Georgia woman charged with murder after allegedly taking abortion pills

Georgia woman charged with murder after police say she took pills to induce abortion If state prosecutors decide to move forward with the murder charge brought by local police against Alexia Moore, her case would be one of the first instances of a woman being charged for terminating a pregnancy in Georgia since it passed … Read more

America’s new top health diplomat has strong opinions on abortion and gender

“[Kozma] is vehemently anti-trans, anti-LGBTQI+, anti-abortion,” says Keifer Buckingham, managing director at the Council on Global Equality, a coalition of advocacy organizations that focuses on LGBTQ issues. “For those of us who want to ensure that the provision of U.S. foreign assistance and health doesn’t discriminate against people based on who they are, [Kozma’s appointment] … Read more

In red states, GOP lawmakers revive an “incredibly regressive” push to treat abortion as murder

Republican state lawmakers in more than 10 states, including South Carolina, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Georgia, Indiana, North Dakota and Oklahoma, have all introduced bills that would redefine abortion as homicide by defining a “person” or “human being” as inclusive of an “unborn” or “preborn” child. All seek to criminalize abortion in a way that has been rejected by even the … Read more