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27 Aug

Trump’s Evangelical Supporters Just Lost Their Best Excuse

AlanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Evangelical, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

The pro-life justification for supporting the former president has now collapsed.

26 Aug

Insurance refused to pay for her abortion, even when her life was at stake

BarbraLatest NewsHealthcare, Insurance, Reproductive rights, Wisconsin

Ashley and Kyle were newlyweds in early 2022 and thrilled to be expecting their first child. But bleeding had plagued Ashley from the beginning of her pregnancy, and in July, at seven weeks, she began miscarrying.

25 Aug

Abortion rights won’t be safe with Hogan in the Senate | GUEST COMMENTARY

BarbraLatest NewsMaryland, Opinion, Reproductive rights, United States, US Senate

Two years ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion and opening the floodgates to a patchwork of abortion restrictions across the United States. Now, in Maryland, abortion rights are on the ballot. I’m not just talking about this November’s ballot initiative that would enshrine reproductive freedom into the Maryland state constitution.

25 Aug

Commentary: Men must stand with Harris to reclaim reproductive rights

BarbraLatest News, United StatesFlorida, Men, Opinion, Reproductive rights

In the fight for reproductive freedom, and so much that impacts our daily lives, this election is crucial. Since Trump overturned Roe v. Wade, nearly two dozen states have totally banned abortion or severely restricted it. The impacts of these have been catastrophic.

24 Aug

Reproductive rights up for vote on Maryland’s 2024 ballot

PatLatest NewsAbortion ballot measure, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Maryland, Reproductive rights, United States

Abortion rights will be on the Maryland ballot in 2024. Abortions are legal in Maryland. However, state lawmakers last year passed an amendment that would enshrine the right to an abortion, and "reproductive freedom," in Maryland's constitution.

23 Aug

Dems discuss the future of Women’s Reproductive Rights

PatLatest News

Women’s reproductive rights are on the ballot in 2024 and a hot conversation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Republicans and Democrats are using the issue to energize voters to hit the polls in November. Think Big America hosted a panel of pro-choice activists and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to discuss what’s at stake this election.

23 Aug

Texans talk abortion rights, guns, border and immigration at Democratic National Convention

AlanLatest NewsDNC, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

Several Texas Democrats enjoyed a short reprieve from their deep-red state this week and descended on Chicago, surrounding themselves in the friendlier confines of the Democratic National Convention.

22 Aug

The Male Pill: A Game Changer

AlanLatest NewsContraceptives, Men, Reproductive rights, United States

It reflects an important shift in the assumption that contraception is primarily the responsibility of women.

22 Aug

Opinion: North Carolina judges, the fall election, and reproductive freedom

AlanLatest Newslegislation, North Carolina, Opinion, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

As we sprint towards Election Day 2024 with high-profile presidential and congressional elections on the horizon, many of us are talking about how these elections will impact abortion access in North Carolina and around the country. Even if we elect a pro-choice White House, however, the specter of nine unelected justices appointed for life to the highest court in the land where they play an outsized role in abortion access remains. For anti-abortion lawmakers, getting six anti-abortion justices to form a supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court was indeed the key to pushing their unpopular and regressive agenda.

21 Aug

Here’s Where Abortion Is On The Ballot In November—As Montana Measure Qualifies

MollyLatest News, United States2024 Ballot, Abortion Rights, Ballot, polls, Voting

“A ballot measure on legalizing abortion in Montana officially qualified Monday, one of nine states set to have abortion on their November ballot—including some where the procedure is now banned….”

20 Aug

Speakers Share Impact Of Trump’s Abortion Ban On Their Lives

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Abortion Rights, Reproductive rights, United States

CHICAGO – At the 2024 Democratic National Convention, several speakers shared deeply personal stories of how former President Donald Trump’s abortion ban affected their lives. Abortion has become the leading issue for most Democrats.

19 Aug

Yellowhammer Fund Gala makes D.C. debut for reproductive justice in the deep South

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive rights, Southern U.S., United States

Yellowhammer Fund, a 501(c)3 abortion advocacy and reproductive justice organization serving Alabama, Mississippi, and the Deep South, announced the debut of their Yellowhammer Fund Gala in Washington D.C. This groundbreaking event will bring together supporters of reproductive health, rights, and justice for an evening of entertainment on 14th Street on Saturday, September 28th.

18 Aug

‘Perfect storm’ of crises is leading to cutbacks in abortion care, advocates say

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Funding, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reprocuctive Rights

Advocates for abortion access say compounding crises of abortion bans, rising economic costs and systemic health care issues are beginning to cause significant funding challenges and potential disruptions to reproductive care of all kinds.

17 Aug

New York Planned Parenthood staff decry ‘devastating’ abortion service cuts

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Service Cuts, Healthcare, Manhattan, New York, Planned Parenthood, United States

"In the coming weeks, Planned Parenthood’s Manhattan health center will stop offering core reproductive health services, including abortions after 20 weeks and deep sedation for procedures like abortion or IUD insertion. The Manhattan clinic currently offers abortion through 24 weeks and is the only Planned Parenthood location in the state that does so. The group has been beset by financial challenges, and plans to close a number of New York clinics in the near future...."

16 Aug

Iowa abortion providers dismiss legal challenge against state’s strict law now that it’s in effect

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Ban, dismissed case, Iowa, Lawsuit, legal challenge, United States

"Iowa abortion providers opted to dismiss their lawsuit against the state Thursday, forgoing a continued legal battle after the Iowa Supreme Court upheld the state’s strict abortion law and reiterated that there is no constitutional right to an abortion in the state. Iowa’s law prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant, went into effect on July 29. Abortion had been legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy...."