Federal Appeals Court OKs Arkansas' Abortion Ban During Coronavirus Pandemic
4 years, 8 months ago

Federal Appeals Court OKs Arkansas' Abortion Ban During Coronavirus Pandemic

NPR  

Federal Appeals Court OKs Arkansas' Abortion Ban During Coronavirus Pandemic A federal appeals court says Arkansas can suspend abortions during the coronavirus pandemic. As nonessential medical procedures are put on hold to help preserve medical supplies such as surgical masks and hospital gowns, Republican officials in several states including Arkansas have tried to suspend abortions. But now, in a reversal of a lower-court decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit says Arkansas can suspend abortions during the pandemic. Patients also have been turned away for the procedure in states including Texas, where abortion rights advocates have been engaged in multiple rounds of legal wrangling with the state's governor and attorney general.

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Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture
1 week, 6 days ago

Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture

Associated Press  

Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Overturning Roe and enforcing abortion bans has changed how woman obtain abortions in the U.S. “Abortion bans don’t actually …

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing
1 month ago

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing

Associated Press  

PASADENA, Calif. — A federal appeals court scrutinized the impact of Idaho’s strict abortion ban on emergency medical care on Tuesday, weighing whether the ban criminalizing abortions should be enforceable in life- and health-threatening situations. Circuit Court of Appeals panel of 11 judges to urgently lift the injunction preventing the state from enforcing its abortion ban in emergency room settings, …

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in …

Commentary: A second Trump administration could make abortion restrictions even worse
2 months, 1 week ago

Commentary: A second Trump administration could make abortion restrictions even worse

LA Times  

Mitzi Rivas, left, hugs her daughter Maya Iribarren during an abortion-rights protest at City Hall in San Francisco following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade in June 2022. Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling returning the decision on abortion to the states, nearly half enacted abortion bans, some of which have prevented women from getting emergency abortions …

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions

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 A three-judge panel on Thursday …

Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on abortion
3 months, 1 week ago

Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on abortion

LA Times  

Abortion rights, always a polarizing issue in American politics, became an electoral tinderbox in 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark decision to create a federal right to abortion access. The prospect of women not having access to abortion was theoretical in many voters’ minds until the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health …

Opposing sides of GA's anti-abortion law speak out after judge rules ban unconstitutional
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules
4 months ago

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska judge struck down Wednesday a decades-old state law that restricted who could perform abortions in the state. Alaska Superior Court Judge Josie Garton in 2021 granted the group’s request to allow advanced practice clinicians to provide medication abortion pending her decision in the underlying case. Planned Parenthood in its lawsuit argued there was no medical …

Anti-Abortion Crusaders Have a New Way to Keep the Question Away From Voters
55 years ago

Anti-Abortion Crusaders Have a New Way to Keep the Question Away From Voters

Slate  

With more ballot initiatives ready to go before voters, supporters of reproductive rights are hoping to continue their impressive winning streak. But conservatives looking at what just happened in Arkansas are hoping they’ve found a way to stop the bleeding: by using obscure rules favored by election deniers to keep voters from weighing in on reproductive rights in the first …

Arkansas Supreme Court rejects bid to put abortion on the ballot
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Arkansas Supreme Court rejects bid to put abortion on the ballot

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. In a 4-3 ruling, the majority of the …

An Arkansas court blocks abortion vote
4 months, 2 weeks ago

An Arkansas court blocks abortion vote

NPR  

An Arkansas court blocks abortion vote An Arkansas court blocked an effort to let voters decide on whether the state should legalize abortion - meaning the state's ban remains in place. Josie Lenora of Little Rock Public Radio has been talking to supporters of that abortion rights amendment effort today, and joins us now. Writing for the majority today, Arkansas …

Arkansas Supreme Court blocks abortion measure
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Arkansas Supreme Court blocks abortion measure

Politico  

Justices Karen Baker and Courtney Rae Hudson, in their dissent, accused Arkansas officials of unfairly changing the rules in order to disqualify the abortion-rights petition. Today’s decision strips every Arkansan of this power.” The group Arkansans for Limited Government submitted more than 100,000 signatures earlier this month for a ballot measure that would legalize abortion for any reason up to …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
5 months ago

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned

India Today  

The number of women getting abortions in the US 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. In March, doctors in states with laws to protect medical providers used telemedicine to prescribe abortion …

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant
5 months, 1 week ago

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. “I’m glad that the Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the will of the people of Iowa.” Now, across the country, four states ban abortions after about six weeks …

Arkansas is sued for rejecting petitions on an abortion-rights ballot measure
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Arkansas is sued for rejecting petitions on an abortion-rights ballot measure

Associated Press  

— Arkansas is being sued for rejecting petitions in favor of a proposed ballot measure to scale back the state’s abortion ban, with supporters asking the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to order officials to start counting more than 100,000 signatures from people who back amending the constitution. Giving voters a chance to weigh in on the state’s ban would …

Arkansas election officials reject petitions submitted for an abortion-rights ballot measure
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Arkansas election officials reject petitions submitted for an abortion-rights ballot measure

