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
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
After the 2022 Dobbs decision, the anti-abortion movement’s sights are now set on medication abortion Read more at The Guardian
Several states are trying to curtail abortion medication by claiming mifepristone could contaminate drinking water. Read more at Politico
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
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
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
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.
“Upholding the parts of the law that allow Idaho to criminalize and punish people who harbor or transport — that is going to have a chilling effect,” she said in a phone interview. “It’s going to create confusion, and it’s going to create fear.” “You’ve already seen women having to get [airlifted] out of the … Read more
Anti-abortion groups have 2 asks. RFK Jr. is listening. Abortion opponents — concerned about Kennedy’s past comments supporting abortion access — have two major asks: that he appoint an anti-abortion stalwart to a senior position in HHS and that he promise privately to them and publicly during his confirmation hearing to restore anti-abortion policies from … Read more
