Kentucky Supreme Court weighs future of abortion access
2 years, 1 month ago

Kentucky Supreme Court weighs future of abortion access

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A week after Kentucky voters rejected an anti-abortion ballot measure, the state’s Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of a statewide ban approved by lawmakers in a case that seems destined to become a defining moment for abortion rights in the state. An attorney defending the abortion ban urged the court “not to create the Kentucky version of Roe v. Wade.” A lawyer for two abortion clinics challenging the ban countered that the state’s voters “declined to remove protections for abortion from our constitution.” The case is the first legal test since voters in Kentucky and three other states signaled their support for abortion rights in last week’s midterm elections. Solicitor General Matthew Kuhn, representing the state attorney general’s office, said the measure’s defeat did not change existing constitutional language, or the absence of any “historical evidence” to suggest that the state constitution protects abortion. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, expressed hope that the state’s highest court “will listen to the will of the people and know that the people have rejected extremism and rule accordingly.” Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, whose office is defending the statewide ban in court, continued to claim there’s “no right to abortion hidden in Kentucky’s Constitution.” He said abortion policy should be left up to the state’s Legislature, where GOP majorities have passed a series of anti-abortion measures in recent years.

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A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions
3 days, 16 hours ago

A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions

Associated Press  

— A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, though Planned Parenthood said the decision is still not sufficient for it to resume providing abortions in the state. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang said the abortion ban “is directly at odds” with a constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion …

A pregnant woman sues for the right to an abortion in challenge to Kentucky’s near-total ban
1 month, 1 week ago

A pregnant woman sues for the right to an abortion in challenge to Kentucky’s near-total ban

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A pregnant woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to restore the right to an abortion in Kentucky in the latest challenge to the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. “I feel overwhelmed and frustrated that I cannot access abortion care here in my own state, and I have started the difficult process of arranging to get care …

States’ Abortion Rights Wins May Be Short-Lived Under a Second Trump Term
54 years, 11 months ago

States’ Abortion Rights Wins May Be Short-Lived Under a Second Trump Term

Wired  

When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, it ended the constitutional right to have an abortion and returned the ability to regulate the procedure to the states. Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York passed referendums upholding abortion rights, while measures to restore or expand access failed in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota. …

Missouri Voters Decide on Abortion Ban Override
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Missouri Voters Decide on Abortion Ban Override

CNN  

Missouri voters will decide whether to overturn their state's near-total abortion ban in a ballot measure this election. The measure would establish the right to make reproductive care decisions, including about abortion, without interference up to fetal viability, around 22 to 24 weeks into pregnancy.

More abortion ballot measures are set to pass. Then state courts will have their say.
2 months, 1 week ago

More abortion ballot measures are set to pass. Then state courts will have their say.

Politico  

In Arizona, progressive groups are holding events and knocking on doors to make GOP-appointed state Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn King the first in state history to lose a retention vote by reminding voters the pair ruled this year to uphold an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions. But they can interpret what it means, and what the …

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

LA Times  

The Supreme Court let stand a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations if they would break Texas law. The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans. The justices did not detail their reasoning for …

Opposing sides of GA's anti-abortion law speak out after judge rules ban unconstitutional
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Opposing sides of GA's anti-abortion law speak out after judge rules ban unconstitutional

Raw Story  

Abortion rights advocates are cheering Monday’s court ruling that brought back expanded services in Georgia, even as they brace for the likelihood that further judicial action could make it short-lived. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C. I. McBurney’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional comes just weeks before early voting starts in Georgia, including for state legislative races and …

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban
3 months, 1 week ago

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban

Raw Story  

Two days after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that "every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative" wanted the federal right to abortion care to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, a North Dakota judge became the latest on Thursday to strike down a state-level abortion ban, saying it violated residents' constitutional rights. Meetra Mehdizadeh, a staff attorney at CRR, …

The GOP’s New Tactic to Block Abortion Votes Is Startlingly Successful
3 months, 1 week ago

The GOP’s New Tactic to Block Abortion Votes Is Startlingly Successful

Slate  

Conservatives have once again turned to the courts to keep people from voting on reproductive rights. The anti-abortion plaintiffs argued that Missouri’s Amendment 3, which protects the right to make decisions about reproductive health care, covers more than one subject. The anti-abortion plaintiffs contend that the abortion-rights ballot measure covers more than one subject because it addresses a right to …

Missouri Supreme Court Rules Measure Restoring Abortion Rights Will Be On Ballot
3 months, 1 week ago

