👉🏼 CVS and Walgreens Will Begin Selling #Abortion Pills This Month
The pill mifepristone will be available with a prescription at pharmacy counters in a few states to start.
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Many clinics that provide #abortion are closing, even where it’s still #legal
#PlannedParenthood of #Michigan is giving up on 4 of its #health centers, citing #financial challenges.
Including the one in #Marquette, the only clinic that provided abortion in the vast… #UpperPeninsula. For the ~1,100 patients who visited the clinic each year for anything from #cancer screenings to #contraception implants, the next-closest Planned Parenthood will now be a ~5-hr drive south.
The abortion pill battle is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
CBS News explains what's at stake: https://flip.it/H_XrJz
#Abortion #USPolitics #SupremeCourt #News #ReproductiveRights #Politics
This morning, I overheard someone talking about the "violence" that takes place during an #abortion . & so now, you get a đź§µ.
Below is a wonderful chart that helps folks understand fetal development. There are times I want to have it painted on a sandwich board, so I can wear it everywhere I go.
I've given birth to a full-term baby; had an abortion; suffered a miscarriage. The least violent of the 3 was most assuredly the abortion. +
💪🏼 Via Kyle Griffin:
First to NBC News: Groups working to enshrine reproductive rights in #Arizona's state constitution say they've ALREADY exceeded the signature threshold to put a constitutional amendment on #abortion on the state ballot in November. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/arizona-abortion-rights-amendment-backers-says-gathered-signatures-nee-rcna145922
“#Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday that a state constitutional amendment that would limit government intervention in #abortion procedures across Florida meets the necessary requirements to appear on ballots this November, and at the same time upheld Florida's 15-week abortion ban.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-supreme-court-abortion-ballot-initiative-amendment-4/
Rep. Ruben Gallego:
"Today's ruling is devastating for #Arizona women and their families. This is not what Arizonans want, and women could die because of it."

“This isn't about partisanship — it's about protecting Arizonans' rights. And here in Arizona, we support a woman's right to an #abortion — which is why I am going to defeat Kari Lake and fight like hell to protect abortion rights once and for all."
Via Joyce Vance 🧵1/…
#Trump famously bragged about being the one to undo Roe v. Wade as pres, insinuating others had tried & failed. #Abortion continues to be a, if not the, defining issue for 2024 election. Dems have gotten a boost every time it was on the ballot since Dobbs was handed down.
So no surprise Trump walked it back in his statement this am, saying, leave abortion up to states, knowing that conserv stance on abortion cd cost him votes. It's not about policy or principle w Trump.
"While once again taking credit for the end of Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to an abortion, Donald Trump nonetheless tried to distance himself on Monday from the most extreme anti-abortion positions of his party in an explicit effort to 'win elections.'
The purported abortion position Trump peddled in a video posted Monday on Truth Social is unrealistic, unworkable, and unpopular. Don’t fall for it."
~ Chris Geidner
#Trump #abortion #RoevWade #extremism
https://www.lawdork.com/p/dont-fall-for-trumps-new-abortion-position
👇🏼 (Of course no matter how he answers these, he's lying, but at least it would be documented... again)
Via Kyle Griffin:
Q's #Trump needs to answer on #abortion:
Wd you sign bill prohib abortion after 15 wks?
Wd you direct FDA to revoke authorizatn of mifepristone or roll back expanded access?
Wd you use Comstock Act to ban or restrict abortion?
Would you sign legis protecting access to IVF?
How do you plan to vote on Fla ballot measure protecting right to abortion until fetal viability?
đź’Ą Via Democracy Docket:
BREAKING: #Nevada Supreme Court allows #abortion measure to be on the ballot this November. If passed, the measure would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NV-opinion.pdf
Until abortion access is fully legal, digital surveillance poses a significant threat. We’ve gotten better at answering questions about how to keep each other safe. Here’s what we’ve learned.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/two-years-post-roe-better-understanding-digital-threats #abortion #surveillance
Via Angry Staffer:
She thinks you should be forced to have your rapist’s baby.
Republicans in a nutshell, folks.
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Bash: You think there should be exceptions for rape and incest?
#Noem: I don’t think a tragedy should perpetuate another tragedy
Tommy Vietor:
Kristi Noem is considered a leading contender to be Trump VP pick. Here she says that women who are victims of rape or incest should be denied access to abortion services.
Planned Parenthood Plans $10 Million Boost for Democrats in #NorthCarolina
The party is banking on #abortion access as an issue to animate the state’s competitive race for governor and, they hope, galvanize voters for President Biden.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/planned-parenthood-north-carolina.html
💪🏼 Via Kyle Griffin:
A coalition of reproductive rights advocates say they've submitted the required number of signatures to get a proposed amendment to enshrine #abortion access in #SouthDakota's constitution on the November ballot.
55,000 signatures were collected — far more than the 35,000 needed.
#Louisiana passes bill to make #abortion pills a controlled dangerous substance🤦🏻‍♀️
The measure would make possession of the medications without a valid prescription or an order from a medical professional punishable by up to five years in prison, with an exception for pregnant people.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-passes-bill-make-abortion-pills-controlled-dangerous-substan-rcna153052 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-passes-bill-make-abortion-pills-controlled-dangerous-substan-rcna153052?cid=mob_npd_nn_ios_mar
Not going to dignify the current U.S. Supreme Court with a careful legal analysis of today’s #mifepristone decision. But, especially for non-lawyers, it is worth explaining what the opinion does and does not do. It does not prevent future challenges to the FDA’s regulation of the drug; nor does it provide any substantive protection for #abortion access. It does somewhat limit right-wingers from using federal courts to control women’s bodies. 1/ #LawFedi #Standing
The #IowaSupremeCourt ruled on Fri that the state’s 6-wk #AbortionBan, when most women don’t even know they are pregnant, could be enforced, a decision that sharply limits #access to #abortion & fulfills a longstanding aim of the state’s #Republican leaders.
#Iowa #law #ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #MaleSupremacy #ChristianEvangelism #NewApostolicReformation #RightWing #extremism
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/iowa-supreme-court-abortion-ban.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#SCOTUS on Thurs will issue more end-of-the-term rulings, potentially including whether #Trump is immune from prosecution in his federal #ElectionInterference case, whether #Jan6 #insurgents may be charged w/ #obstruction & whether #FederalRegulatoryAgencies should have their #powers reduced. Wed, the court inadvertently posted a ruling it has not yet announced that, while #litigation continues, would allow emergency #abortions to stabilize patients in #Idaho where #abortion is banned.
US #abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds https://apnews.com/article/7179dda48eae0a764be89c2e0aafd80a
Latest comic: JD Vance is an anti-abortion extremist