Storms and aligned activists call themselves “abortion abolitionists,” and they are working on multiple fronts. At statehouses, they are lobbying legislators to support hardline anti-abortion bills. At least 14 states saw bills filed during the current or most recent sessions that would establish fertilized eggs as full legal persons, and classify abortion as homicide. At … Read more
The group has been succeeding in its efforts, too. According to Jessica Valenti, an abortion reporter who writes the Abortion, Every Day newsletter, in addition to the new Texas bill, legislation that calls for testing wastewater for mifepristone has been introduced in Oklahoma, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, Maine, Idaho, and West Virginia. Valenti asserts that Students … Read more
Some legal observers theorize that the administration’s unanticipated stance in the case boils down to its unwavering support for executive power, even when it creates odd bedfellows. It doesn’t want its FDA to be hamstrung — including, perhaps, when it gins up its own reason to restrict mifepristone in the future. Others think it’s a gambit … Read more
A movement that believes abortion should be treated as homicide has grown alongside a Republican penchant for punishment Read more at The Guardian
City officials were convinced that opening the clinic would present a safety concern for the community. Read more at 19th News
Democratic state lawmakers are trying to bolster protections, but those efforts are imperiled by legal fights. Read more at Politico
Conservative women believe complicity will save them. But an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights Read more at Salon
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