Missouri Supreme Court Rules Measure Restoring Abortion Rights Will Be On Ballot

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — An amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will be on the ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. “Now, they will have the chance to enshrine these protections in the Missouri Constitution on November 5.” Mary Catherine Martin, a lawyer for a group of GOP lawmakers and abortion opponents suing to remove …

Abortion-rights measure will be on Missouri’s November ballot, court rules
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Abortion-rights measure will be on Missouri’s November ballot, court rules

Associated Press  

— A measure undoing Missouri’s near-total abortion ban will appear on the ballot in November, the state’s high court ruled Tuesday, marking the latest victory in a nationwide fight to have voters weigh in on abortion laws since federal rights to the procedure ended in 2022. The order also directs Ashcroft, an abortion opponent, to “take all steps necessary to …

Missouri abortion-rights amendment could be axed from the ballot after ruling
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Missouri abortion-rights amendment could be axed from the ballot after ruling

Associated Press  

— A Missouri judge on Friday ruled that an abortion-rights campaign did not meet legal requirements to qualify for the November ballot, potentially thwarting a yearslong effort to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban. In his ruling, Limbaugh said Missourians for Constitutional Freedom did not do enough during the signature-gathering process to inform voters that the measure would undo the …

Judge’s ruling imperils Missouri abortion rights ballot initiative
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge’s ruling imperils Missouri abortion rights ballot initiative

LA Times  

A Missouri judge ruled Friday that an abortion rights campaign did not meet legal requirements to qualify its constitutional amendment initiative for the November ballot, potentially thwarting a years-long effort to undo the state’s near-total abortion ban. In his ruling, Limbaugh said Missourians for Constitutional Freedom did not do enough during the signature-gathering process to inform voters that the measure …

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds

Associated Press  

The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. AP AUDIO: US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds AP correspondent …

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws

LA Times  

Gen. Kris Kobach, left, had argued to the state’s high court that voters’ will in 2022 didn’t matter in determining whether two anti-abortion laws could stand. Kansas’ highest court has strongly reaffirmed that the state constitution protects abortion access, striking down a ban on a common second-trimester procedure and laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other healthcare providers. The …

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ highest court strongly reaffirmed Friday that the state constitution protects abortion access, striking down a ban on a common second-trimester procedure and laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers. The court’s dissenting justice, widely seen as its most conservative, warned that Kansas is headed toward “a legal regime of unrestricted access to …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Deccan Chronicle  

DES MOINES, Iowa: The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is a win for Republican lawmakers, and Iowa …

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is a win for Republican lawmakers, and …

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban

CNN  

CNN — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold the state’s abortion ban, which prohibits most abortions in the state as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Kim Reynolds celebrated the ruling Friday, saying she is glad the state’s high court “upheld the will of the people.” “As the heartbeat bill finally becomes law, we are deeply committed to …

Judge blocks Michigan’s abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Judge blocks Michigan’s abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A judge on Tuesday blocked Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions, saying it conflicts with a 2022 voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that guarantees abortion rights. The waiting period “forces needless delay on patients after they are able to consent to a procedure, thus burdening and infringing upon a patient’s access to abortion care,” said Judge Sima …

Where Trump and Biden Stand on the Issues, From Abortion to Immigration
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Where Trump and Biden Stand on the Issues, From Abortion to Immigration

New York Times  

Roe v. Wade and its successor, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, affirmed a constitutional right to abortion until the fetus can survive outside the womb. Mr. Biden wants to enshrine that right in federal law now that the Supreme Court has overturned it. “Give me a Democratic House of Representatives and a bigger Democratic Senate, and we will pass a new …

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US
6 months ago

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US

Associated Press  

Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. Limited abortion access prompts more out-of-state travel Bans in Republican-led states have prompted many people seeking abortions to travel to get care. The U.S. Supreme Court this …

The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights in the U.S.
6 months ago

The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights in the U.S.

LA Times  

People march through downtown Amarillo, Texas, last year to protest a lawsuit that aimed to ban the abortion drug mifepristone. Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade. Limited abortion access prompts more out-of-state travel …

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access
6 months ago

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access

NPR  

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access Two years after the Supreme Court removed federal abortion protections, the number of abortions is up as telehealth is on the rise and reproductive rights are on the ballot in November. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have an update now on the fight over abortion two years to the …

The Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Should Satisfy Nobody
6 months, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Should Satisfy Nobody

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. Now the Supreme Court has unanimously shot down the 5th Circuit and Kacsmaryk, an embarrassing rejoinder to these lower courts’ law-free militancy. That’s true even in a “healthcare desert, where other doctors are not readily available.” A doctor who opposes abortion, the court …

Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?
7 months ago

Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio’s law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. A group of abortion clinics sought to overturn the law even before voters approved Issue 1, which gives every person in Ohio …

Kentucky governor to speak out against strict abortion ban in neighboring Tennessee
7 months, 1 week ago

Kentucky governor to speak out against strict abortion ban in neighboring Tennessee

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. Andy Beshear’s upcoming trip to neighboring Tennessee to speak out against that state’s sweeping abortion ban is the latest sign that the Democrat known for defeating Donald Trump-backed rivals is looking to improve his party’s prospects in GOP territory and build up his own name recognition. Beshear — who campaigned …

Kansas has new abortion laws while Louisiana may block exceptions to its ban
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Kansas has new abortion laws while Louisiana may block exceptions to its ban

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is requiring abortion providers to share new patient information with the state and increasing funds to anti-abortion centers, while in Louisiana bills to loosen its restrictive ban face an uphill battle, thanks to Republican supermajorities in both Legislatures. Anti-abortion groups still exert a strong influence over Republicans in statehouses across the U.S. That’s even after votes …

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states
8 months, 1 week ago

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states

Associated Press  

Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal elections — including the presidential race — and directly in the form of referendums in some states. An Arizona Supreme Court ruling that allows enforcement of a ban …

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect
8 months, 1 week ago

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, disputing abortion providers’ claims it infringes on women’s rights to exercise bodily autonomy. Most Republican-led states have limited abortion access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and 14 states have …

Lawsuit challenging Indiana abortion ban survives a state challenge
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lawsuit challenging Indiana abortion ban survives a state challenge

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Court of Appeals gave an incremental win Thursday to a group of residents suing the state over its near-total abortion ban, arguing that it violates a state law protecting religious freedom. Indiana’s near total abortion ban went into effect in August after the Indiana Supreme Court upheld it, ending a separate legal challenge. The appeals court …

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess
8 months, 3 weeks ago

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess

LA Times  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. repeatedly suggested during an oral argument that government officials could use a 19th century law to ban the distribution of abortion pills through the mail. Politics Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas doctors’ challenge to abortion pills Supreme Court justices question whether a group of Texas doctors had legal standing to sue …

Bill filed in Kentucky House would ease near-total abortion ban by adding rape and incest exceptions
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Bill filed in Kentucky House would ease near-total abortion ban by adding rape and incest exceptions

Hindustan Times  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Legislation aimed at easing Kentucky's near-total abortion ban by creating limited exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest was introduced Monday in the GOP-dominated House, as lawmakers wrangle with an issue at the forefront of last year's campaign for governor. Kentucky's near-total abortion ban has been in place since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. …

Activists renew push to repeal Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Activists renew push to repeal Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Abortion rights supporters mounted another push Wednesday to restore abortion access in Kentucky, but the Democratic lawmaker sponsoring the legislation acknowledged the odds are overwhelmingly against them in the Republican-dominated legislature. The bill unveiled Wednesday by Democratic Rep. Lindsey Burke would roll back Kentucky’s abortion laws to the time before Republicans claimed majority status in the House …

A State Supreme Court Just Issued the Most Devastating Rebuke of Dobbs Yet
54 years, 11 months ago

A State Supreme Court Just Issued the Most Devastating Rebuke of Dobbs Yet

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s eradication of the constitutional right to abortion in 2022’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization had an immediate and devastating impact on gender equality in the United States. The majority vehemently rejected Dobbs’ history-only analysis, noting that, until recently, “those interpreting the law” saw women “as not only having fewer legal rights than men but also as …

Pennsylvania high court revives case challenging limits on Medicaid coverage for abortions
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania high court revives case challenging limits on Medicaid coverage for abortions

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court said Monday that a lower court must hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a decades-old state law that limits the use of Medicaid dollars to cover the cost of abortions, a major victory for Planned Parenthood and the abortion clinic operators who sued. Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s president and …

Campaign advocate for abortion rights makes plea for Kentucky lawmakers to relax abortion ban
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Campaign advocate for abortion rights makes plea for Kentucky lawmakers to relax abortion ban

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A young woman who dominated the discussion about abortion during Kentucky’s campaign last year stepped forward again Tuesday to call on lawmakers to relax the state’s near-total abortion ban. This bill will provide those.” The debate about loosening Kentucky’s abortion ban comes after Republicans spent years adding restrictions to the procedure. Democratic state Sen. David Yates, the …

Attorneys for Kentucky woman seeking abortion withdraw lawsuit
1 year ago

Attorneys for Kentucky woman seeking abortion withdraw lawsuit

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Attorneys for a Kentucky woman who sued demanding the right to an abortion withdrew the lawsuit after the woman learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity. Lawyers for the woman pointed to a Kentucky Supreme Court decision that said abortion providers cannot sue on behalf of their patients, limiting the legal actions to individuals seeking an …

Republicans can’t make abortion go away in 2024
1 year ago

Republicans can’t make abortion go away in 2024

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Republicans failed to flip a single Senate seat …

The Supreme Court Just Took on Abortion Again. It Won’t End Well.
1 year ago

The Supreme Court Just Took on Abortion Again. It Won’t End Well.

