South Carolina Tried to Pass a Bill Jailing Women for Abortion. No Republican Voted Against It. — Slate

Nov 21, 2025 | 5:40 AM Protesters outside the U.S. Supreme Court during Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic in April. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Abortion was back in the news this week when South Carolina legislators debated what would be the most stringent abortion law in the nation. The bill would have banned abortion from the moment a pregnancy is “clinically diagnosable”—a term used to ensure the bill wouldn’t sweep in contraceptives or IVF. The law would have subjected women who

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Fifth Circuit holds that federal ER law doesn't protect abortion care

Under the court's ruling, HHS can't enforce its guidance protecting abortion care in Texas.

Woman faces criminal charge after miscarriage — The Times and The Sunday Times

A judge has been accused of “demonising” pregnancy loss after an Ohio woman who suffered a miscarriage at home was charged with a criminal offence and placed under grand jury investigation. Brittany Watts, 33, is accused of “abuse of a corpse” — a fifth-degree felony that carries a potential penalty of up to a year in prison — because she flushed away the remains of her 22-week-old foetus, which she miscarried after it died in utero. Traci Timko, Watts’ lawyer, said: “I am horrified that my

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“Gaetz: "Why is it that the women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortions? Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb."”