And in other news, abortion restrictions are being challenged in Louisiana and Montana, and our national immigration agency just keeps being deplorable.
The Senate GOP's unconstitutional 20-week ban was always destined to fail, but anti-choice advocates and their allies in Congress pushed ahead for the sake of politics.
“We have to make a public statement and really raise public awareness that this is misleading information, not based on science, and it’s politically motivated purely to deceive, pressure, and shame our patients."
The drive to ban the medical procedure eight weeks into pregnancy is the latest iteration of state and federal level policies designed to erode abortion access.
By inviting one abortion-rights foe, Ryan underscored the close working relationship between congressional Republicans, the Trump administration, and the Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ group.
The due process and equal protection clauses in the Fifth and 14th Amendments apply to "persons." Not "citizens." Not "Americans." Not "people we like."
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