Abortion Laws: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Abortion Laws: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

PeerTube

«#GregAbbott, the #Republican governor of #Texas, on Wednesday signed into law a bill that lets people sue anyone suspected of manufacturing, distributing or mailing #abortion pills to or from Texas. The first-of-its-kind law is almost certain to dramatically escalate the state-by-state showdown over #AbortionLaws in the post #RoeVWade United States – especially as some out-of-state abortion providers have already vowed that they will continue shipping pills to Texans»

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/18/abortion-pill-texas-law

Abortion pill providers targeted by new Texas law refuse ‘anticipatory obedience’

Greg Abbott’s latest move fuels clash between US red states and blue-state shield laws protecting abortion care

The Guardian

https://reprorights.substack.com/p/woman-who-faced-life-imprisonment

I was not aware that the #UK still has restrictive #abortionlaws .

How many have to suffer and die before human rights are protected?

#prochoice #abortion #abortioninuk #abortionishealthcare #normalizeabortion

Woman who faced life imprisonment for abortion cleared by English jury

Nicola Packer went through an intrusive four-year investigation and prosecution that stigmatized her sexual life and questioned her morals.

Repro Rights NOW
States with the most restrictive #AbortionLaws had about a 5% decline in oral contraceptive prescriptions filled by pharmacies in the first year after Roe’s reversal. In Texas, the rate dropped 28% Declines were extremely high for the emergency contraception pills Plan B and Ella, which dropped 65% more in the most restrictive states #gopforcedbirth #handmaidenstates #MAGArepublicanFascism #ChristianFascism #GOPWarOnWomenAndGirls https://19thnews.org/2024/09/states-abortion-bans-steep-declines-birth-control-prescriptions/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user%2F19thnews #reproductiverights
Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance argues against need for rape and incest exceptions in abortion laws

The author and venture capitalist running for the GOP Senate nomination said in a local interview that unborn babies should be allowed to live even if the circumstances are “somehow inconvenient.”

The Washington Post
Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committee

Dr Ingrid Skop called the supreme court’s overturning of Roe v Wade ‘a victory’ and has argued in favor of abortion bans

The Guardian
@GottaLaff If this is your god's will, maybe you pray to the devil. #republicans #abortionlaws

👀 #HowBad

Many people are aware that a second term for Donald #Trump would be unspeakably #bad but if you’re looking for more specifics on exactly how bad, then today’s your lucky day. Included are state laws allowing the #government to #track individual women’s #pregnancies so that anyone who violates #abortionlaws can be #punished.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/trump-says-he-wouldnt-stop-states-from-tracking-individual-pregnancies-so-they-can-prosecute-people-caught-getting-abortions

Trump Says He Wouldn’t Stop States From Tracking Individual Pregnancies So They Can Prosecute People Caught Getting Abortions

Just a small glimpse at what we can expect from him in a second term.

Vanity Fair

"Back at the Camelback clinic, staff members gathered in the break room, decorated with posters and handmade thank-you cards, including one with a uterus drawn in place of a 'Y.'…She’s hopeful that a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access will be on the November ballot — activists with Arizona for Abortion Access say they have gathered enough signatures."

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-04-22/inside-an-arizona-clinic-where-optimism-reigns-on-both-sides-of-the-debate

#Arizona #USPol #AbortionLaws

Inside an Arizona abortion clinic: uncertainty looms and optimism reigns

Amid the political turmoil brought on by the Arizona Supreme Court reinstating an 1864 abortion law, it was business as usual at a Phoenix clinic. Optimism reigned for both proponents and foes of abortion rights.

Los Angeles Times