Dr. Randall Williams, Missouri's health director, admitted to keeping a spreadsheet with the menstrual cycles of patients at the Planned Parenthood clinic he's trying to shut down.
“Alabama’s abortion ban contravenes clear Supreme Court precedent,” Judge Thompson wrote. “It violates the right of an individual to privacy, to make 'choices central to personal dignity and autonomy.' It diminishes 'the capacity of women to act in society, and to make reproductive decisions.' It defies the United States Constitution.”
Anti-choice laws have direct effects on people experiencing domestic violence, especially those seeking abortion care without their abuser’s knowledge.
A Virginia Republican compared gun safety regulations to placing "ankle bracelets" on pregnant people, as the state's critical November 5 election approaches.
As the plaintiffs explain in their complaint, the "abortion reversal" law demands that physicians provide state-mandated ideology that is at odds with universally recognized standards of medical care.
The next governor “will just continue this race to the bottom by elected officials" to make abortion care inaccessible, said Felicia Brown-Williams, Mississippi state director for Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates.