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AZ GOP Passes Measure to End Residents’ Right to Vote on Retaining Justices
The measure would have to be approved by voters in the fall election before it can become constitutional law.
Some Worry SCOTUS Mifepristone Ruling Could Offer Roadmap for Future Challenges
Legal scholar Michele Goodwin discusses the anti-abortion movement’s playbook of attacks on reproductive health care.
SCOTUS Blocks Mifepristone Challenge, Keeping Abortion Medication Legal for Now
The high court ruled that the challengers to the FDA approval of mifepristone lacked standing to make their case.
Hundreds of Arizona Doctors Urge Voters to Back Abortion Rights Amendment
“Every person should be able to make their own decisions” regarding abortion, the doctors wrote.
Poll Shows Most South Dakota Voters Back Abortion Rights Ballot Amendment
South Dakota currently bans abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
Arizona Organizers Are Putting Abortion Front and Center
Arizona for Abortion Access wants to destigmatize open discussion of abortion in their ballot measure campaign.
TX Supreme Court Rules Ban on Abortions in Medical Emergencies Will Continue
The ruling means physicians must wait until patients are dangerously ill before terminating their pregnancies.
Louisiana Banned Abortion Pills. It Also Faces a Maternal Mortality Crisis.Â
Instead of addressing sky-high rates of pregnancy-related death, Louisiana lawmakers criminalized abortion pills.Â
Texas GOP Platform States “Abortion Is Not Healthcare, It Is Homicide”
Reproductive rights advocates warn that the party may push the death penalty on those who obtain abortion care.
Across the US, Republicans and Democrats Clash Over Right to Contraception
Access to contraception is broadly popular, but Donald Trump and the GOP are fighting attempts to protect it.