In one of his most bizarre interviews in recent memory, Donald Trump insisted abortion is “not that big of an issue,” claimed Republicans are the “party of fertilization” and said every legal scholar in the world supported overturning Roe v. Wade. Read more at HuffPost
Justices say they will not reconsider contentious February ruling that said frozen embryos are considered children under state law Read more at The Guardian
Consistent with the anti-abortion movement’s goal of a nationwide recognition of fetal personhood, the criminalization of abortion is a tool for preventing abortions from ever occurring. In our new article, Bodies of Evidence: The Criminalization of Abortion and Surveillance of Women in a Post-Dobbs World, we explore: how ban states are criminalizing abortion; the way … Read more
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
These radical social conservatives could define Trump’s second term. Read more at Vox
Anti-abortion advocates are reading between the lines What to know about Trump’s abortion announcement The easiest way for Trump to move the needle on abortion policy during a second term is through executive action — a topic he did not address Monday. Anti-abortion advocates told POLITICO they don’t view Trump’s declaration that abortion should be … Read more
The groups are not advocating banning IVF but want new restrictions that would significantly curtail access to the procedure. Read more at Politico
The 38-year-old’s opposition to IVF and skepticism of the fertility industry makes her an outlier in the presidential field — though she has not called for banning the procedure. Read more at Politico
“The way I see it, once any element of this is criminalized or once the fetus is defined as a person in any area of law, criminalization is the next step and it is not hard to do,” she said. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
Yet despite Republicans’ efforts to distance themselves from the Alabama court’s ruling, it is the logical outcome of a strain of legal reasoning that began more 50 years ago. In fact, the Alabama ruling provides a roadmap for where the anti-abortion movement is now headed. That destination is enshrining “fetal personhood” as the law of … Read more
