‘They have no options’: Texas court dims hope of timely abortion care for high-risk patients
Kristen Anaya was told she must be on the cusp of death before doctors would give a life-saving abortion Read more at The Guardian
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“Gut punch”: Texas Supreme Court says “life-saving exception” is clear enough. Plaintiffs disagree
The Texas Supreme Court also said that as “painful as such circumstances are,” referring to fatal fetal anomalies, “the law does not authorize abortions for diagnosed fetal conditions absent a life-threatening complication to the mother does not render it unconstitutional.” Read more at Salon
Meet the anti-abortion group using white coats and research to advance its cause
The Charlotte Lozier Institute wants to arm the anti-abortion movement with science, but critics say its research is flawed. Read more at NBC News
Trump to make virtual appearance at event with group that calls abortion ‘child sacrifice’
Donald Trump is courting a Christian advocacy organization that wants to ban all abortions and calls the procedure “child sacrifice,” a stringent position that contradicts his own less restrictive approach and stated intention to let states decide the issue. Trump is scheduled to make a virtual appearance Monday at an event hosted by the Danbury … Read more
House Republicans pass new abortion restrictions in Veterans Affairs bill
A controversial provision in the spending bill would prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs from offering abortion counseling and, in some cases, abortion procedures to veterans and their beneficiaries. It overturns a Biden administration rule that allows the VA to provide abortion care when the life or health of the mother is in danger or … Read more
“I wasn’t dead enough for an abortion”: Texas mom blames Trump for almost losing her life
Miller, who ultimately received a single fetal abortion and give birth to a healthy son, said she’s not confused about the former president’s positions when it comes to women and reproductive rights. Trump won’t make America great, she said, but he will make it more like Texas, subjecting millions more Americans to the sort of … Read more
“Abortion trafficking”: Idaho GOP poised to pass first bill banning interstate travel for abortion
“There are cases where a minor might not feel safe telling their parents they need abortion care. It could be an abusive family situation,” she said. “It could be any number of circumstances that make it feel unsafe for a 17-year-old to go to her parents, but maybe she has a big sister who can … Read more
Washington Republican Softens Stance After Repeatedly Comparing Abortion to Slavery
During his last campaign for Congress, Kent made the slavery analogy more than once. In 2022, his opponent, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, shared a screenshot in which a high school student DMed her to say that Kent had made a similar argument when visiting their school. The student wrote: “Joe Kent came to my high school … Read more
Texas professors sue to fail students who seek abortions
Even though the plaintiffs suing for the right to flunk female students for abortion include boilerplate arguments in which they feign concern that abortion is “killing,” the legal filing makes it clear that what really outrages Bonevac and Hatfield is that Title IX prevents them from controlling the private lives of students. Along with their … Read more
America braces as supreme court to hand down rulings on raft of key issues
For Manian, the confluence of the pair of abortion cases underlines two critical truths: that the anti-abortion movement will not stop until it has achieved a total abortion ban nationwide, and that by tearing up the right to an abortion, the supreme court has created a legal mess that is likely to dog it for … Read more