PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionAnti-Abortion Activist on 10-Year-Old Rape Victim: ‘A Woman’s Body Is Designed to Carry Life’Laura Strietmann, head of Cincinnati Right to Life, referred to the child as a "woman" in arguing that she should've…ByKylie CheungPublishedApril 19, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionSupreme Court Punts Abortion Pill Case to Friday, Which Is Not a Good SignIt should be the world’s easiest call to smack down the disingenuous lawsuit against mifepristone. SCOTUS needing a…BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 19, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionAbortion Isn't Even a Top 5 Issue for Republican Primary Voters, Per Internal PollingThis might explain why Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) didn't even mention in his speech Friday that he'd just signed a…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedApril 14, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionCongress Needs to Repeal This Zombie 1873 Abortion Ban Before It Blows Up in Our Faces"If it were to become the law, it would be absolutely catastrophic," an ACLU lawyer said of the Comstock Act, which…BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 13, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionRepublicans Can't Shut Up About How Aborted Fetuses Could Be WorkersAnd I'll keep shouting about research shows that denying a parent an abortion can push their family into poverty.ByKylie CheungPublishedApril 13, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionFlorida Republicans Vote Down Abortion Exception for Condition That Nearly Killed a Black WomanThe move comes after devastating reporting that a woman whose water broke at 16 weeks miscarried in a hair salon…BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 13, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionAppeals Court Judges Want People to Take 3 Trips to a Clinic to Get Abortion PillsThe right-wing 5th Circuit panel ruled that mifepristone should be prescribed the way it was back in the year 2000.BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 13, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionBiden Administration Moves to Ban Healthcare Workers From Reporting Abortions to PoliceThe proposed rule would close a loophole in HIPAA that allows doctors and nurses to call the cops on their patients.BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 12, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionRepublicans Can't Seem to Agree on What to Do About AbortionIgnore it entirely? Rally around Lindsey Graham's 15-week ban? Listen to activists and ban it at fertilization? Are…BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 12, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionOver 66,000 People in 6 Months Were Unable to Get Abortions in Their Home States Post-Roe“We don’t know whether those people remained pregnant, or got an abortion some other way,” reported FiveThirtyEight.ByKylie CheungPublishedApril 12, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionCNN's Abby Phillip Cuts Off Anti-Abortion Activist, Rebuts Her Lies About MifepristoneThe abortion pill is "more safe than penicillin," the CNN anchor said. "It’s more safe than even Viagra, which is so…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedApril 12, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionSo a Judge Tried to Ban the Abortion Pill. What Happens Now?It's looking very likely that the Supreme Court will soon get to rule on access to medication abortions, which have…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedApril 11, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionTexas Man Who Sued Over His Ex-Wife's Abortion Appears to Be a Lying CreepMarcus Silva, who sued three women for helping his ex get abortion pills, reportedly surveilled her text messages…BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 11, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionFlorida Woman Denied Abortion Miscarried in Hair Salon Bathroom, Lost Half Her BloodEmergency room doctors had sent Anya Cook home due to the state's 15-week abortion ban. A nurse gave her antibiotics…BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 10, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionRepublican Congresswoman Says FDA Should Ignore Texas Judge's Abortion Pill Ruling“This is an issue Republicans have been largely on the wrong side of," said Nancy Mace. "We have, over the last 9…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedApril 10, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionRepublican Congressman on Mifepristone Ruling: Let’s 'Get Off the Abortion Conversation'Challenged on his claim that he supports "states' rights," Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales blurted out, "Women have a whole…BySusan RinkunasPublishedApril 10, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionIowa Attorney General Halts Plan B and Abortion Assistance for Rape VictimsRepublican Brenna Bird, who ran on "protecting victims," is now auditing Iowa's sexual assault victim compensation…ByKylie CheungPublishedApril 9, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionRepublicans Are Strangely Silent on the Abortion Pill RulingSen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a prolific poster, tweeted about his vacuum amid the bombshell news. Are they worried…ByCaitlin CruzPublishedApril 8, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionIn Ruling to Ban Abortion Pills, Federal Judge Claims 'Fetus' Is an Unscientific TermThe right-wing, devoutly Christian, Trump-appointed judge wrote that he's just trying to be "inclusive" in referring…ByKylie CheungPublishedApril 8, 2023
PoliticsAbortionPoliticsAbortionTrump-Appointed Judge Bans the Abortion Pill Nationwide, Starting in 7 DaysMifepristone has been FDA-approved for over 20 years—until anti-abortion activists handpicked right-wing Texas judge…BySusan Rinkunas and Caitlin CruzUpdatedApril 7, 2023