Advocates warily eye legal challenge to abortion pills The lawsuit asked for the court to immediately pause the FDA’s approval of the drug while the case proceeds, which would effectively make all medication abortions illegal. Susan Wood, former assistant commissioner for women’s health at the FDA and current director of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s … Read more
Pence says he supports national 15-week abortion ban Former Vice President Mike Pence said he would support a federal 15-week abortion ban proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) if he were in Congress. Read more on The Hill Lindsey Graham Doesn’t Regret His Call For An Abortion Ban But Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who introduced … Read more
Nebraska lawmaker backs states rights but also supports federal abortion ban ‘on principle’ Republican Rep. Don Bacon, up for reelection in a competitive seat in Nebraska, said Sunday he supports a federal abortion ban “on principle” after 15 weeks — reflecting a difference from a common Republican position for decades, that abortion should be decided … Read more
A group calling itself Catholics for Life has already asked the supreme court to declare fetuses and embryos to be persons under the 14th amendment, a move that would grant them constitutional rights. From there, “it’s a short step to saying that laws allowing abortion are unconstitutional because they deny equal protection to those persons … Read more
Sen. Rick Scott, chairman of Senate Republicans’ campaign fundraising arm, said Sunday that he supports “reasonable” abortion restrictions and “there’s arguments to do it at the federal level.” * “Look, there’s arguments to do it at the federal level,” he said. “Right now, all the candidates are taking positions. “I’m pro life as you know, … Read more
A List Of Reasons To Take Lindsey Graham’s Abortion Bill Seriously McConnell and Cornyn had a lot to say about whether Graham’s bill is the caucus position and whether, ultimately, abortion rights should be an issue for the federal government or individual states. But neither disavowed Graham’s substantive position about when abortion should be legal. … Read more
