Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion ban over medical exceptions
The Texas Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to the state’s near-total abortion ban, ruling Friday that there is no need to clarify the law’s medical exceptions. Texas bans abortion in almost all circumstances, but the court’s nine Republican justices ruled that a medical exception allows doctors to perform the procedure even if a woman […]
Melinda French Gates to Dump $1 Billion into Abortion, Women’s Orgs
Melinda French Gates announced this week that she will donate $1 billion to women’s groups around the world, including groups that promote the killing of unborn babies through abortion in the United States. “I have long been focused on improving access to contraception overseas.Dobbs Times have changed and I feel I must support reproductive rights […]
Democrat PAC Plans $100M Abortion Blitz to Take House in November
The Democratic House Majority PAC plans to spend $100 million on ads about the killing of unborn children through abortion in an effort to energize voters and take back the House in November. The Reproductive Freedom and Responsibility Fund puts money into swing districts across the United States. hill report Citing the memo, the PAC […]
REPORT: Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Drugging Girlfriend With Abortion Pill
Police arrested a man Friday in Massachusetts after he allegedly gave his ex-girlfriend an abortion drug without her knowledge, CBS News reported. Robert Kawada, 43, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges at his arraignment Tuesday in Waltham District Court, according to CBS News. Kawada’s charges include poisoning, assault and battery on a household or family […]
GOP Struggled With Voters 18-29 in 2022 Election Over Abortion, Gun Rights, Climate Change
The Republican Party struggled with young voters ages 18-29 in the 2022 midterm election, largely due to issues such as abortion, gun rights, and climate change, according to an analysis from Look Ahead Strategies. CNN found that House Democratic candidates “won voters under 30 by 28 points,” which was a two-point increase over the 2020 […]
Louisiana Makes Forcing Abortion Pills on Pregnant Women a Crime
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) Signed On Friday, the first bill to make it a crime to administer abortion pills to unsuspecting pregnant women was passed. law, SB276It also classifies two drugs used in medication abortions, mifepristone and misoprostol, as controlled substances, putting them in the same category as opioids and other dangerous drugs. Jeff […]
Democrats look to expand abortion playbook to target Republicans on IVF
House Democrats are expanding their reproductive rights playbook by launching an effort to warn that in vitro fertilization could be at risk if Republicans continue to hold the majority despite efforts by GOP lawmakers to preserve access to the procedure. The strategy stems from Democratic action after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which returned […]
Gov. Tim Walz concurs with Hillary Clinton that Democrats were complacent on abortion
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) did not disagree with 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton that their party could have been more proactive in protecting abortion access before the Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade. Walz, who represented Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District from 2007 to 2019, cited his first congressional campaign as an example when asked to […]
Joe Biden’s Rising Costs, Open Border More Worrisome than Donald Trump’s Abortion Policy
A Cook Report/BSG/GS Strategy Group poll found that voters are more concerned about President Joe Biden’s inflation and open border policies than they are about former President Donald Trump’s abortion policies. Polls seem to confirm that Trump’s messaging on immigration and the economy is disrupting and undermining Biden’s most popular issue in the 2024 election: […]
Hillary Clinton gives dire warning on abortion
In a new interview, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Democratic lawmakers’ response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, arguing that “they could have done more.” “We didn’t take it seriously and we didn’t understand the threat,” Clinton said in an interview with The New York Times. It was released on […]