7 posts tagged ‘anti abortion movements’
Her Story Helped Elect a Pro-Choice Governor. Now She’s Fighting for a Rape Exception to Kentucky's Abortion Ban.
Jezebel,
In the summer of 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Hadley Duvall wrote a Facebook post about being impregnated after her stepfather raped her when she was 12 years old. Duvall, who’s now 21, eventually miscarried the rape-induced pregnancy. That was the first time she publicly shared her story, she… Read more...
Would Be Great If CNN Asked the GOP Candidates About the 1873 Zombie Law That Could Ban All Abortions
Tonight is the fifth Republican debate, the last one before primary voting kicks off with the Iowa caucuses on January 15. While the first debate hosted eight candidates and the fourth one had four candidates, just three candidates qualified for tonight’s event: former president Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron… Read more...
A Proposed Update to Florida’s Wrongful Death Law Could Screw Over Abortion Providers
The Florida legislature is kicking off 2024 by considering a bill that would amend the state’s wrongful death law so that people could sue over the loss of an “unborn child.” The bill, called Civil Liability for the Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child, was pre-filed for this legislative session at the end of 2o23 and… Read more...
If Nikki Haley Was Really 'Honest With the American People,' She'd Say Abortion Wins
The third GOP presidential debate was on Wednesday night in Miami, just one day after elections yielded pro-choice victories in multiple swing states. Ohio became the first Republican state to codify abortion rights since the fall of Roe v. Wade while Virginia flipped a chamber in an embarrassing defeat to their… Read more...
Ohio Voters Overwhelmingly Choose to Protect Abortion Rights
Ohio voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure that will codify abortion rights in the state constitution, according to the New York Times. Issue 1—which will also enshrine the right to make decisions about birth control, miscarriage care, and fertility treatment—passed by a vote of 58% to 42%, with… Read more...
Virginia Governor Tells Voters to Just Trust Him That GOP Won’t Pass a Total Abortion Ban
While Abortion isn’t officially on the ballot in Tuesday’s elections in Virginia, it’s a proxy vote on reproductive rights. (The issue is literally on the ballot in Ohio, however.) Every seat in the state legislature is up and if Republicans flip the Senate and hold the House of Delegates, they will pass an abortion… Read more...
Idaho’s Republican AG Says Professors Can’t Be Criminalized for Mentioning Abortion—in Some Contexts
In a lengthy opinion filed on Thursday, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador (R) wrote that the state’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act (NPFAA), a statute that was first adopted in 2021, doesn’t prohibit professors from speaking about abortion in certain contexts. The opinion comes about three months after six Idaho… Read more...