But the amendment voters approved Nov. 7 did not repeal any existing laws in Ohio, prompting some antiabortion activists to step up pressure on elected Republican officials to extend their efforts to halt, delay or significantly water it down. Read more at the Los Angeles Times
“The reality is that Planned Parenthood and all these … big abortion … they set up their clinics in inner cities,” Johnson told a radio show in May 2022, in comments aired by CNN on Tuesday. “They regard these people as easy prey.” Read more at The Guardian
On Tuesday, not a single Republican sided with Democrats as the Senate Rules Committee advanced a resolution that would allow mass confirmations of those nominees for the rest of the Congress, an effort that would effectively end Tuberville’s holds. Instead, Republicans sought more time to end the quarrel internally — after eight months of failing … Read more
Johnson’s religious credentials may seem irrelevant for a movement that likes to talk about striking the commerce clause from the Constitution. But COSA does not see its cause as secular. Ferris, Meckler and other major supporters believe a Convention of States is the only way CHrito save America from their foes in the godless left … Read more
The newly elected House speaker has ties to the far-right New Apostolic Reformation — which is hell-bent on turning America into a religious state Read more at Rolling Stone
Democrats and abortion rights supporters show enthusiasm for ballot initiatives – but organizers are already meeting interference Read more at The Guardian
Staunchly anti-abortion lawmakers argued that the GOP needs to work even harder to persuade voters of their cause and redouble their efforts to pass a ban on abortion after 15 weeks at a minimum. Read more at HuffPost
Multiple abortion opponents also called Wednesday for more efforts to ban or restrict the ability to vote directly on abortion-rights ballot initiatives after Tuesday’s sweeping losses. American United for Life was the most explicit, calling Wednesday for the remaining red states that have a citizen-led ballot initiative process — Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, … Read more
In the 2000s, Johnson was an attorney and spokesman for the Alliance Defense Fund, known today as Alliance Defending Freedom. It describes itself as “one of the leading Christian law firms committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, marriage and family, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.” Johnson has written in favor of criminalizing … Read more
Other rules, they say, needlessly complicate the process of getting an abortion to the point that it interferes with patients’ constitutional right to bodily autonomy. Patients must correctly print and sign a consent form 24 hours before their appointment — on white paper, in black ink, in 12-point Times New Roman font. As many as … Read more
