Voters in Kansas rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have said there was no right to an abortion in the state, according to The Associated Press. Kansas was the first state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization. […]
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Abortion Rights Protests Nothing Like 2020’s Black Lives Matter Riots
Many will recall the summer of 2020 as a summer of protests. They raged night after night, first in Minneapolis and then in cities across the country. In the days and weeks after a video capturing the excruciating final moments of George Floyd’s life went viral, millions of Americans from all walks of life took […]
Biden signs executive order & calls for federal law to restore abortion rights
President Joe Biden has said a federal law would be the “fastest way” to restore abortion rights as he signed an order to safeguard abortion access. He called a recent Supreme Court abortion ruling, which ended the nationwide right to the procedure, “an exercise in raw political power”. It paved the way for individual US […]
AOC says pro-life Democrats should not be elected
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., suggested in an Instagram video Saturday night that pro-life Democrats should no longer serve in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. The conservative-leaning court overturned the landmark 1973 abortion ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which centered on a Mississippi law that banned abortion after […]
Trump Will Name Supreme Court Nominee
WASHINGTON — Setting up a high-stakes legal and political battle, President Trump said Monday he will announce his Supreme Court choice in a prime-time address Tuesday night, two days earlier than initially scheduled. Trump did not disclose the identity of his nominee, but told reporters that his pick is “unbelievably highly respected” and people will […]
Abortion Rates Lowest Since Before Roe v. Wade
The rate and number of abortions in the United States is at its lowest in decades, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2013, the latest year for which there is data, the rate was half of what it was in 1980, according to the centers’ annual report. There […]