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After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico
1 year, 4 months ago

After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico

Associated Press  

CLOVIS, N.M. — The sanctuary in Grace Covenant Reformed Church was packed. “We gained a lot of ground with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but now it’s at the state level,” said Logan Brown, a science teacher from Portales, New Mexico, who helped organize the September church gathering. “There’s no great movement without risk and sacrifice.” Ferguson has helped …

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This 150-Year-Old Anti-Vice Law Is Now At The Center Of The Push To Ban Abortion
1 year, 8 months ago

This 150-Year-Old Anti-Vice Law Is Now At The Center Of The Push To Ban Abortion

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As rules allowing the distribution of the abortion drug mifepristone move rapidly toward the Supreme Court, the anti-abortion movement is turning a Victorian era anti-vice law designed to control public morality through the policing of mail. The resurrection of the Comstock Act as an anti-abortion weapon began in Eastern New Mexico, where Pastor Mark Lee Dickson of …

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As states ban abortion, the Texas bounty law offers a way to survive legal challenges
2 years, 6 months ago

As states ban abortion, the Texas bounty law offers a way to survive legal challenges

NPR  

As states ban abortion, the Texas bounty law offers a way to survive legal challenges Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion rights opponents in state governments quickly moved to ban the procedure, while abortion rights supporters quickly challenged the bans in court. Sponsor Message That's because the law …

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Can states limit abortion and gender-affirming treatments outside their borders?
2 years, 10 months ago

Can states limit abortion and gender-affirming treatments outside their borders?

NPR  

Can states limit abortion and gender-affirming treatments outside their borders? But now there's a new twist in a broader Republican strategy: Representatives in multiple states are pushing bills that would attempt to limit what residents can and can't do beyond state lines. The Associated Press reports that Coleman's bill is "among at least 17 bills restricting or banning abortion filed …

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Doctors' worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true
2 years, 10 months ago

Doctors' worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true

NPR  

Doctors' worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true Enlarge this image toggle caption Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images In the days after the new Texas abortion law known as SB 8 took effect last September, Anna was planning her wedding to her fiancé, Scott. Sponsor Message "I don't want to be talking …

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How the Texas ban on most abortions is harming survivors of rape and incest
3 years, 2 months ago

How the Texas ban on most abortions is harming survivors of rape and incest

NPR  

How the Texas ban on most abortions is harming survivors of rape and incest Enlarge this image toggle caption SERGIO FLORES/Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images SERGIO FLORES/Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images The SAFE Alliance in Austin helps survivors of child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. "Devastating" for survivors of repeated rape and abuse While many people don't realize they …

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Texas doctor: What abortion law is doing to my patients (opinion)
3 years, 2 months ago

Texas doctor: What abortion law is doing to my patients (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Amna Dermish is an abortion care provider and regional medical director at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. Since September 1, my staff and I have been forced to comply with an extreme abortion ban – SB 8 – that has blocked patients from getting an abortion at approximately six weeks of pregnancy, before many patients know they …

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Column: That Texas anti-abortion law is so much worse than you imagined. Here’s how
3 years, 3 months ago

Column: That Texas anti-abortion law is so much worse than you imagined. Here’s how

LA Times  

As is widely known by now, the anti-abortion law that took effect in Texas last month set a new standard for malicious attacks on women’s reproductive health rights. “By eliminating safe and legal options, they only force abortion care underground with potentially devastating consequences,” Melaney Linton, the head of the Houston-area Planned Parenthood unit, testified in Pitman’s court. Pitman observed …

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Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates Texas' 6-week abortion ban
3 years, 3 months ago

Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates Texas' 6-week abortion ban

NPR  

Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates Texas' 6-week abortion ban Enlarge this image toggle caption Stephen Spillman/AP Stephen Spillman/AP The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a lower federal court ruling that temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing its ban on abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Abortion providers in Texas say a lower court ruling …

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A Louisiana clinic struggles to absorb the surge created by Texas' new abortion law
3 years, 3 months ago

A Louisiana clinic struggles to absorb the surge created by Texas' new abortion law

NPR  

A Louisiana clinic struggles to absorb the surge created by Texas' new abortion law Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah McCammon/NPR Sarah McCammon/NPR The day before a federal judge blocked enforcement of Texas' restrictive new abortion law, the parking lot of Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La., was filled with Texas license plates. "I drove 6 hours and …

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A U.S. judge blocks enforcement of Texas' controversial new abortion law
3 years, 3 months ago

A U.S. judge blocks enforcement of Texas' controversial new abortion law

NPR  

A U.S. judge blocks enforcement of Texas' controversial new abortion law Enlarge this image toggle caption Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge has blocked enforcement of Texas' controversial new abortion law, granting an emergency request from the Justice Department. In his 113-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman said that from the …

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Column: Corporate America’s deafening silence on the Texas abortion law
3 years, 4 months ago

Column: Corporate America’s deafening silence on the Texas abortion law

LA Times  

The optimistic notion that corporate America would step in to uphold the public interest in the face of politicians’ actions or inactions died Sept. 1. “We’re seeing a very hypocritical silence coming from large corporations that should be resisting this law, regardless of their moral standing, because of the implications it has for them as employers,” says Shelley Alpern, director …

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Texas Has Found a Creative New Way to Punish Abortion Patients
55 years ago

Texas Has Found a Creative New Way to Punish Abortion Patients

Slate  

Galvanized by the very real possibility that the Supreme Court is poised to overrule Roe v. Wade in the coming months, Republican-controlled legislatures around the country are racing to pass extreme new restrictions on abortion. But lawmakers believe they have devised a workaround to Roe’s roadblock: Rather than empower state officials to implement the ban, they have granted virtually every …

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