31 posts tagged ‘Roe v. Wade’
Oklahoma Wants to Prosecute Woman Who Took Edibles Because Her Fetus Didn’t Have Medical Marijuana Card
Jezebel,
On Thursday, Pregnancy Justice filed a lawsuit asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to stop prosecutors from charging pregnant people in the state with felony child neglect for using medical marijuana—a legal medication—during pregnancy. Per reporting from The Frontier, since 2018—when the state voted to legalize medical… Read more...
Public Outrage May Have Helped Clear Mother of Murder Charge Over Fatal Home Birth
Three years ago, Kelsey Carpenter, now 34, planned a home birth for her third child. She’d long battled with substance abuse problems and feared her baby would be taken from her by the state if she had a hospital birth, since she’d lost custody of her first two children after testing positive for drugs prior to this… Read more...
Texas Supreme Court Officially Denies Kate Cox Emergency Abortion After Forcing Her to Travel Out of State
In another late night ruling, the Texas Supreme Court officially denied Kate Cox an emergency abortion on Monday evening. This ruling came just hours after Cox and her attorneys shared that she would travel out-of-state for abortion care due to the urgency of her condition. Cox, whose nonviable pregnancy threatens… Read more...
Kentucky Woman Challenges State's Abortion Ban for Very Valid Reason That She Doesn't Want to Be Pregnant
UPDATE, 12/12/23 at 11:00 a.m.: Lawyers for Jane Doe told the court on Monday that Doe’s embryo no longer had cardiac activity. A lawyer for the ACLU said they welcome additional plaintiffs: “We encourage others in Kentucky who are currently pregnant and seeking abortion to reach out to us if they are interested in… Read more...
Kate Cox Forced to Leave Texas After the State Blocked Her From Getting an Emergency Abortion
UPDATE, 12/11/23 at 2:15 p.m.: A week after Texas resident Kate Cox filed a petition seeking an emergency abortion due to a severe fetal condition, the Center for Reproductive Rights confirmed on Monday afternoon that the mother of two is now being forced to travel out-of-state for care. A lower court judge initially… Read more...
Abortion Wins Again. Now What?
The Cut,
Democrats can’t coast on the issue’s popularity.
The Lessons of Ohio’s Abortion-Rights Victory
The New Yorker,
Tuesday’s election results in that state and elsewhere offer fresh evidence of how the issue is likely to help Democrats in 2024.
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...