One in six hospital beds nationwide is in a hospital that follows Catholic directives. In Illinois, that number is closer to one in three. In some states, more than 40 percent of hospital beds are in facilities operating under Catholic restrictions.
Trump’s letter outlined the anti-choice policies he is “committed to," including nominating “pro-life justices” to the Supreme Court and signing into law the medically and scientifically dubious “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” in order to enact a nationwide ban on later abortions.
A House Republican's "dismemberment abortion" ban relies on junk science about fetal pain. He equated the common abortion care procedure with “violence against children.”
Former Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) last year cited anti-choice activists' widely discredited smear videos as the basis for removing Planned Parenthood from the state Medicaid program
Reproductive rights advocates contend that because the single-payer initiative does not provide explicit guarantees of abortion coverage, Colorado's current ban on public funding for abortion (except in cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment) will remain in force, thus depriving patients of comprehensive health-care coverage.
Fifty-nine percent of voters in battleground states would likely withdraw support should their member of Congress vote to restrict funding for reproductive health care amid the escalating crisis, according to a new NARAL Pro-Choice America poll.
Although the Obama administration has made numerous attempts to appease religiously affiliated nonprofits who object to providing contraception coverage in health-care plans, many of those nonprofits made it clear last week compromise is not possible.
“Newman's endorsement just goes to show why Trump has brought together the anti-choice movement and the racist, misogynistic alt-right: All of them share an intense desire to put women down and prevent us from being full partners in society," NARAL President Ilyse Hogue said.
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Executive Director Kellie Copeland last week responded to the ballot initiative, saying the law would punish women. “If passed, women and doctors would be imprisoned for any abortion, even one to save a woman’s life,” Copeland said.