Associated Press  

— Arkansas election officials on Wednesday rejected petitions submitted for an abortion-rights ballot measure that organizers hoped to put before voters this fall in a predominantly Republican state. The secretary of state’s office rejected the petitions submitted on Friday by supporters of the proposal, saying the group didn’t submit statements required regarding paid signature gatherers. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who opposed …

Arkansas election officials reject petitions submitted for an abortion rights ballot measure
6 months ago

Arkansas election officials reject petitions submitted for an abortion rights ballot measure

LA Times  

Supporters and opponents of a proposed ballot measure to scale back Arkansas’ abortion ban protest last week at the state Capitol in Little Rock. Arkansas election officials rejected petitions Wednesday that were submitted for an abortion rights ballot measure that organizers hoped to put before voters in the predominantly Republican state this fall. The Arkansas secretary of state’s office rejected …

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024? Arkansas organizers aim to join the list
6 months ago

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024? Arkansas organizers aim to join the list

Associated Press  

— Organizers of an effort to scale back Arkansas’ abortion ban said they have more than enough signatures to try to put their proposal before voters in November’s election. Advocates collected nearly a million signatures to put a state constitutional amendment to legalize abortion until viability on the ballot, surpassing the nearly 892,000 required. MISSOURI Missouri abortion rights advocates turned …

Amy Coney Barrett Signaled Something Very Scary About Where Abortion Bans Will Go Next
6 months, 1 week ago

Amy Coney Barrett Signaled Something Very Scary About Where Abortion Bans Will Go Next

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. And on rare occasions that means providing an abortion.” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson voiced the concerns of a growing number of Americans who support abortion access in cases of threats to life or health, expressing alarm for the “pregnant people experiencing emergency medical …

Editorial: Supreme Court squandered a chance to protect medically necessary abortions
6 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Supreme Court squandered a chance to protect medically necessary abortions

LA Times  

A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24. The Supreme Court on Thursday put back in place an injunction from a lower court that blocks a draconian portion of Idaho’s abortion ban which only allows emergency abortions to prevent a pregnant person’s death. Ideally, the court would have ruled that …

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the most recent abortion case mandating that doctors provide life-saving abortions if a pregnant woman is dying and in the event her health is in jeopardy. "An Idaho law prohibits abortions unless necessary to prevent a pregnant woman's death; the law makes no exception for abortions necessary to prevent grave harms to the woman's …

Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortion Care In Idaho For Now
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Allows Emergency Abortion Care In Idaho For Now

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court rejected an attack on emergency abortion care in Idaho in a Thursday morning ruling. Three Justices suggest, at least in this context, that States have free rein to nullify federal law.” “While this court dawdles and the country waits, pregnant people experiencing emergency medical conditions remain in a precarious position.” - Supreme Court Justice …

The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions, for now, in a procedural order that left key questions unanswered and could mean the issue ends up before the conservative-majority court again soon. The Supreme Court took up the Idaho case after the Biden administration sued to allow abortions in emergency cases where …

Supreme Court rejects Idaho’s appeal — for now — to ban abortions in medical emergencies
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court rejects Idaho’s appeal — for now — to ban abortions in medical emergencies

LA Times  

A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24 in Washington. The Supreme Court retreated Thursday from ruling on Idaho’s near total ban on abortions, leaving in place a judge’s order that for now allows doctors to perform abortions when necessary in medical emergencies. The justices in an unsigned order said …

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions

Salon  

On Thursday, The Supreme Court ruled that doctors are allowed to provide emergency abortions to stabilize a patient’s health and life, meaning Idaho’s near-total abortion ban does not take precedence over a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act The 6-3 opinion included three dissenting Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, while three of …

What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

What is the federal law at the center of the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears ready to rule that hospitals in Idaho may provide medically necessary abortions to stabilize patients at least for now, despite the state’s strict abortion law, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on Wednesday to the court’s website and obtained by Bloomberg News. The Biden administration argues that Idaho’s law …

Another major Supreme Court abortion ruling mistakenly posted online: report
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Another major Supreme Court abortion ruling mistakenly posted online: report

Raw Story  

A Supreme Court opinion mistakenly posted Wednesday showed the justices are poised to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho. The leaked decision shows the justices plan to reinstate a lower court ruling that said Idaho hospitals could continue performing emergency abortions to protect mothers. “The Court’s opinion in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States will be …

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back
6 months, 2 weeks ago

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back

The Independent  

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The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US
6 months, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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 …

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging federal rules to accommodate abortions for workers
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging federal rules to accommodate abortions for workers

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A lawsuit filed by 17 states challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday. Republican attorneys general from each state, led by Arkansas and Tennessee, sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in April, days after the agency published rules for employers and workers …

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban
7 months, 1 week ago

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers are asking an Indiana trial judge this week to broaden access to abortions under the state’s near-total ban. The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the ban in June, ending a broader legal challenge brought by the same plaintiffs, but said the state’s constitution protects a women’s right to an abortion when her life or health is at …

