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GOP – Page 6 – No Rights To Speak Of

New lawsuit challenges Louisiana’s classification of abortion pills as ‘controlled substances’

The new lawsuit, filed Thursday, alleges that the law could create barriers for health care workers who need to administer mifepristone and misoprostol quickly in an emergency, thereby delaying patients’ access to the pills and creating a risk of harm. The complaint also says the law discriminates against people who need the medications, since patients … Read more

Judge continues to block Florida from threatening TV stations over abortion ads

What the First Amendment does is leave matters like that to the public marketplace of ideas,” Stafford said, “not the whims of a government censor.” The decision Walker handed down on Tuesday extends an Oct. 18 order barring state officials from “trampling” on the free speech rights of those they disagree with. “The government cannot … Read more

How a rightwing machine stopped Arkansas’s ballot initiative to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans

A Guardian investigation into the ballot’s demise tells a more complicated story than just a bureaucratic screw-up, revealing a confluence of rightwing actors working in parallel to ensure it never got to voters: a reclusive donor who has helped shape the anti-abortion movement across the US; the inner circle of Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, … Read more

Harris pushing abortion rights as the winning issue in campaign’s final stretch

“Donald Trump is responsible for the end of Roe v. Wade and continues to brag about it, saying that abortion bans are a ‘beautiful thing,’” said Mini Timmaraju, president and CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All. “Don’t pay attention to what Donald Trump says, but what he’s done. If he is elected in November, he will … Read more

‘It is us against the Missouri government’: The fight to restore abortion rights in a red state

“Trust me, it won’t stop with taking away the women’s right of choice. They won’t stop there. They’ll continue to pull away all of our civil liberties if we let them get away with that,” Terrence Wise, a leader of Stand Up KC and board member of the Missouri Workers’ Center, told the crowd. Read … Read more

DeSantis administration threatens charges stemming from TV ad supporting abortion initiative

A lawyer for the Florida Department of Health would not rule out criminal charges stemming from a round of cease and desist letters that were sent by the agency to stop a TV ad promoting this year’s abortion access ballot initiative. Read more at Politico  

Rage Over Government Overreach Fuels Fight to Protect Abortion in Arizona

One by one, the speakers raise alarms about policies that might be enacted if Trump is elected this November — including the possible revival of the Comstock Act, a 150-year-old law that Trump allies have touted as a de facto national ban on abortion. Left mostly unsaid is the fact that without a Democratic majority … Read more

Many state abortion bans include exceptions for rape. How often are they granted?

One study estimates that over 64,000 pregnancies have occurred due to rape in the years since the ruling in states where abortion is banned. But many people on the front lines of this issue say getting an abortion in these states after an assault is difficult or — in some cases — impossible. Read more … Read more

Republican Kelly Ayotte wants voters to forget what she said about abortion before Dobbs

When she was running for the Senate, Ayotte called for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Once serving in the upper chamber, she supported legislation to implement a national 20-week abortion ban with exceptions for rape and incest, or to save the life of the pregnant parent — though just a handful of … Read more