It has been two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that established a federal right to abortion, in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, now returning the issue of abortion to individual states. Since then 14 states have completely banned abortion with limited exceptions, according […]
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Gov. Maura Healey acts to ensure access to abortion in Mass.
BOSTON ― Taking a proactive step in light of an anticipated Supreme Court ruling in two cases involving emergency abortion care, Massachusetts Gov. Maura T. Healey Monday issued an executive order that she said established the state as a “beacon” for reproductive rights. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey clarifies state laws and regulations regarding access to reproductive […]
Maddow Blog | Why Nancy Mace’s comments about abortion being legal matter
It was exactly two years ago today when Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices overturned Roe v. Wade, launching a brutally regressive campaign that imposed restrictions on Americans’ reproductive rights in many states nationwide. But to hear GOP Rep. Nancy Mace tell it, those opposed to the high court’s ruling and its consequences can take some comfort […]
Texas’ abortion ban tied to more Infant deaths, study indicates
Following state legislation passed in 2021 that essentially banned abortion in Texas, the rate of infant deaths rose by almost 13%, compared to a much smaller 1.8% rise nationwide, a new study finds. The number of Texan babies whose deaths were specifically linked to birth defects also jumped by 22.9% in 2022, the year after […]
Biden Rips Trump For Abortion Rights ‘Nightmare’ On Second Anniversary Of Fall Of Roe
Joe Biden has singled out Donald Trump’s influence on rolling back abortion rights in an attack on his presidential rival on the second anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned. The president hit out at the presumptive Republican nominee for appointing three conservative justices to vacancies on the Supreme Court, which “ripped away” reproductive health […]
Beshear denounces ‘extremism’ in abortion policy at Tenn. reproductive health event
Gov. Andy Beshear reiterated a call for Kentucky and Tennessee to add rape and fatal fetal anomaly exceptions to both state’s near-total abortion bans, saying “extremism pushes everybody off.” “Imagine somebody violated by a person in their family, somebody who is supposed to keep them safe,” Beshear said to a crowd at the Tennessee Justice […]
Democrats aim anger at Trump on anniversary of abortion rights ruling
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden‘s campaign on Monday will use the second anniversary of a Supreme Court’s decision overturning abortion rights to spotlight an issue it believes can help defeat Donald Trump in this year’s election. Biden’s team held a series of abortion rights events over the weekend and both Vice […]
Abortion access has won when it’s been on the ballot. That’s not an option for half the states
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Tucked inside the West Virginia Statehouse is a copy of a petition to lawmakers with a simple request: Let the voters decide whether to reinstate legal access to abortion. The request has been ignored by the Republican lawmakers who have supermajority control in the Legislature and banned abortions in the state […]
Abortion rights will ‘wake up’ voters this fall
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland slammed former President Donald Trump’s “abortion fiasco” Saturday during a campaign stop in Mesa and said the issue of abortion rights will “wake up” voters and drive turnout this fall. “Republicans see our country as a dark place where, you know, where there’s no hope at all. Joe and Kamala see […]
Trump to address conservative Christian group that advocates for national abortion ban
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump will address attendees at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “2024 Road to Majority” conference in Washington on Saturday — an evangelical group whose advocacy for a national abortion ban conflicts with Trump’s policy statements on the issue. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has walked a tight rope in […]
Trump will address influential evangelicals who back him but want to see a national abortion ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is set to speak Saturday to a group of politically influential evangelicals who fiercely support him but would like to see the presumptive Republican presidential nominee promise to do more to restrict abortion. Trump’s stated opposition to signing a nationwide ban on abortion and his reluctance to detail some of […]
Here’s the landscape 2 years after the Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion
Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The June 24, 2022, ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization sparked legislative action, protest and numerous lawsuits — placing the […]