The proposed amendment was sold as attempting to protect doctors in medical emergencies, but would have gone much, much further.
By Bram Sable-Smith and Rachana Pradhan, KFF Health News In early February, abortion rights supporters gathered to change Missouri history at the Pageant — a storied club where rock ’n’ roll revolutionary Chuck Berry often had played: They launched a signature-gathering campaign to put a constitutional amendment to voters this year to legalize abortion in the state. “We have fought long for this moment,” the Rev. Love Holt, the emcee, told the crowd. “Just two years after Missouri made...
Nevada Judge Erika Ballou vindicated pro-lifers’ longtime fears that the Equal Rights Amendment would be used to create ‘rights’ to abortion and more.
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 critics say creates an unnecessary hurdle for patients to receive reproductive care. The state Senate passed the bill in a 27-13 party-line vote on Tuesday, after
Marilyn Lands's surprise victory suggests reproductive rights are key issue
The French parliament recently voted in favor of enshrining the right to abortion into the country's constitution. While crowds celebrated outside, the slogan "my body my choice" was projected onto the Eiffel Tower in giant letters.
Democratic Arizona state Senator Eva Burch made headlines last week after speaking on the floor of the state Senate about her plans to obtain an abortion after receiving news that her pregnancy was nonviable. Arizona has banned all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. “I felt like it was really important for me to bring people along, so that people could really see what this looks like,” says Burch, a former nurse practitioner who worked at a women’s health clinic before running for office,...
The Supreme Court's anti-abortion majority is set to consider whether to order a reversal in U.S. drug laws and restrict women from obtaining abortion medication at pharmacies or through the mail. A ruling to restrict the most common method of abortion would limit the rights of women in California and other states where abortion remains legal. "We may have thought we were protected because California is supportive of abortion, but this decision [on abortion pills] will be national in scope,"...
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The case is the most significant abortion question to come before the court since it overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
The case is the most significant abortion question to come before the court since it overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
The case is the most significant abortion question to come before the court since it overturned the constitutional right to abortion.