 2025 delays book with forward by JD Vance until after the election

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Project 2025 leader’s book with JD Vance introduction delayed until after election But in his introduction to Roberts’s book, Vance called the Heritage Foundation “the most influential engine of ideas for Republicans from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump”. Read more at The Guardian Delayed publication of Heritage president’s book reflects Project 2025 shell game A … Read more

Inside a medical practice sending abortion pills to states where they’re banned

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“These websites are breaking the law … aiding and abetting crimes in Texas,” says John Seago, the president of Texas Right to Life. “We want to use all the instruments that we have, all the tools available, to really fight against this new trend of abortion pills by mail.” Seago says providers should still be … Read more

Trump’s views on future abortion restrictions are – murky

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Trump won’t say how he’ll vote on Florida abortion amendment Trump made the comments during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach. A POLITICO reporter asked how he — as a Florida resident — would vote and he demurred, adding that he thinks abortion has “become much less of an issue.” Read … Read more

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin anticipates Iowa patients due to new abortion ban

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“I feel sorry for the women in Iowa,” Gov. Tony Evers told reporters last week. “This is a national issue. It’s not just a Wisconsin issue or an Iowa issue. Women should have the right to determine their reproductive health. … But it gets at the whole issue of a national ban that, frankly, the … Read more

The Racist War On Drugs Has Come For Abortion Care

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This near-total abortion ban pushed through by far-right local politicians will only exacerbate Louisiana’s dire maternal mortality crisis, which has seen low-income Black Lousianians suffer a disproportionately high rate of preventable deaths. In effect, this ban has ushered the War on Drugs into the realm of abortion care, sentencing pregnant people—particularly Black pregnant people—to profound, … Read more

This one weird trick might win Democrats the election | opinion

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But there is no way to have a good-faith debate with people who call their opponents “childless cat ladies”, defend 12-year-olds getting married and think 10-year-old rape victims should be forced to give birth. Why even try? Instead of lending credence to their bizarre ideas by attempting to engage with them, it’s far more effective … Read more

Trump and Vance Have Backed States That Want to Surveil Pregnant Women

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But Trump and Vance’s Project 2025 agenda would go even further — calling for every abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, and incidental pregnancy loss from medical treatments like chemo to be reported to the federal government under a Trump administration, tearing away health data privacy protections under HIPAA, and allowing states to surveil patients and doctors, monitor … Read more