Rise in pregnant women turned away from US emergency rooms, papers show
Cases listed in federal documents raise alarms around emergency pregnancy care, especially in states with strict abortion laws Read more at The Guardian
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The Supreme Court will decide if states can ban lifesaving abortions
Last January, however, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked this district court’s order, reinstating Idaho’s sweeping abortion ban while the justices ponder the Moyle case. That’s a strong sign that, despite EMTALA’s clear text, the justices could permanently neutralize the federal law’s protections for people who must have an abortion to avoid catastrophic medical consequences. Read … Read more
Trump claims he’s a moderate on abortion after taking credit for stacking the courts with extreme anti-abortion judges – news round-up
Women won’t be ‘conned’ by Trump’s abortion dance, Sen. Tina Smith says In the video announcing his position on the divisive issue, Trump did not rule out signing a national abortion ban. And he didn’t mention executive actions he could take without Congress that could curb access to abortion, even in blue states. Read more … Read more
Column: Antiabortion agitators are trying to cripple a lifesaving federal healthcare law
The conflict, as the government points out, is that the law requires doctors to perform an emergency abortion if necessary to prevent a patient’s condition from deteriorating or to protect her from potentially severe or permanent injury. Idaho law forbids an abortion unless it’s necessary to avert a patient’s death. Doctors caught in this vise … Read more
Republicans want to use an 1873 law to ban abortion. Congress must overturn that law | Moira Donegan | Opinion
The rightwing Heritage Foundation cited a maximalist approach to Comstock interpretation and enforcement – and the nationwide total abortion ban that would result – as one of their priorities in their “Project 2025”, a policy plan for a coming Trump administration. Meanwhile, in an amicus brief issued to the supreme court in the mifepristone case, … Read more
Justices were skeptical of abortion pills arguments. Anti-abortion groups have backup plans.
Supreme Court case is one of many tools elected officials and activists are using to try to cut off access to the drugs. Read more at Politico
Supreme Court skepticism of 5th Circuit’s mifepristone ban case, and takeaways from the hearing
Justices appear skeptical of call to restrict abortion pill Read more at Politico US supreme court hearing not a success for anti-abortion doctors, experts say Justices appear unconvinced by anti-abortion doctors’ standing to sue during hearing over access to FDA-approved pill mifepristone Read more at The Guardian Even the Supreme Court seems sick of its … Read more
All about the Comstock Act and the Supreme Court mifepristone hearing
What is the Comstock Act of 1873 and how is it tied to abortion pill case? The Comstock Act is a set of federal laws passed by Congress in 1873. It made it illegal to send “obscene, lewd or lascivious,” “immoral” or “indecent” materials through mail, including drugs that induce abortions and contraception. Read more … Read more
The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife’s shadowy connections
“If Trump wins the election, you’ll see Ho on the short list of nominees to the supreme court,” he said. “He is obviously behaving in a way that makes him a very prominent candidate in a Republican administration.” Read more at The Guardian
The Supreme Court will hear arguments for FDA v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine on March 26
What’s at stake in the Supreme Court mifepristone case Legal scholars like Ziegler also note that there’s an even bigger way that this case could affect everyone in the country. “You have, lurking in the background, the possibility that the Comstock Act is going to be reinvented as an abortion ban,” she says. Read more … Read more