🇺🇸 Discussion: Abortion II

[MagnarTheGreat]

Reuters - Walgreens won't dispense abortion pills in some Republican states

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.

www.nytimes.com

 

[blueharvest]

How Texas Created A Deadly New Normal For Domestic Violence Victims

The leading cause of death for pregnant women is homicide, most often by an abusive partner with a gun. And Texas is forcing victims to stay pregnant, while making it easier for abusers to get guns.

www.huffpost.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

They don’t give a **** about the already born.

 

[blueharvest]

A Year of Republicans Lying About Abortion

Don’t believe a single word they say in the run-up to the November election.

newrepublic.com

 

[squeekness]

I don't believe a word they say about anything, period.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Republican legislators speak out against proposed abortion ballot measure

A group of Republican Arizona legislators is speaking out against a proposed ballot measure to expand abortion access in the state.

kjzz.org

 

[blueharvest]

Republican legislators speak out against proposed abortion ballot measure

A group of Republican Arizona legislators is speaking out against a proposed ballot measure to expand abortion access in the state.

kjzz.org

Of course Republicans would want to strip away as many rights from women as humanly possible ...I mean, stand up for the unborn, or whatever.

 

[blueharvest]

The vasectomy boom: Post-Dobbs, are younger men stepping up?

Planned Parenthood clinics in some states are providing vasectomies — and plenty of younger men want them

www.salon.com

 

[blueharvest]

Republicans Struggle to Explain Away Their Hypocrisy on IVF

After the Alabama ruling on in vitro fertilization, Republicans rushed to state their support for IVF. But their support isn’t easy to explain—particularly for them.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

France makes abortion a constitutional right in historic Versailles vote

Eiffel Tower lit up to mark change, seen as way of protecting law that decriminalised abortion in 1975

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

France makes abortion a constitutional right in historic Versailles vote

Eiffel Tower lit up to mark change, seen as way of protecting law that decriminalised abortion in 1975

www.theguardian.com

Hopes this sets a precedent and more countries follow in their footsteps. (Like America. Again.)

 

[blueharvest]

House GOP navigates IVF backlash by offering symbolic measures with no force of law

House Republicans are trying to reconcile their pro-IVF rhetoric with backing life at conception. Many in swing districts are backing symbolic resolutions with no legal impact.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Alabama governor signs bill to protect IVF treatments into law

The Republican-led Legislature scrambled to create a fix to protect IVF after the state Supreme Court's decision that embryos are children created a national uproar.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

More Black women say abortion is their top issue in the 2024 election, a survey finds

More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year’s presidential election.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Wife of Judge on Mifepristone Case Was Paid by Anti-Abortion Group

The wife of James Ho, one of the circuit judges who banned mifepristone last year, took multiple payments from the group that brought it to court.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[blueharvest]

Study Finds Abortions Outside Healthcare System Spiked After Roe v. Wade Fell

Many of those abortions relied on drugs like mifepristone.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[blueharvest]

Kansas Republicans advance bill requiring abortion providers to state reason for patient’s procedure

The Republican-controlled Kansas state Legislature passed a bill Tuesday requiring abortion providers to ask patients the reason for their procedure and report the information to the state, a move …

thehill.com

 

[Teelie]

Do they never learn from voters? No, they never learn.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Obscure 19th Century law is being weaponized against bodily autonomy

Abortion opponents are citing the Comstock Act to stop "abortion pill trafficking." Experts say that's nonsense

www.salon.com

 

[blueharvest]

Democrats seek boost from abortion ballot measures in key battlegrounds

Democrats see efforts to get abortion on the ballot in key battleground states across the country as a way to boost turnout and energize their base amid signs of low voter enthusiasm for this year&…

thehill.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Teelie]

I hope voters in Florida make the right choice in November.

 

[mclay18]

I hope voters in Florida make the right choice in November.

I hope the FL SC judges were arrogant enough to think “this won’t hit 60%” when they signed off on putting it on the November ballot.

This will juice up turnout for the US Sen race too.