Voters in 10 states are deciding whether to strengthen access to abortion
7 months, 1 week ago

Voters in 10 states are deciding whether to strengthen access to abortion

NPR  

Voters in 10 states are deciding whether to strengthen access to abortion The national map for abortion access could be about to change as voters in 10 states, with a combined population of more than 75 million people, decide whether to put protections for reproductive rights into their state constitutions. — Scott Maucione New York The proposed amendment that could …

17 States Sue Over Rule Giving Workers Time Off For Abortions
8 months, 2 weeks ago

17 States Sue Over Rule Giving Workers Time Off For Abortions

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A coalition of 17 Republican-led states lobbed a lawsuit at a federal agency Thursday over a new policy requiring employers to give time off and other accommodations to pregnant workers who are seeking abortions. The lawsuit is being led by the attorneys general in Arkansas and Tennessee and takes aim at new regulations that the Equal Employment …

Key moments in the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Key moments in the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion. The justices could make a major ruling — or they could rule narrowly on how Idaho’s state law interacts with the federal law, the the Emergency Medical Treatment …

Key moments in the U.S. Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Key moments in the U.S. Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US 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. The justices could make a major …

Supreme Court Debates Emergency Abortion Care
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Debates Emergency Abortion Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court heard heated arguments on Wednesday over whether states can criminalize life-saving, stabilizing abortion care in emergency medical situations. The Supreme Court case focuses on one of the Idaho ban’s three narrowly defined exceptions: when an abortion is “necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman.” Federal law states that physicians are legally required …

US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies
8 months, 2 weeks ago

US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies

Hindustan Times  

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waded back into the battle over abortion access during arguments in a case pitting Idaho's strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law that ensures that patients can receive emergency care. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, who …

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

Associated Press  

Follow the AP’s live coverage of arguments in the Supreme Court WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The Biden administration says abortion care must be allowed in those …

Supreme Court sounds wary of Idaho’s ban on emergency abortions for women whose health is in danger
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court sounds wary of Idaho’s ban on emergency abortions for women whose health is in danger

LA Times  

The Supreme Court will decide whether emergency room doctors are allowed to perform abortions if a pregnant person’s health is threatened. Prelogar urged the high court to rule that federal emergency care law applies nationwide and sometimes requires hospitals and their doctors to perform an abortion — regardless of any state restrictions on the procedure — if a pregnant patient’s …

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in
8 months, 2 weeks ago

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. Idaho says its law does have an exception for life-saving abortions, and it contends the Biden administration wants to define health emergencies more broadly to turn hospitals into “abortion enclaves.” Idaho …

The Supreme Court Is About To Debate Whether States Can Outlaw Life-Saving Abortions
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Supreme Court Is About To Debate Whether States Can Outlaw Life-Saving Abortions

Huff Post  

Photo: Getty The Supreme Court this week will debate whether states have the power to outlaw life-saving abortions in hospital emergency rooms. “This case could radically alter how emergency medicine is practiced in this country and make pregnant people second-class citizens in America’s emergency rooms,” Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, told reporters on a press …

After Florida and Arizona abortion bans, some abortion funds are being pushed to the brink
8 months, 4 weeks ago

After Florida and Arizona abortion bans, some abortion funds are being pushed to the brink

Salon  

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, which provided Americans with a constitutional right to access abortion, states have been able to make their own laws on abortion access. Jeyifo told Salon they’ve never had to turn someone away from their services, but they’re “on the brink” of doing that …

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states
8 months, 4 weeks 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, 4 weeks 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 …

Federal appeals court hears arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Federal appeals court hears arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — Arguments before a federal appeals court that is considering whether to reinstate Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors focused Thursday on whether it and similar restrictions adopted by two dozen states discriminate on the basis of sex. Judge David Stras, who was appointed to the court by former President Donald Trump, asked attorneys on both …

'Will of the people': Trump defends Arizona abortion ban while also opposing it
9 months ago

'Will of the people': Trump defends Arizona abortion ban while also opposing it

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday that abortions would return to Arizona after the state's supreme court said a Civil War-era law banning abortion could be enforced. Trump predicted Florida's abortion restrictions would "change also." On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable, marking a significant shift in the state's stance on …

As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world
9 months ago

As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For much of her life, Angela Crawford considered herself a fairly conservative Republican — and she voted that way. “People really minimized it initially, because they didn’t realize the scope.” Democratic candidates are increasingly running on the broader reproductive rights issues and they are seeing results. For Biden, who is trying to overcome consistently low approval ratings and …

Arizona’s top court allows near-total 1864 abortion ban to go into effect
9 months ago

Arizona’s top court allows near-total 1864 abortion ban to go into effect

Al Jazeera  

The conservative-stacked court ruled 4-2 that the century-old law would be ‘enforceable’ within 14 days of the ruling. Writing for the majority in the four-to-two ruling, Judge John Lopez explained that Arizona’s legislature had never established a right to abortion access in the state. — Governor Katie Hobbs April 9, 2024 The decision spurred alarm among reproductive health advocates, and …

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