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On Tuesday, Ohio voters approved an amendment to the state’s constitution protecting the right to an abortion and reproductive health services. The vote comes after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, which guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion nationwide. The state’s constitutional amendment, Issue 1, will establish an “individual right to one’s own reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion.” The amendment will protect healthcare providers who assist women with medical treatment and extend the stage of legal pregnancy termination. The measure was app...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) defended Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Alabama) blockade of hundreds of military promotions in protest to a Defense Department policy on abortion. Tuberville has been holding up the standard military confirmation process since May. The senator is opposing a policy that allows service members to request leave for “non-covered reproductive health services,” which include abortions and in-vitro fertilization. Though some hard-right GOP members have voiced support for Tuberville, many centrist Republicans have pleaded for him to stand down. Major branches of the U.S. mil...
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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed a bill banning abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and limiting gender-affirming care for people younger than 19 — minors according to Nebraska law. The bill includes exceptions for rape, incest and instances that threaten the life of the mother. It also restricts people under 19 from receiving gender-confirming surgery and taking hormone treatments and puberty blockers. Pillen is the latest Republican governor to sign legislation that targets reproductive and LGBTQ rights. Before signing the bill, he described it as “the most significant win for social conser...
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Future access to Mifepristone, an abortion pill now used in more than half of the abortions in the U.S., rests in the hands of the Supreme Court. The Court extended a pause on Wednesday, giving the justices more time to consider the drug’s availability. Mifepristone remains available to American child-birthing patients – until an ultimate ruling on the drug is scheduled for Friday evening. The Supreme Court is weighing a Biden Administration emergency application to maintain the FDA approval of the drug. The court retains the same 6-3 conservative-leaning ideological balance as the court that ...
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A federal appeals court decided late Wednesday to reinstate FDA approval for an abortion pill. The court also decided to bar access to the pill through the mail. The pill, mifepristone, has been at the center of numerous court cases in the past week. A Trump-appointed federal judge, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 approval for the pill. A federal judge in Washington state barred the FDA from reducing the availability of the medication. The separate decisions forced a Wednesday’s third opinion. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court...
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One liberal judge and one conservative former justice advanced through Wisconsin’s Supreme Court primary, setting the stage for a contentious battle over the state’s seventh seat on the highest court. Four candidates – two liberals and two conservatives – competed for two slots in the April 4 general election. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz and ex-Justice Dan Kelly received the most votes in the primary, advancing both candidates. The final seat is a high priority for multiple big-ticket ideological issues. Wisconsin’s court will likely hear cases regarding abortion access, ...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday released findings from the eight-month-long investigation into the leaking of the draft opinion signaling the court’s intent to overturn Roe v. Wade last May, but its efforts to find who shared the documents with Politico fell short. The probe included interviews with 97 employees. They all swore that they had no part in revealing the content of the documents to the media. It is unclear if the justices themselves were counted as a part of the 97 employees, but the report clarified who it focused on. “The investigation focused on Court personnel — temporary (law cl...
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President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he will prioritize codifying the rights of Roe v. Wadeshould the Democrats add to their Congressional majority in the midterm elections. “The court got Roe right nearly 50 years ago and I believe the Congress should codify Roe, once and for all,” Biden said at a Democratic National Committee speech at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. “If we do that, here’s the promise I make to you and the American people: The first bill I will send to the Congress will be to codify Roe v. Wade,” the President continued. “And when Congress passes it, I’ll sign it ...
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Idaho is facing a lawsuit from the Justice Department after a new state law forbid victims of rape from having an abortion. The Justice Department argued in court that the law violated a federal statute that says doctors must provide medically assisted treatments, including abortions, in emergency cases. A previous Idaho law forces parents of an abortion seeker to show an official police report before having a medically administered abortion. But in Idaho, police reports don’t have to be released when the case is still under investigation. The newly targeted law seeks to ban all abortions, wit...
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Senate Republicans are wary of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham‘s (R) introduction of legislation that would enact a national 15-week abortion ban as the party heads into the midterm elections. They worry that Graham’s restrictive bill will turn moderate voters to the Democrats, and wonder why Graham isn’t sticking to the party’s plan of stressing the economy as the main issue. The South Carolina senator’s bill is also surprising given new surveys that indicate growing opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last June. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell(R-Kentu...
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