abortion
Donald Trump's conflicting abortion stances are coming back to haunt him — and his party.
NBC News reports: "In the past three days, the former president has energized scores of Democrats across the country, elevated the marquee issue of his opponent’s campaign, potentially put a key battleground state at risk and drawn fire from onetime allies in his own party."
💥 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
"A full 54% of Americans (and 56% of registered voters) now want Congress to pass 'a law that keeps abortion as legal and accessible as it was nationwide under Roe v. Wade,' according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll."
Yahoo News reports: "That is the highest level of public support for making Roe the 'law of the land' since Yahoo News and YouGov started asking about the issue in spring 2022."
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.
The conservative Supreme Court justices today are just like most Supreme Court justices have always been: entrenched in the view that the federal government doesn’t not have the power nor the right to protect ALL of its citizens, notwithstanding the triumph of the 14th Amendment, which attempts to make dual sovereignty fully compatible with democracy. 1/ #LawFedi #women #abortion #AbortionAccess
Via Kyle Griffin:
It's official: #SouthDakota officials have certified a proposed amendment that would enshrine #abortion access in the state's constitution to appear on the November ballot.
Via Gavin Newsom:
What Donald Trump’s version of “quite well” means (Image below.):
Biden-Harris HQ:
Embedded video:
#Trump: They tried to cancel Roe v. Wade for many years. We did it. It’s working out quite well, actually
#abortion
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
#VOTE! 6-week abortion ban takes effect in Florida; #SouthDakota puts access on ballot
“#Florida's six-week abortion ban took effect Wednesday after being signed into law a year ago, while #abortion advocates are submitting about 60,000 signatures to put access on the ballot in November.”
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/05/01/florida-south-dakota-abortion-ban-ballot/1751714494077/
#Arizona governor signs into law measure to repeal 1864 #abortion ban
“Hobbs’ signature does not alone guarantee that the ban will not take effect. Arizona legislation typically takes effect 90 days after the conclusion of the state legis session, which may last into summer. Arizona Dem lawmakers lacked the numbers to add an emergency clause into the repeal to let it go into effect earlier…ban may temporarily come into force”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/02/arizona-1864-abortion-ban-repealed-governor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Missing from this piece is the fact that it’s virtually impossible to find a provider to perform an #abortion after 24 wks absent significant fetal abnormalities or a threat to the health/life of the pregnant person.
I get opposing a referendum that only guarantees access through 13 wks, but not one that guarantees access through viability and has appropriate exceptions beyond.
Plus it blunts the crazy propaganda about “abortion on demand until birth.”
💪🏼 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.
Jess Piper reports – from the ground in rural Missouri and Arkansas – about how, since it knows it cannot win fair and square, the Republican party is resorting to tricks, subterfuge, and outright lies to try to impose its minority position on abortion on the majority who believe that abortion should not be made illegal.
She recently went to a Democratic rally in Arkansas, and encountered a woman handing out cards with QR code.
https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/if-the-gop-cant-keep-voters-from
Via Taniel:
BFD in #Missouri: GOP tried to rush a constitutional change to crack down on future ballot initiatives. Anticipated an #abortion rights measure this fall.
But Democrats triggered the longest filibuster in state history to sink it in final days of session. https://missouriindependent.com/2024/05/17/missouri-session-initiative-petition-senate/
#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
#SCOTUS retains full #access to key #AbortionMedication #mifepristone
The #SupremeCourt on Thurs refused to limit access to a widely used #abortion #medication, rejecting a challenge from #antiabortion doctors 2 years after the court’s #conservative majority overturned #RoeVWade on procedural grounds.
#law #ReproductiveRights #FDA #medicine #medical #health #WomensHealth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/13/supreme-court-abortion-pill-ruling-mifepristone/
🤦🏻♀️House passes $895 billion defense policy bill that targets #abortion access and #diversity protections, advances other #GOP priorities - WaPo
This video (< 4 min) shows the most common first-trimester surgical #abortion procedure (D&C aspiration), in real time, with patient covered.
I recommend people watch it just to get a real sense of the (lack of) complexity of the procedure. It is obviously *so much less* than the pro-life side would have you believe.
For those who've had a pap smear, it's a bit worse, but not as bad as an endometrial biopsy. (I have had all 3.)