A state that enshrined abortion info its constitution is now at risk of losing it
A ballot measure backed by the state’s Republican party would make Missouri the first state whose constitution explicitly bans the procedure. Read more at 19th News
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Abortion is on the ballot again as post-Roe policies continue to evolve
Voters will weigh in on abortion in Missouri, and three other states, in the November general election. Missouri is also one of two states voting on it for the second time since 2024. Nevada will vote again, too. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
Where abortion is on the ballot in 2026
Voters in Idaho, Missouri, Nevada and Virginia will address how their states regulate reproductive rights. Read more at 19th News
Louisiana’s abortion pill case could wipe out access in blue states
The next phase in the abortion wars may come down to one question: Do the rights of red states to enforce bans override the rights of blue states to protect access? Louisiana will argue before a federal appeals court this week that FDA rules allowing telehealth prescription and mail delivery of the drug mifepristone infringe … Read more
Abortion rights are on the ballot in 4 states. Here’s what to know
Voters in one of the most conservative U.S. states will decide whether to roll back the state’s abortion ban Read more at ABC News
She miscarried weeks after Roe fell. A delay in care changed her life.
Four years after the Dobbs decision, critics say medical exemptions in abortion bans are so vague they delay care. Read more at 19th News
Misoprostol Could Be Next
Although untouched by the Fifth Circuit’s ruling, misoprostol is not necessarily immune to legal attacks. Louisiana’s lawsuit and parallel suits filed by Florida and Missouri argue that the Comstock Act—a dormant, 19th-century anti-obscenity statute that anti-abortion legal strategists have spent years working to resurrect—bars the mailing of any drug used to induce abortion. This reading … Read more
These states voted to protect abortion rights. Conservative lawmakers are not standing down
Legal battles over the measures are also raging in Arizona, Michigan, Montana, Nevada and Ohio. In some of these states, lawmakers have also introduced legislation that, experts say, would undercut the will of voters who passed the measures. Read more at The Guardian
Texas and Florida sue FDA in latest effort to restrict abortion pill access
In the lawsuit, filed late on Tuesday in federal court in Wichita Falls, Texas, the states’ Republican attorneys general argue that the FDA has failed to thoroughly evaluate the drug’s safety and effectiveness since its initial approval in 2000 and disregarded the risks to the women who take it. Read more at The Guardian
A Brand-New Trump Judge Will Hear the Right’s Latest Attack On Medication Abortion
After the Supreme Court decided that the doctors didn’t have standing to sue, the AGs amended their complaint in October 2024, adding the vile argument that telehealth prescriptions of mifepristone harmed the states because these prescriptions allow more teens to end unwanted pregnancies. In their eyes, state governments need to be able to force births to prevent “potentially ‘losing … Read more