Former President Donald Trump declined to endorse a nationwide abortion ban and said abortion policy should be left up to the states. “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 […]
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Tough Election Night For The GOP
Democrats are projected to notch several key wins across Tuesday’s elections, indicating both that abortion remains a motivating factor for voters and that the party can remain successful, including in red states, even in the face of President Joe Biden’s poor approval ratings. A referendum to guarantee abortion access in Ohio was set to pass […]
North Carolina bans abortion after 12 weeks
Most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will be banned in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature successfully overrode the Democratic governor’s veto late Tuesday. The vote came as abortion rights in the U.S. faced another tectonic shift with lawmakers in South Carolina and Nebraska also considering new abortion limits. North and South Carolina […]
Supreme Court puts hold on abortion pill restriction
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has placed a hold on a lower court ruling that restricts access to the abortion drug mifepristone until Wednesday night. Alito also instructed that any responses be filed by April 18 at noon. Friday’s hold was in response to a formal request earlier in the day from the Justice Department […]
Liberal state stocks up on 1000’s of abortion pills
Washington state officials have stocked up on a key abortion drug in preparation for the possibility that it could become much more difficult to access nationwide, pending the outcome of a federal lawsuit brought by anti-abortion-rights groups. Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, says he ordered the Washington Department of Corrections to use its pharmacy license […]
DNA from burrito ties student to pro-life center firebombing attack
DNA found in a half-eaten burrito helped exposed a former Wisconsin university research assistant now accused of firebombing a pro-life center last Mother’s Day. The attack on the headquarters of Wisconsin Family Action in Madison, Wisconsin, came about a week after the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would later overturn Roe v. […]
House passes ‘Born Alive Act’, Dems Meltdown
Senior Democratic lawmakers took to Twitter shortly after the House passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which requires doctors to provide care for infants born alive after a failed abortion, to criticize the Republicans who supported the “extreme” bill. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and Vice President […]
Supreme Court Roe decision helped blunt red wave
A phenomenon reverberated across the country since the Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn half a century of abortion rights. Voters who supported reproductive freedom turned out for Democrats in the midterms, blunting what was widely expected to be a Republican wave. Abortion came in a close second to inflation as voters’ most important […]
Pelosi insists abortion is the big midterm issue
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denied recent polling showing rising crime and rising prices are the top issues to voters this November — joining President Biden in trying to turn the focus to abortion rights. A New York Times-Siena College poll released Monday showed the economy and inflation were the most important issues to a combined […]
Planned Parenthood doctor says ‘men can have pregnancies’
A House committee hearing on abortion restrictions took an unexpected turn Thursday when a Democratic witness who works for Planned Parenthood testified that men can become pregnant. Dr. Bhavik Kumar, medical director for primary and trans care at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, replied in the affirmative after being asked by Rep. Andrew Clyde, Georgia Republican, […]
Over-the-counter birth control pills considered for first time
For the first time in the US, a pharmaceutical firm has asked to be allowed to sell birth control pills over the counter. The announcement comes just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion. The firm, Paris-based HRA Pharma, says its application to the Food and Drug Administration is unrelated. The […]
Under Pressure, Biden will sign executive order aimed at safeguarding abortion rights
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Biden will sign the executive order during a Roosevelt Room ceremony Friday morning. Vice President Kamala Harris is also scheduled to attend.There is no action the President […]