“State politicians, in lock step with the Trump-Pence administration, are bending the rules to take away women’s health and rights any way they can,” said Danielle Wells of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Several student leaders said some of the fiercest critics advocating against the bill behind closed doors have been administrators within the University of California (UC) system.
"Gillum's upset win is proof positive that there’s a progressive revolution underway, and the old guard establishment can either get on board or get out of the way," Working Families Party National Director Maurice Mitchell said.
Activists who want church-state separation are staging public withdrawals from the Catholic Church, a new web tool uses emojis to pinpoint legislators' abortion stance, and the fight to change the law may advance the case for sex education.
"This decision by the government will enable tens of thousands of women each year to complete their treatment in the comfort and privacy of their own home," said Richard Bentley, managing director at Marie Stopes UK.
A decision Wednesday affirmed a lower court decision to block an Alabama measure prohibiting the most common form of second-trimester abortion. But the justices made it clear that if they could have upheld the ban, and thus upend Roe v. Wade, they would have.
Steven Valentine’s new Health and Human Services role was once held by abstinence-only advocate Valerie Huber, who now serves as a senior policy advisor at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
The future of reproductive rights in six states likely hinges on who is elected governor in November, as a state’s top lawmaker is instrumental in the decision to keep pre-Roe abortion bans intact or codify abortion rights into law.
Kavanaugh’s nomination represents a critical juncture in Sen. Susan Collins’ political career, and her vote on this nomination could be fateful for her 2020 re-election campaign.
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