‘Shield laws’ allowed medical providers to ship pills to over 40,000 people in states that forbid abortions in last five months of 2023Over the last five months of 2023, medical providers shipped abortion pills to over 40,000 people living in states that forbid abortions, via new “shield laws” that protect providers who mail pills to people living under abortion restrictions.Researchers from #WeCount, a project by the Society of Family Planning that studies the impact of abortion restrictions...
When it was Shawnna Bolick’s turn to speak, the words tumbled out of her for 20 minutes. The conservative lawmaker was in the middle of a heated debate in the Republican-led Arizona Senate on a bill to repeal an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions. Democrats needed at least one more vote from the right to advance the bill. Bolick, head hung low and tripping over her words, described her three difficult pregnancies, including one that ended in miscarriage. She said she wouldn't have got...
Rep. Williams joined a group supporting House Bill 401, aimed at broadening the punishment for potentially harmful deepfakes.
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is planning a trip to Tennessee next month to speak out against the neighboring state’s sweeping abortion ban. It’s the latest sign that Beshear is looking to improve his party’s prospects in Republican territory and build up his own name recognition. Beshear
Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,” Kimra Luna got a text. A woman who’d taken abortion pills three weeks earlier was worried about bleeding—and disclosing the cause to a doctor. “Bleeding doesn’t mean you need to go in,” Luna responded on the encrypted messaging app Signal. “Some people bleed on and off for a month." It was a typically busy afternoon for Luna, a doula and reproductive care activist in a state with some of the strictest...
The UK parliament has made history with the passing of a bill banning the export of livestock for slaughter.
A Michigan state senator tried to take another path to try to return money to school districts that were fined for COVID-19 regulation violations. Sen. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, offered an amendment Wednesday to the 2025 state school budget to reimburse districts for previously unfair penalties.
BATON ROUGE - A bill aimed at banning the sale of recreational laughing gas and poppers has passed through the Louisiana House and Senate. Currently, cans of nitrous oxide — commonly known as laughing gas — can be bought at convenience stores and smoke shops. The gas comes in metal canisters with bright colors on the outside denoting the flavor of the gas inside. Most are branded as whipped cream containers, have warning labels that these products are not for human consumption...
Judge Sarah Evans Barker's decision allows Planned Parenthood to inform minors about out-of-state abortion options, bypassing Indiana's pro-life laws.
A show of bipartisanship in Washington helped Senators pass a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration. The $105-billion bill aims to improve customer service and safety for air travelers.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) signed a bill on Thursday that bans abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving reimbursements from Medicaid.
Critics argue the legislation, enacted under the guise of increased security, ramps up government surveillance and control, with no accountability mechanisms for public sector misuse.