Judge Strikes Down Georgia’s Six-Week Abortion Ban As Unconstitutional
A senior county judge declared Monday that Georgia's six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional and unenforceable under the state constitution. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that the law violates the Georgia Constitution, which protects that freedom by allowing children to leave the womb without interference from the state. This included allowing women to […]
Georgia judge overturns state’s six-week abortion law
Judge of Fulton County, Georgia, overturned the state's “heartbeat law” on abortion, which made it illegal to terminate a pregnancy after six weeks. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ordered Monday that abortions must be regulated as they were before the Heartbeat Act, meaning abortions may be allowed up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. […]
Iowa's six-week abortion ban takes effect
A law banning abortions before most women know they are pregnant goes into effect in Iowa on Monday, once again changing access to abortion in the United States more than two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned. The law bans abortions after fetal “cardiac activity” is detected — electrical activity that’s usually found on […]
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Six-Week Abortion Ban
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban on Friday. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the law in July 2023 prohibiting abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. A district court blocked the law a few days after it had been signed, and the state Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to reverse the order, […]
Florida’s six-week abortion ban takes effect ahead of November ballot measure
Florida on Wednesday put into effect a six-week ban on most abortions, restricting the procedure beyond the point advocates say a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Vice President Kamala Harris appeared in Jacksonville to mark the occasion and attacked former President Donald Trump, who laid the groundwork for the law to take effect. “Across our […]
Harris makes case for flipping Florida blue as six-week abortion ban goes into effect
Vice President Harris on Wednesday criticized former President Trump in Florida, a state the Biden campaign is trying to greenlight after the state’s six-week abortion ban went into effect. “As of this morning, 4 million women in this state woke up with less reproductive freedom than they did last night. This is the new reality […]
Harris to blast Trump in Florida as state’s six-week abortion ban goes into effect
Vice President Harris heads to Florida on Wednesday ahead of the state’s six-week abortion ban taking effect, and will use the opportunity to criticize former President Trump for his recent comments on reproductive rights if he is re-elected. . Harris will give a speech in Jacksonville, where Biden campaign officials will discuss Florida’s new law, […]
Florida’s Six-Week Abortion Restriction to Take Effect on Wednesday
Laws restricting abortions during the sixth week of pregnancy (often when the fetus’s heartbeat stops) can be detected — Scheduled to go into effect Wednesday in Florida. The six-week abortion limit comes after Florida’s Supreme Court ruled April 1 to uphold the state’s 15-week abortion limit. The court’s decision to keep the 15-week limit in […]
Trump attorney call hush money case a ‘six-week long media extravaganza’
Former President Trump’s lawyers dismissed the significance of his first criminal trial, which is scheduled to begin on Monday, calling the case nothing more than a “six-week media extravaganza.” President Trump’s criminal hush money trial begins with jury selection in Manhattan on Monday, with prosecutors claiming the former president illegally concealed payments made late in […]
We ‘Hear’ Criticisms of Israel Policy, ‘That’s Why the President Has Called for a Six-Week Ceasefire’
On NBC’s Friday edition of “MTP Now,” Tom Peres, senior Biden adviser and assistant and director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, spoke out against critics who say the Biden administration’s policies are too pro-Israel. House said he was “listening to opinions.” We are concerned about our friends in Michigan, Illinois, and across […]