11 posts tagged ‘dobbs v jackson womens health organization’
Anti-Abortion Leaders Are Turning on Mike Johnson Because He’s Trying to Stop a Shutdown
Jezebel,
When Mike Johnson was elected House Speaker over two long months ago, anti-abortion hard-liners celebrated it as a win: Finally, here was a fellow extremist, who compared abortion to the Holocaust and even blamed abortion for school shootings, presiding over the House of Representatives. But according to a new… Read more...
Her Story Helped Elect a Pro-Choice Governor. Now She’s Fighting for a Rape Exception to Kentucky's Abortion Ban.
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...
The Supreme Court Allows Idaho to Block Emergency Abortions
Late on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that Idaho can enforce its total abortion ban even when it’s necessary to save a pregnant person’s life, lifting a lower court’s injunction from 2022 that blocked this part of the law. Now, the state can criminalize doctors for offering abortion care during medical emergencies,… Read more...
It’s Now Even More Dangerous to Be a Pregnant Person in Texas
On Tuesday evening, the famously conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas ruled that emergency rooms aren’t required to perform life-saving abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), regardless of federal guidance. Read more...
Demand for Abortion Increased Under Florida’s Ban. Anti-Abortion Activists Think Another Ban Will Fix This.
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, every state neighboring Florida—Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina—has been affected by total or near-total abortion bans. In October, the Society Of Family Planning reported that, between April 2022 and June 2023, monthly abortion rates in these states… Read more...
Biden, Apparently Still Not a Fan of Abortion, Is Sending Kamala Harris on Abortion Tour
Move over, Taylor Swift: It’s Vice President Kamala Harris’ turn to go on tour. Starting next month, President Biden’s 2024 running-mate is set to travel the country talking to voters about abortion and what’s at stake with the upcoming presidential election. Harris’ first stop will be in Wisconsin on January 22, the… Read more...
It's a Close Race for Biggest A**Hole on the Supreme Court
On Friday, the New York Times published an investigation on how, exactly, the Supreme Court used a Mississippi law to overturn Roe v. Wade. While Justice Samuel Alito is an absolute villain in the piece, he still faces some steep competition for the title of biggest asshole on the court. Read more...