The GOP-backed, anti-choice omnibus law "was, in effect, trying to overrule the U.S. Supreme Court," said Kenneth Falk, legal director of the ACLU of Indiana.
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Democrat Hiral Tipirneni's opponent in next week's special election is a GOP state lawmaker who has sponsored a range of anti-choice measures, including defunding Planned Parenthood.
"As reproductive justice advocates, we recognize the insidious impact state-sponsored policies have on the dignity and rights of poor women of color who are often stripped of their ability to form the families they want."
“This victory is critically important for tens of thousands of Ohioans across our state that rely on Planned Parenthood for care and education each year."
Lawmakers passed bills that would make a slate of maternal, abortion, and other reproductive health care available to inmates while providing them with free menstrual hygiene products.
Many of the questions answered in the Congressional Research Service's report speak directly to talking points used by anti-choice lawmakers to demonize later abortion care.
The government regularly uses our tax contributions to fund the deportation or incarceration of our family members and to pass laws making health care more difficult to access.
Dr. George Delgado, a leading proponent of the controversial treatment to "reverse" a medication abortion, sat down with Rewire.News for a wide-ranging interview on consent and a new case series that details patients who have received the regimen.
“We need Democrats that are accountable to voters, not corporate donors. This is not a time to settle. To sit on the sidelines. To stand down. This is a time to fight."