Kamala Harris decries Trump’s abortion comments in first solo TV interview

Harris also showed disdain over Trump’s comments over abortion, expressing he needs to trust women to make their own reproductive decisions. Her comments came after Trump, at a Pennsylvania rally, called himself a “protector” of women, claiming American women will not be “thinking about abortion” if he is elected. “Donald Trump is also the person … Read more

Despite Trump’s flip-flops, anti-choice activists think he’ll sign “any” new abortion restrictions

Despite all his attempts at striking a moderate pose, many in the anti-abortion movement believe Trump’s just playing politics and that he will do as the movement wishes when back in power, deriving comfort from his refusal at this month’s debate to say that he would veto a national abortion ban. An ardent anti-abortion activist … Read more

States with abortion bans saw steep declines in birth control prescriptions after Roe

The study authors attribute the decline to the closure of abortion clinics, where many people access prescriptions for contraception. Post-Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 63 brick-and-mortar abortion clinics in 14 states closed, including 24 in Texas. “Because 11 percent of women rely on such clinics for the provision of prescriptions for contraceptives — many … Read more

Kaitlyn Joshua is on the road telling her post-Roe story

Joshua has said that in 2022, she was around 11 weeks pregnant when she experienced cramping and bleeding, telltale signs of a miscarriage. But when she sought care at two different Baton Rouge-area emergency rooms, she didn’t receive care to manage the miscarriage like medication or a dilation and curettage — both of which are … Read more

Florida Doctors Describe Dystopic Horrors as DeSantis Tries to Tank Abortion Measure

A new report, released on Tuesday by the nonprofit Physicians for Human Rights, confirms what Daniels is seeing for herself: that many Floridians don’t realize that the state’s six-week ban is effectively a two-week ban, a vanishingly short window further winnowed by Florida’s required 24-hour waiting period; that many doctors are delaying or refusing to … Read more

Republicans Threaten Doctors Who Fail to Provide Emergency Pregnancy Care Amid Abortion Bans

“They know their law is what puts women in danger and they’re just trying to threaten physicians so that we feel scared, rather than taking accountability for what their law is doing to people,” an OB-GYN in Florida tells Rolling Stone. She asked that her name not be used because the state controls her license … Read more

Georgia’s abortion ban killed a young mother. The Christian right now blames the victim

That’s the bind the Christian right puts women in. If you die, they say it’s your fault for not having faith in the “exceptions.” If you complete your abortion and live, they accuse you of being a liar and a murderer and insist the exceptions should not have covered you. As we see in these … Read more

Trump and Ohio GOP senate candidate Moreno – women are crazy and need to be protected, so that they stop thinking about abortion

Trump, contending with unpopular GOP abortion bans, turns focus to women Hours before the North Carolina rally, shortly after midnight, Trump had written on his social media site Truth Social in an 181-word, all-caps post that women are less healthy, less safe, and more depressed and unhappy than they were when he was president. He … Read more

“Get this under control”: Mark Robinson’s anti-birth control tirade spoils Trump’s Project 2025 spin

As such, Project 2025 has language in it that subtly lays the groundwork for an eventual ban on nearly all forms of female-controlled contraception. As Reproductive Freedom for All pointed out in a campaign memo, “Project 2025 includes personhood language and policies that propagate the belief that life begins at conception.” The same people perpetuate … Read more