On Thursday, the Louisiana state Legislature voted for the final passage of a first-of-its-kind bill to reclassify two abortion drugs as "controlled and dangerous substances." The bill now goes to the desk of the state's Republican Governor, Jeff Landry,
With fewer patients, clinics have to scale back, pivot or close. Ballot measures this November could restore abortion access — but may come too late. By Shefali Luthra and Chabeli Carrazana, The 19th. Voters in several states will likely have the chance to reverse their states’ abortion bans this November—but the election results could come too late for clinics that have been forced to scale back or even shut down while those bans were in effect. A measure to enshrine abortion rights in the...
A woman has been singled out from attending a block party after being labeled a "jerk" by one of her neighbors. In the story posted to the infamous AITA ("Am I the A--hole") forum on Reddit, the OP (a.k.a. the "original poster") explained why the woman in question was the only one who didn't score an invite for a block party she's organizing, sparking judgment on both sides from the internet. Here's how it all played out. "I live in a little neighborhood, a lot of kids...
Republicans are pushing through a bill that would classify two abortion
Having fewer births means lower state costs for services such as subsidized day care and public schools at a time when aging baby boomers are straining resources.
Gary McGill is also prohibited from following any female or group of females and banned from a street and two businesses
Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, the Democratic candidate for governor, today delivered a petition with thousands of signatures to the state Capitol to push for a referendum on guaranteeing access to abortion and reproductive healthcare. “As of this morning we have 2,500 signatures,” Williams said from the Capitol. Williams has been pushing for the referendum to
First-of-its-kind legislation signed Friday classifies mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substancesFirst-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana governor Jeff Landry.The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state senate. Continue reading
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has officially signed executive orders to make Juneteenth an executive branch holiday as well as a law that would protect natural hairstyles from discrimination.
Last of state’s Indigenous tribes vote ‘in solidarity’ to bar Noem after she claimed tribal leaders benefit from drug cartelsSouth Dakota’s far-right governor Kristi Noem is now officially barred by Indigenous groups from visiting all tribal lands in her own home state.The sweeping ban is the latest development in the contentious relationship between Noem and Indigenous tribes after controversial comments the governor made connecting tribal leaders to international drug cartels. Continue...
Before she voted to repeal Arizona's near-total abortion ban, Sen. Shawnna Bolick rose from her seat on the Senate floor to painstakingly detail one woman's three difficult pregnancies. The first pregnancy was not viable and would require a "D&C" — which, as the doctor informed the patient, is "like having an abortion" because tissue is removed from the uterus. The second pregnancy resulted in a healthy baby boy, but required an emergency C-section. The third delivered a baby girl, but demanded...
Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill Friday classifying the abortion-inducing drugs misoprostol and mifepristone as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances, a first-of-its-kind law that places them in the same category as narcotics and depressants. “Requiring an abortion-inducing drug to be obtained with a prescription and criminalizing the use of an abortion drug on […]