Idaho mother and son charged with kidnapping over out-of-state abortion
Rachael and Kadyn Swainston accused of taking underage girl to Oregon for abortion without her parents’ knowledge Read more at The Guardian
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Pregnant with no OB-GYNs around: Maternity care became a casualty of Idaho’s abortion ban
As a whole, the situation has left mothers-to-be in Bonner County to contend with an unexpected consequence of their state’s abortion policy: reduced access to medical care for women whose pregnancies are very much wanted. Read more at NBC News
Opinion – Anti-choice states aren’t satisfied. Now they want to punish traveling for abortions | Moira Donegan
How free can any woman be in a country where her right to control her body and family depends on the jurisdiction where she happens to live? Republicans are looking to find out. Over the past few weeks, as Republican officials in anti-choice states seek to make their abortion bans enforceable and compel women into … Read more
Idaho sued over law banning adults from helping minors get abortions
Idaho has one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation, forcing patients to seek care in neighboring states such as Oregon and Washington, where the procedure is legal. But in April, Idaho lawmakers passed legislation requiring any person under 18 to get permission from a parent or guardian before traveling out of state to … Read more
Judge who denied girl abortion over grades shortlisted for Florida’s top court
Smith said the 17-year-old was unfit to obtain an abortion as he questioned her “overall intelligence, emotional development and stability”. The decision was overturned by a three-member appeals court that said Smith abused his judicial discretion. Read more at The Guardian
Idaho abortion travel ban – news round-up
Opinion: Idaho’s new abortion law is first to challenge the right to travel If Idaho’s experiment is a success, other threats to the right to travel will be coming. For now, Idaho is targeting people within the state who are directing minors on how to obtain pills or procedures out of state, but other proposals … Read more
Jackson pens solo dissent as Supreme Court vacates abortion ruling
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a federal court ruling upholding the right for a minor to go to court to get permission to undergo an abortion, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson penning a solo dissent in the case. Read more at The Hill