‘Shame! Shame!’: Arizona Republican leaders block effort to repeal abortion ban
Flip-flop stymies Democrats after state supreme court rules that 1864 law with no exceptions for rape or incest can go into effect Read more at The Guardian
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GOP abortion politics – trying to distance themselves from orchestrating overturning of Roe v Wade – news round-up
Trump, GOP scramble to contain abortion ‘earthquake’ And the problem for Republicans doesn’t stop at abortion, but extends to the possible curtailment of IVF. A constellation of right-leaning groups, from former Vice President Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom to the Heritage Foundation, have mounted efforts to restrict the widely popular procedure. Read more at Politico … Read more
Trump said it’s up to the states to decide abortion. Here’s everything else he didn’t say
Trump in a video posted Monday to Truth Social did not address what executive actions he would take to curb abortion access as president. Read more at Politico
Arizona’s abortion ban is a political nightmare for Republicans in the 2024 election
When the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022, Republicans across the country cheered. Freed from Roe’s regulations, GOP lawmakers promptly blanketed the US south and midwest in near-total abortion bans. But today, after a string of electoral losses, stories of women being denied abortions and polls that confirm abortion bans remain wildly … Read more
Arizona adoption of 1864 abortion ban – news round-up
Arizona Republicans denounce revived 1864 abortion ban in sudden reversal “Arizona just rolled back the clock to a time before women could vote – and, by his own admission, there’s one person responsible: Donald Trump,” Harris said in a campaign statement. “The alarm is sounding for every woman in America: if he has the opportunity, … Read more
Column: Antiabortion agitators are trying to cripple a lifesaving federal healthcare law
The conflict, as the government points out, is that the law requires doctors to perform an emergency abortion if necessary to prevent a patient’s condition from deteriorating or to protect her from potentially severe or permanent injury. Idaho law forbids an abortion unless it’s necessary to avert a patient’s death. Doctors caught in this vise … Read more
Republicans want to use an 1873 law to ban abortion. Congress must overturn that law | Moira Donegan | Opinion
The rightwing Heritage Foundation cited a maximalist approach to Comstock interpretation and enforcement – and the nationwide total abortion ban that would result – as one of their priorities in their “Project 2025”, a policy plan for a coming Trump administration. Meanwhile, in an amicus brief issued to the supreme court in the mifepristone case, … Read more
Florida 6 week abortion ban goes into effect May 1, status of ballot initiative protecting abortion – news round-up
‘Confusion and terror’ set in for pregnant women after ruling upholds Florida abortion ban “These bans are particularly bad for certain people, and I think that legislators and judges know this,” said Daniels. “If you are resourced and privileged enough to buy a ticket and fly three hours to Virginia and Maryland, you’re still going … Read more
Biden calls out Trump on his shifting views on abortion – news round-up
Biden slams Trump abortion comments: ‘simply lying’ “Donald Trump made it clear once again today that he is – more than anyone in America – the person responsible for ending Roe v. Wade,” Biden said in a statement. “Let there be no illusion. If Donald Trump is elected and the MAGA Republicans in Congress put … Read more
Trump’s changing positions on abortion, anti-abortion groups upset, Lindsey Graham smackdown – news round-up
Trump promises a ‘deal’ on abortion that will please everyone. It likely doesn’t exist. The presumptive Republican nominee, who has pledged to make a statement on abortion this week, has said for months that if elected he would “come together with all groups” and “negotiate something” that would “make both sides happy,” suggesting that “15 … Read more