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Apr 18 2024
News
Montana becomes the latest abortion battleground state for 2024
A new abortion rights advocacy organization, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights, officially launched its ballot initiative, which aims to enshrine abortion rights in Montana’s state constitution. If the petition drive succeeds, it will make abortion central to the 2024 campaign and likely give vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, a staunch abortion rights supporter, a boost. “Abortion is
Daily KosApr 25 2024
News
Letitia James responds to Supreme Court abortion case: "Isn't complicated"
New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a sharp response to Idaho's near-total abortion ban that is being challenged in the Supreme Court this week. Idaho enacted a new law, the Defense of Life Act, in 2020 that bans abortions being carried out at all stages of pregnancy, with very few exceptions. The law went into effect in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The law
NewsweekApr 30 2024
News
Florida abortion clinics and funds face uncertain future on eve of six-week ban
Florida's ban on abortions past six weeks of pregnancy takes effect this week, threatening the future of the state's clinics and abortion funds and forcing patients to travel hundreds of miles to get the procedure.
Phones have been ringing off the hook at clinics and funds in Florida ahead of the Wednesday enforcement date, as newly pregnant abortion-seekers scramble to book
ReutersMay 02 2024
News
As abortion looks like a key issue in 2024, voters more divided by party than ever
Democratic voters are increasingly supportive of abortion rights, and increasingly motivated by the issue, according to a new report from the Public Religion Research Institute.
The survey found that a growing number of Democrats point to abortion as a top voting issue since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, which allowed abortion
NPR (Online News)Apr 21 2024
News
Newsom announces emergency legislation to protect Arizona abortion providers
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced on Sunday that lawmakers in California are working on emergency legislation to help abortion providers in neighboring Arizona as a restrictive abortion law is set to be reimplemented in the Grand Canyon State. Newsom said on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki that he, along with the California Legislative Women’s Caucus and others, will be introducing legislation
Washington ExaminerApr 08 2024
Opinion
Donald Trump Is Half-Right on Abortion
Donald Trump has taken a first crack at clarifying his stances on abortion and IVF, saying in a video message this morning that abortion is a state issue while pledging support for IVF:
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the
Dan McLaughlinApr 30 2024
News
Inside an Abortion Clinic Days Before Florida’s Six-Week Ban Takes Effect
The sky was still dark outside the clinic, but two women were already sitting quietly in the small, beige waiting room while Candace Dye and her staff prepared for an extremely busy morning. It was a few minutes past 5 a.m. on one of the last days it would be legal to get an abortion until 15 weeks of pregnancy in Florida, and A Woman’s World Medical Center in Fort Pierce was completely booked
New York Times (News)Apr 21 2024
News
Arizona GOP’s latest abortion strategy: Restrict, restrict, restrict
After a conservative majority of the Arizona Supreme Court ruled April 9 to uphold an antiquated near-total abortion ban from 1864, the shockwaves on both sides of the political aisle were immediate and obvious. Democrats decried the court’s decision, vowing to redouble efforts to pass an amendment to the state’s constitution. If passed, the Arizona Abortion Access Act would effectively negate
Daily KosApr 21 2024
News
Trump leading GOP astray with abortion stance, Pence says
Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the 2023 First in the Nation Leadership Summit on October 14, 2023 in Nashua, New Hampshire. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized former President Trump for leading the GOP astray with his abortion policies in a Sunday New York Times guest essay. Why it
AxiosApr 24 2024
News
Idaho abortion ban spurs rise in air transport for pregnant patients
Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided in January to consider a case about whether a federal law regarding emergency medical treatment supersedes an abortion ban in Idaho, air transports out of state for pregnancy complications at one of the state’s largest hospitals have increased from one in all of 2023 to six in the past four months. Dr. Jim Souza, chief medical officer at St. Luke’s, said if
The Seattle Times