37 posts tagged ‘roe’
Virginia Governor Tells Voters to Just Trust Him That GOP Won’t Pass a Total Abortion Ban
Jezebel,
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...
House Speaker Mike Johnson Plays Dumb When Asked About His Vote Against Birth Control
On Sunday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) claimed in a cable news interview that he simply couldn’t recall whether he’d voted against birth control—despite doing so a little over a year ago. Read more...
All the Desperate Tactics Ohio Republicans Are Using Ahead of Tuesday's Abortion Vote
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion activists and lawmakers celebrated the ruling for giving power back to the states. But now that voters in several states have chosen to keep abortion legal, conservatives are shitting their pants and doing everything they can to try to poison the well of… Read more...
Teens and Doctors Appeal Ban on Gender-Affirming Care to the Supreme Court
On Wednesday, a group of transgender young people asked the Supreme Court to block a Tennessee law that bans minors from getting gender-affirming care. Lawyers in Kentucky announced they’d be filing a similar petition soon. If the court agrees to hear either case, it would be the first time they’ve weighed in on… Read more...