17 posts tagged ‘law of the united states’
Planned Parenthood Affiliate in Missouri Now Supports Abortion Limit It Very Recently Opposed
Jezebel,
There’s been a simmering debate in the reproductive rights movement about how to proceed now that Roe v. Wade is gone: Should advocates re-enshrine Roe at the state level, or, knowing the decision never guaranteed full access, push for something better? Read more...
Doctors Say Patients Are Scared to Ask Basic Pregnancy Questions in Chilling Senate Briefing
On Wednesday, Democratic senators hosted a briefing featuring testimony from two abortion providers and feminist author Jessica Valenti about the lived toll of abortion bans nearly 1.5 years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—and just before the 51st anniversary of Roe next week. At one point, Sen.… Read more...
Kansas Republicans Are Trying to Pass an Abortion Ban After Kansas Voters Voted Against One
In 2022, Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected an anti-abortion ballot measure that attempted to strike the right to abortion from the state Constitution—a right that had been established by a state Supreme Court decision in 2019. Now, Kansas Republicans are openly defying voters: Last week, eight House Republicans… Read more...
More Women Join Lawsuit Saying Tennessee Abortion Ban Threatened Their Lives
On Monday, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) announced that four more women joined their lawsuit against Tennessee’s abortion ban. These new plaintiffs join three other women who say their health, safety, and lives were threatened by being denied emergency abortion care for unsafe pregnancies in Tennessee as… 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...
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...
So...Do Wisconsin Republicans Know What Happens When Abortion Is on the Ballot?
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, abortion access in Wisconsin has been on a deeply confusing roller coaster. For over a year, a pre-Civil War law interpreted to be an abortion ban took effect, bringing abortion services in the state to a halt. Then, in April, Wisconsin voters elected a state… Read more...
Ohio Supreme Court Rejects State’s Plea to Enforce 6-Week Ban
Weeks after Ohio overwhelmingly voted to enshrine a right to abortion in the state Constitution, abortion rights have secured another important win: On Friday, the state Supreme Court dismissed a demand from the state to be able to enforce its six-week ban, which has been blocked by an injunction from a lower court in… Read more...