Arizona abortion ban – fallout – GOP and anti-abortion groups on offense, bans harm women and doctors, codifying rights – news round-up

Arizona anti-abortion activists aren’t letting up after Supreme Court victory “There’s no penalization of women,” Baird lamented. “Women are free, under the law, to do a DIY abortion without any repercussions from the law. We want the law to protect these babies just like the law protects you and I.” Read more at NBC News … Read more

Trump claims he’s a moderate on abortion after taking credit for stacking the courts with extreme anti-abortion judges – news round-up

Women won’t be ‘conned’ by Trump’s abortion dance, Sen. Tina Smith says In the video announcing his position on the divisive issue, Trump did not rule out signing a national abortion ban. And he didn’t mention executive actions he could take without Congress that could curb access to abortion, even in blue states. Read more … Read more

California saw a surge in abortions after Dobbs. Providers are bracing for more

“THIS is the ‘future’ the GOP are fighting for,” Newsom said Tuesday on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. “Abortion rights. Civil rights. Voting rights. They want it all wiped away. Remember that in November.” Read more at the Los Angeles Times  

Conservatives clash with Trump on leaving abortion up to voters

Their array of tactics includes several bills and ballot measures that would raise the signature-gathering or vote threshold for changing state constitutions, lawsuits to block the initiatives, bureaucratic maneuvers to insert anti-abortion language into the proposals, and street-level confrontations to dissuade voters from signing petitions to put abortion on the ballot. Read more at Politico … Read more

Colorado groups say they’ve collected enough signatures to place an abortion rights measure on the ballot

“The news of Arizona’s near-total abortion ban ultimately exposed just how vulnerable every state is, and will remain, without passing legislation that constitutionally secures the right to abortion,” Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom campaign director Jess Grennan said in a statement. Read more at NBC News  

Vice President Kamala Harris’ message to voters on Trump’s extremism on abortion

Harris in Arizona: Trump ‘gaslighting’ on abortion “Enough with the gaslighting. We all know if Donald Trump gets the chance, he will sign a national abortion ban,” she told a crowd in Tucson. “He basically wants to take America back to the 1800s,” Harris added. “But we are not going to let that happen. Because, … Read more

GOP abortion politics – trying to distance themselves from orchestrating overturning of Roe v Wade – news round-up

Trump, GOP scramble to contain abortion ‘earthquake’ And the problem for Republicans doesn’t stop at abortion, but extends to the possible curtailment of IVF. A constellation of right-leaning groups, from former Vice President Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom to the Heritage Foundation, have mounted efforts to restrict the widely popular procedure. Read more at Politico … Read more

Arizona’s abortion ban is a political nightmare for Republicans in the 2024 election

When the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, Republicans across the country cheered. Freed from Roe’s regulations, GOP lawmakers promptly blanketed the US south and midwest in near-total abortion bans. But today, after a string of electoral losses, stories of women being denied abortions and polls that confirm abortion bans remain wildly … Read more