Tag Archives: women’s rights

WH To Make Abortion Rights Focal Point In 2024 Race

Reuters reports: The White House is jumping into state-level battles for women’s reproductive rights, lending legal and messaging advice to allies in states pushing restrictions as the Biden administration seeks to make abortion access a rallying cry in next year’s presidential election. By leaning on key local lawmakers and backing legislation to expand abortion rights, the White House is hoping …

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Virginia Democrats Defeat Youngkin’s Abortion Ban Bill

The Associated Press reports: Virginia Senate Democrats defeated several bills Thursday that would have restricted abortion access in the state, including a proposed 15-week ban with exceptions that was a priority for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. The Senate Committee on Education and Health voted the measures down on a party-line basis without debate after a subcommittee had previously recommended that …

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Maternal Death Rate 3X Higher In Abortion Ban States

Axios reports: Women in states with abortion bans are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth or soon after giving birth, according to a report from the Gender Equity Policy Institute shared first with Axios. The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, and government officials and health experts are concerned that conditions will …

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NYC To Offer Free Abortion Pills At City Health Clinics

Gothamist reports: New York City plans to offer free abortion pills at four sexual health clinics as early as Wednesday, a city-funded expansion that seeks to break down barriers to abortion in low-income communities, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday. “New York City has always been a beacon of leadership in this nation, and we’re going to continue to lead,” said …

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House GOP Showboats With False Anti-Abortion Bill

Axios reports: House Republicans on Wednesday used their new majority to push through a largely symbolic bill that would require health care providers to provide care to infants born after an attempted abortion. Health providers are already required under law to act to provide medical services to any infant born at any gestational age. The House bill also penalizes the …

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SC Supreme Court Tosses Six-Week Abortion Ban

The Charleston Post & Courier reports: The state Supreme Court has thrown out South Carolina’s law that bans abortions at roughly six weeks into a pregnancy, calling it unconstitutional. In a 3-2 split decision, justices ruled that privacy rights inserted in the state constitution do extend to a woman’s right to an abortion. The Legislature has the authority to set …

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Iran Scraps Morality Police After Widespread Protests

The New York Times reports: Iran has abolished the morality police, according to an announcement by the attorney general carried on state media, following months of protests set off by the death of a young woman who was being held by the force for supposedly violating the country’s strict Islamic dress laws. The decision, reported by state news outlets late …

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GA Supreme Court Reinstates Six-Week Abortion Ban

The Associated Press reports: The Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. In a one-page order, the high court put a lower court ruling overturning the ban on hold while it considers an appeal. Abortion providers who had resumed performing the procedure past six weeks after the lower court ruling will …

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Kentucky Voters Reject Constitutional Ban On Abortion

Frankfort’s CBS News affiliate reports: Kentucky voters rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any constitutional protections for abortion, handing a victory to abortion-rights supporters who have seen access to the procedure eroded by Republican lawmakers in the deeply red state. The outcome of Tuesday’s election highlighted what appeared to be a gap between voter sentiment and the expectations of …

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Eric Swalwell Ad Depicts Woman Arrested For Abortion

Mediaite reports: A new campaign video from Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA) starkly envisions women being arrested by the police at their houses for having an abortion after the procedure is banned. The video begins with a woman called Mary Anderson having dinner with her family when police lights flash outside of her window and cops knock on her door. When …

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Jewish Women Sue Kentucky Over Abortion Ban

Religion News Service reports: Three Jewish women in Kentucky have filed a lawsuit arguing that their religious rights are being violated by a set of state laws that ban most abortions. The lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville, is the third such suit brought by Jewish organizations or individuals since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. …

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Arizona Teen Denied Arthritis Med Under Abortion Ban

Tucson’s CBS affiliate reports: A 14-year-old Tucson girl was denied a refill of a life-saving prescription drug she had been taking for years just two days after Arizona’s new abortion law had taken effect. 14 year old Emma Thompson has debilitating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis which has kept her in and out of the hospital for most of her life. …

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Indiana State Judge Blocks New Law Banning Abortion

The Associated Press reports: An Indiana judge on Thursday blocked the state’s abortion ban from being enforced, putting the new law on hold as abortion clinic operators argue that it violates the state constitution. Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction against the ban that took effect one week ago. The injunction was sought by abortion clinic operators …

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Lawsuit: IN Abortion Ban Violates Religious Freedom

Courthouse News reports: The ACLU of Indiana filed a class action lawsuit Thursday that challenges Indiana’s new abortion law by claiming the restrictions violate religious freedoms. The lawsuit was filed in Marion County and argues that the law known as SEA 1 violates Hoosiers’ rights under the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act by denying them access to abortions that would …

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Abortion Rights To Appear On Michigan 2022 Ballot

Click On Detroit reports: The Michigan Supreme Court announced Thursday that the abortion rights ballot proposal that acquired and submitted more than 700,000 signatures will appear before voters in November, a decision made after a state board declined to certify the proposal. The court voted 5-2 to place the proposal on the ballot for the 2022 Michigan General Election. The …

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Homocon Peter Thiel Funds Period-Tracking App

Vice News reports: On September 1st, Evie Magazine—which strives to be the conservative answer to Cosmo, and which promotes COVID denialism and vaccine misinformation, soft-focus transphobia, and a weird obsession with organ meats—announced a new venture: 28, a “femtech” company offering workouts and nutritional tips based on users’ menstrual cycles, and which requires those users to enter information about the …

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GOP Candidates Scurry To Scrub Anti-Abortion Stances

Axios reports: Republican candidates around the country are trying to disappear the hardline anti-abortion stances they took during their primaries. Blake Masters, the GOP Senate nominee in Arizona, removed language that said, “I am 100% pro-life,” per NBC News. House candidates Tom Barrett of Michigan, Christian Castelli in North Carolina, and Barbara Kirkmeyer in Colorado also removed language from their …

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Ticket Dismissed In Texas Pregnancy/HOV Lane Case

The Houston Chronicle reports: A pregnant Dallas-area woman made national headlines after she argued last month that she was allowed to drive in the high-occupancy (HOV) lane because under Texas’ new abortion law her unborn baby counted as the second passenger—and the law may indeed be on her side. Brandy Bottone, 32, originally received a traffic citation for using the …

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Judge Who Blocked Teen’s Abortion Loses Reelection

The Daily Beast reports: A judge in Florida appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis has been ousted by voters following his high-profile decision in an abortion case earlier this year. Back in January, Hillsborough County Circuit Court Judge Jared Smith denied a 17-year-old access to an abortion, citing her 2.0 GPA as the reason for his decision. Despite numerous major endorsements, …

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DOJ Wins Temporary Block On Idaho Abortion Law

Bloomberg News reports: The Biden administration won a judge’s order ensuring women in Idaho can get abortions in medical emergencies, less than a day after losing a similar fight in Texas. The mixed outcomes in preliminary rulings point to hotly contested court battles ahead over state limitations after the US Supreme Court overturned a federal right to the procedure. The …

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