Maher hit out at Republicans as they flip flop on abortion rights amid backlash over a stringent Arizona abortion ban. He felt they are like a 'dog that caught the car', as they didn't know what to do once they achieved their aim. His remarks came as Trump angered supporters by coming out against a national abortion ban, arguing it should be a 'states issue'
After a conservative majority of the Arizona Supreme Court ruled April 9 to uphold an antiquated near-total abortion ban from 1864, the shockwaves on both sides of the political aisle were immediate and obvious. Democrats decried the court’s decision, vowing to redouble efforts to pass an amendment to the state’s constitution. If passed, the Arizona Abortion Access Act would effectively negate the court’s ruling and guarantee abortion access to all Arizona citizens. Republicans faced a far...
A new Civiqs poll for Daily Kos shows why the issue of abortion is so perilous for the Republican Party, with voters viewing themselves as significantly more aligned with Democrats on the matter. By 15 points, registered voters say their opinion on abortion is closer to that of Democrats in their states than Republicans, at 48% to 33%, according to the poll released Wednesday. President Joe Biden also fares 8 points better than Donald Trump on the question of how voters think the...
We have always said life begins at conception. Our Republican allies seem not to have heard that—even after years of taking our money and votes and giving 'I am Pro-Life' statements when their earpiece gives them their consultants’ clearance.
In Gov. Gavin Newsom's new political advertisement, two anxious young women in an SUV drive toward the Alabama state line. The passenger says she thinks they're going to make it, before a siren blares and the flashing lights of a police car appear in the rearview mirror. "Miss," a police officer who approaches the window says to the panicked driver, "I’m gonna need you to step out of the vehicle and take a pregnancy test." The fictional video is the latest in a series of visceral advertisements...
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs called her state’s decision to ban abortion in nearly all cases, including rape and incest, “outrageous.” “The devastating impact that this ban will have on healthcare for women across the state is just unconscionable,” she said. The ban was originally enacted in 1864, before Arizona was even a state and women had the right to vote. Governor Hobbs pointed out, however, that Arizonans will have the opportunity to “enshrine abortion” in their constitution during the...
The law specifies that anyone who "provides, supplies and administers" an abortion procedure or drugs to induce it faces two to five years in prison.
Iowa has asked the state Supreme Court to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, disputing abortion providers’ claims it infringes on women’s rights to exercise bodily autonomy
Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect
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Arizona Republicans in the state House blocked a second effort to repeal the state's 1864 law banning abortion which has sparked outrage nationwide.
The bill would only let a parent or legal guardian (or someone with written permission) to accompany a minor for an abortion out of state.