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.
Lawmakers in the GOP-dominated Texas Legislature have failed to pass any meaningful policy changes to address the high rates of maternal mortality among Black women.
Colorado state Sen. Tim Neville, a leading anti-choice Republican, has supported "personhood" abortion bans and opposed a successful teen pregnancy prevention program.
Abortion clinics can offer free pregnancy tests so people can avoid biased counseling elsewhere, and health-care providers need to close gaps in their referral networks and their knowledge about abortion services in their areas.
This is no time for smoke and mirrors to cover a shameful history of inaction in a state that was once a national safe haven for people seeking an abortion.
“The greater focus ought to be on what is happening to patient rights and access to health care they need—in that context this clinic closure is pronounced,” said Francie Hunt, executive director Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood.
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