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 […]
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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 […]
FBI is investigating criminal reaction to Roe ruling as potential domestic terrorism
The FBI is investigating ideologically motivated “suspicious criminal or potentially violent” reactions to the reversal of Roe v. Wade as potential acts of domestic terrorism, according to documents obtained by Yahoo News, prompting concerns from civil liberties experts that pro-abortion-rights Americans will be swept up in the FBI’s dragnet for exercising their First Amendment right […]
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 […]
Warren Demands Biden Exploit Abortion Loophole for Banned States
Lands owned by the federal government would become abortion sanctuaries under the vision of the future outlined Friday by Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. On Friday, the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion across America. The ruling means that states are now able to set their own laws on […]
Major US companies pledge to cover travel costs for employees who need an abortion
After the Supreme Court ruled on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, corporate giants from a range of industries pledged to provide support and financial assistance for employees — and, in some cases, their dependents — seeking abortions in states that outlaw the procedure. Millions of people seeking abortions could soon be forced to travel […]
Abortion Protest rioters call for ‘Death to SCOTUS’
A large group of rioters was seen in downtown Portland, Oregon smashing windows and vandalizing several buildings Saturday night. The group also graffitied messages targeting the U.S. Supreme Court. The group, made of about 100 people, were yelling and chanting as they marched down the streets and would periodically stop to destroy and graffiti objects. […]
Roe v Wade Overturned by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively ending recognition of a constitutional right to abortion and giving individual states the power to allow, limit, or ban the practice altogether. The ruling came in the court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which centered on a Mississippi law that banned abortion […]
Pelosi’s position on abortion results in ban from Holy Communion
The conservative archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may no longer receive the holy sacrament of Communion in the archdiocese, because she supports abortion rights. In a letter to Pelosi released Friday afternoon, the archbishop wrote that he had informed the California Democrat that “should you not publically repudiate your […]