GOP Governor – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

21 Apr

South Dakota Anti-abortion lawmakers seek to redefine ‘abortion’ to exclude medical treatment

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Some anti-abortion state lawmakers are pushing to revise the definition of “abortion” so abortion bans don’t apply to cases in which the death of an “unborn child” is the result of medical care provided to the pregnant woman.

Doctors oppose myriad of ‘extremist’ abortion bills in Ohio Statehouse

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Lawmakers remain on break for the rest of this month, but recent legislation still under consideration is getting new criticism from physicians around the state. 150 Ohio doctors, organized by a national group called the Committee to Protect Health Care, have signed a letter strongly opposing a flurry of what they call “extremist” abortion bills moving through the Statehouse.

As Florida restricted abortion, state’s maternal mortality committee went dark

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis campaigned against a 2024 ballot initiative to roll back the state's restrictive abortion laws. From DeSantis X feed. In 2025, a Fort Walton Beach woman died after developing severe pregnancy complications, leaving her firefighter husband to raise their baby girl on his own.