Emma, 29, Texas. Elizabeth Nash, state policy analyst, Guttmacher Institute. Jessica Arons, JD, senior policy counsel, American Civil Liberties Union. Guttmacher Institute: “Medication Abortion Now Accounts for More Than Half of All US Abortions.” World Health Organization, Abortion care guideline: “Medical management of induced abortion: Recommendations 27-30 (3.4.2).” Diane Horvath, MD, OB/GYN, Baltimore. Meera Shah, … Read more
May 3, 2022 – The U.S. Supreme Court may be on the cusp of overturning 50-years of American abortion law, according to a draft opinion in a Mississippi case that was leaked to the news outlet Politico. The draft opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, outlines ways a presumed majority of the nine justices believes … Read more
Feb. 9, 2022 The Vermont legislature has approved a constitutional amendment that, if approved by voters, would guarantee a woman’s reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion. Other states have passed laws ensuring a woman’s right to an abortion, but Vermont would be the first to put that right in the state constitution, The … Read more
Dec. 10, 2021 — In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the controversial Texas abortion law that restricts the procedure to women pregnant for 6 weeks or less may continue to be enforced, but allowed for state and federal courts to hear challenges to whether it violates the Constitution. As … Read more
Dec. 1, 2021 — A majority of U.S. Supreme Court Justices on Wednesday seemed receptive to the idea that there is no constitutional right to abortion, or, at a minimum, that states are able to determine when a pregnancy can be terminated. The justices heard from lawyers arguing for and against a 2018 Mississippi law … Read more
3.19pm GMT15:19 Supreme court justice Sonia Sotomayor comes in hot, asking Scott Stewart, the solicitor general of Mississippi, about the politics around this case. “Fifteen justices over 30 years have reaffirmed that basic viability line,” she said, alluding to how Roe v Wade has been upheld since the 1992 Planned Parenthood v Casey decision. “Four … Read more
Nov. 1, 2021 — During 3 hours of oral arguments on Monday, a seeming majority of Supreme Court justices appeared receptive to blocking a Texas law that essentially outlaws abortion after 6 weeks. They seemed less certain about whether the federal government, which is also challenging the law, was within its rights to sue Texas. … Read more
White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked for her response to Texas governor Greg Abbott’s latest defense of the six-week abortion ban in his state. Abbott pledged to ‘eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas’ when he was asked why rape and incest victims should be forced to carry a pregnancy to term. Psaki said in response: ‘If … Read more
May 18, 2021 The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a Mississippi case with the potential to seriously weaken the abortion rights in Roe v. Wade. The justices will consider a law passed by the Mississippi legislature in 2018 that would ban almost all abortions after 15 weeks. Since the … Read more