Slate  

This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to consider a challenge to access to mifepristone, the first drug used in medication abortion, teeing up the most important dispute over reproductive rights since Roe v. Wade’s reversal in June of 2022. Related From Slate The …

Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
1 year ago

Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her attorneys said Tuesday. “Jane Doe sought an abortion in Kentucky, and when she could not get one, she bravely came forward to challenge the state’s abortion ban,” ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project deputy …

A pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion
1 year ago

A pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen U.S. states since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, says Kentucky’s near-total prohibition of …

Republican prosecutor will appeal judge’s ruling invalidating Wisconsin’s 174-year-old abortion ban
1 year ago

Republican prosecutor will appeal judge’s ruling invalidating Wisconsin’s 174-year-old abortion ban

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican prosecutor said Wednesday that he plans to appeal a court ruling that Wisconsin law permits abortions, the first step toward a potential showdown in the state Supreme Court over abortion rights. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski issued a statement through his attorneys saying that he disagrees with Dane County Circuit Judge Diane Schlipper’s July …

Kansas to appeal ruling blocking abortion rules, including a medication restriction
1 year, 1 month ago

Kansas to appeal ruling blocking abortion rules, including a medication restriction

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Republican attorney general in …

Oklahoma Supreme Court keeps anti-abortion laws on hold while challenge is pending
1 year, 1 month ago

Oklahoma Supreme Court keeps anti-abortion laws on hold while challenge is pending

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court reiterated its position on Tuesday in a 5-4 opinion that the state constitution guarantees a woman’s right to an abortion when necessary to preserve her life, although the procedure remains illegal in virtually all other cases. “We are grateful that the Oklahoma Supreme Court recognized how these laws are medically baseless and threaten …

Missouri appeals court rules against ballot summary language that described ‘dangerous’ abortions
1 year, 1 month ago

Missouri appeals court rules against ballot summary language that described ‘dangerous’ abortions

Associated Press  

— A Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday against Republican-written summaries of abortion-rights ballot measures that described several proposed amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” A three-judge panel of the Western District Court of Appeals found the summaries written by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who is running for governor in 2024, are politically partisan. Ashcroft’s …

Candidates wrangle over abortion policy in Kentucky gubernatorial debate
1 year, 2 months ago

Candidates wrangle over abortion policy in Kentucky gubernatorial debate

Associated Press  

Andy Beshear and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron accused each other of taking extreme stands on abortion policy Monday night as they wrangled over an issue that’s become a flashpoint in their hotly contested campaign for governor in Kentucky. Beshear said that his challenger celebrated the abortion ban’s passage and pointed to Cameron’s long-running support for the law as written, …

Ohio wants to revive a strict abortion law. Justices are weighing the legal arguments
1 year, 2 months ago

Ohio wants to revive a strict abortion law. Justices are weighing the legal arguments

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Supreme Court justices vigorously questioned the state’s lawyer Wednesday about a legal strategy that Ohio is attempting in hopes of reviving its law banning most abortions except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy. Flowers was representing Republican Attorney General Dave Yost, whose appeal also asserts Preterm Cleveland and the other Ohio clinics that filed the lawsuit …

Challengers seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures, calling them misleading
1 year, 3 months ago

Challengers seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures, calling them misleading

Associated Press  

— Abortion-rights advocates asked a judge on Monday to rewrite what they call misleading descriptions of several constitutional amendments on abortion that voters could see on Missouri’s 2024 ballot. Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who is running for governor in 2024, summarized the amendments as allowing “dangerous, unregulated, and unrestricted abortions, from conception to live birth, without requiring a …

Kentucky Democrat Beshear links GOP challenger to reality of abortion law in reelection campaign
1 year, 3 months ago

Kentucky Democrat Beshear links GOP challenger to reality of abortion law in reelection campaign

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Democratic Gov. His campaign said in a statement that Beshear “stands with Joe Biden and the most extreme wing of the Democrat Party on abortion,” pointing to the governor’s opposition to bills restricting abortion. Since then, Kentucky’s “trigger law” abortion ban — passed in 2019 — took effect when Roe v. Wade was struck down. While acknowledging …

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