Ohioans voted decisively last year to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution, but all three of the Republicans competing in a tough U.S. Senate primary here say they are open to overruling them and supporting federal restrictions. Read more at NBC News
The Alabama court’s recent ruling raised concerns among doctors and patients that classifying embryos as children could restrict in-vitro fertilization. Read more at NBC News
We know abortion is a loser for Republicans, but if they’re able to talk their way around it, that could mean another Trump administration and the end of reproductive freedom in this country. It could mean the beginning of an FDA that is dictated by religious beliefs and not by scientific ones. Removing the FDA … Read more
Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration It also proposes increasing surveillance of abortion and maternal mortality reporting in the states, compelling the Food and Drug Administration to revoke approval of “chemical abortion drugs” and protecting “religious and moral” objections for employers who decline contraception coverage for employees. One of the groups … Read more
Trump privately backs 16-week abortion ban with exceptions, report says “Know what I like about 16?” Trump told one individual, according to the Times, which based its report on two people with knowledge of Trump’s thoughts. “It’s even. It’s four months.” Read more at The Guardian Trump campaign scrambles over abortion ban report as Democrats … Read more
“If the Republicans had the House, the Senate, and the White House, if that happened, I don’t think there’s any doubt they’re going for a nationwide abortion ban,” Warren told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner during an interview this week. Read more at The Hill
“You wouldn’t be asking that question, even talking about the issue, because for 54 years they were trying to get Roe v Wade terminated, and I did it, and I’m proud to have done it,” he said. “Nobody else was going to get that done but me, and we did it, and we did something … Read more
Now, with the 2024 election less than a year away, what are Republicans running for higher office to do? According to GOP strategist and Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, the answer is simple: make their campaign slogan something like, “Yeah, we took away your reproductive rights, but, hey, we’re letting you keep contraception, and that’s … Read more
“Senate Republicans know that by talking about abortion, it’s bad for them,” North Carolina state Sen. Sydney Batch (D) told HuffPost in May, the day before the 12-week abortion ban passed. “This was always their plan, to run this through without any insight, in the dark of night, so that the rest of the general … Read more
The possibility of new executive-branch restrictions on abortion drugs, which are now used in a majority of all U.S. abortions, underscores the stakes over abortion in the 2024 presidential election. Even if Donald Trump or another Republican wins back the White House next year, they might not have enough votes in Congress to pass a … Read more
