‘I knew that threats would increase’: Clashes over abortion clinic safety intensify after Trump’s pardons
Democratic state lawmakers are trying to bolster protections, but those efforts are imperiled by legal fights. Read more at Politico
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“A woman is like a child”: MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power
Conservative women believe complicity will save them. But an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights Read more at Salon
Prayer and prosecutions: the US ‘hate group’ waging war over Britain’s abortion clinic buffer zones
Using almost identical language to that used by Vance, it has circulated statements claiming Smith-Connor is the victim of a “thought crime”. In reality, he had been prosecuted for breaching a public space protection order which had been put in place to protect staff and service users following issues with protests. The new buffer zone … Read more
Two states are coming after a New York doctor for mailing abortion pills. Here’s what’s next.
Under President Joe Biden, the Justice Department said it did not believe Comstock prohibited mailing these pills. But abortion opponents have been pressing the Trump administration to change that policy. The Supreme Court’s most conservative members, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, have also expressed openness to that legal interpretation. That approach, too, could spark … Read more
This anti-abortion leader is building on ‘the ultimate victory from the supreme court’
After the 2022 Dobbs decision, the anti-abortion movement’s sights are now set on medication abortion Read more at The Guardian
‘Using the devil’s own tools against them’: Abortion opponents turn to environmental laws
Several states are trying to curtail abortion medication by claiming mifepristone could contaminate drinking water. Read more at Politico
The anti-abortion movement weighs its next move: ‘We haven’t gone away’
In an interview, Hawkins rejected the idea that Trump is more popular than the anti-abortion cause. (Fifty-four percent of Americans identify as “pro-choice”, while 41% say they are “pro-life”, according to recent Gallup polling.) While Trump has objected to signing a national abortion ban, Hawkins wants him to commit to defunding Planned Parenthood. She also … Read more
Trump to address anti-abortion March for Live by video, Vance in person
Yet the announcements also come amid mounting frustration from the anti-abortion movement that not one of the avalanche of executive orders Trump signed over his first few days in office has pertained directly to abortion. While abortion opponents have praised some of the early orders — such as the withdrawal from the World Health Organization … Read more
Opinion: What antiabortion activists want next
The Texas lawsuit is part of a much broader antiabortion strategy that will unfold in the new year. Besides targeting telemedicine and pills, antiabortion groups plan to pursue anyone who aids or abets abortion — for example, internet service providers that allow websites to provide information about abortion pills and where to get them. Other … Read more
Jackson County judge halts Missouri’s near total abortion ban but procedures can’t restart yet
A Jackson County judge granted a preliminary injunction on Friday striking down Missouri’s near-total abortion ban and several other abortion restrictions, but upheld licensing requirements, leaving abortion services in limbo. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.