Abortion Rights – Page 32 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

12 Jul

Iowa House passes 6-week abortion ban in special session called by GOP governor

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Senate File 579 prohibits physicians from providing most abortions after early cardiac activity can be detected in a fetus or embryo, commonly as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.

11 Jul

Iowa lawmakers’ special session is aimed at further restricting abortion

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Abortion in Iowa is legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Lawmakers will meet Tuesday in a special session — as Republicans try to pass a bill banning nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

10 Jul

Florida Supreme Court to hear abortion case in September

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The court will hear a challenge to a 2022 law that prevented abortions after 15 weeks. The outcome will affect a law passed this year that would bar abortions after six weeks.

09 Jul

Lawsuit could deny women important information on abortions, legislator says | Commentary

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Kansas women who had abortions courageously testified before the state Legislature about the lack of information they had been given prior to choosing abortion

09 Jul

TAKE ACTION ON JULY 9TH IN D.C.

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On July 9th, we're taking the fight for abortion rights back to Washington D.C.

08 Jul

Iowa lawmakers are returning to the capitol for a special session to restrict abortion access

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Governor Kim Reynolds has called a special legislative session for July 11, after the state supreme court declined to reinstate a 2018 abortion ban after about six weeks of pregnancy

07 Jul

New York’s novel equal rights amendment could make the state a haven for abortion access

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"...New York lawmakers have, in two consecutive sessions, passed the New York Equal Protection of Law Amendment, which would ban a wide range of discrimination based on sex, expressly including sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. It would also ban discrimination based on age, disability, ethnicity and national origin and establish a constitutional right to abortion and other reproductive health care...."

06 Jul

A coalition of “crisis pregnancy” centers scored a victory this week in their legal fight for documentation they demanded explaining why state officials issued a December consumer alert warning the public about them. July 6, 2023

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Judge orders state Attorney General’s Office to produce contested records

05 Jul

Arizona governor asked to rescind executive order limiting prosecution of abortion-related cases

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"Twelve of Arizona’s 15 county attorneys are calling for Gov. Katie Hobbs to rescind her recent executive order that limits them from prosecuting abortion-related cases. “The governor’s office should not interfere with the discretion of prosecutors in fulfilling their duties as elected officials,” said the attorneys’ letter sent to Hobbs late Monday. “Whether this was the intended purpose, the result is an unnecessary and unjustified impingement on the duties and obligations of elected county attorneys in Arizona.”...."

05 Jul

Deadline today: Ohio abortion measure must submit signatures to make the November ballot

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"Today marks the deadline for proponents of abortion access to file signatures to put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Backers of the amendment are expected to file more than the minimum 413,446 signatures to account for possible errors or mistakes...."

04 Jul

How Washington’s ‘shield law’ protects abortion patients coming from other states

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There are signs that more patients are crossing into Washington, especially from Idaho, for the medical procedure

03 Jul

‘A long time coming’: New medication abortion program launches on Cape and Islands

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"Starting today, people in rural parts of Massachusetts have more options when seeking abortions. Although Massachusetts is among the states with the least restrictive abortion policies, advocates say there are still some regions of the state, especially the Cape and Islands, where it can be hard for people to access services, in some cases having to travel hundreds of miles to the nearest clinic, often at a high financial cost. But through a new medication abortion program, Health Imperatives, which operates clinics in Brockton, Plymouth, Wareham, New Bedford, Hyannis, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, is making abortion care available in areas of…

02 Jul

After fall of Roe, emboldened religious conservatives lobby to restrict abortion in Africa

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"Efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa were shaken when the U.S. Supreme Court ended the national right to an abortion a year ago. Within days, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio declared that his government would decriminalize abortion “at a time when sexual and reproductive health rights for women are being either overturned or threatened.”..."

29 Jun

Almost 3,000 Texans had an abortion in Kansas last year, state data shows

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"Almost 3,000 Texas women received an abortion in Kansas last year, new data shows. At the same time, the number of abortions performed in Texas ground to a halt in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade...."

29 Jun

One Year After Roe’s Fall, Here’s Where Abortion Access Stands In The D.C. Region

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"In Virginia, now the southernmost state without a post-Roe ban, the future of abortion access remains a contentious debate — and one expected to heat up in this fall’s off-off year election where abortion is expected to be a top line issue. ... D.C. lawmakers, like those in Maryland, acted to protect the many out-of-state travelers they anticipated would flock to the D.C. area in a post-Roe landscape...."