Texas denied abortions to these women when their lives were in danger. Now they're suing the state.
Though speaking out requires them to relive losing their wanted pregnancies, four plaintiffs told The 19th they're doing it because they know they're "not the only ones like this."
#Texas #Abortion #Pregnancy
https://19thnews.org/2023/03/women-sue-texas-abortion-ban-lawsuit/
Three #Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain #abortion medication
In the first lawsuit of its kind since #RoeVWade was overturned, a husband seeks damages from women who allegedly helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her #pregnancy.
#MarcusSilva
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/10/texas-abortion-lawsuit/
Trump-appointed judge overseeing abortion pill case makes hearing public after furious backlash
A controversial Trump-appointed judge in North Texas overseeing a lawsuit that seeks to abolish use of a common medication abortion drug nationwide has scheduled a Wednesday hearing, following backlash from reporters who accused him of trying to keep the trial proceedings out of the public eye, reported CNN on Monday.
A controversial Trump-appointed judge in North Texas overseeing a lawsuit that seeks to abolish use of a common medication abortion drug nationwide has scheduled a Wednesday hearing, following backlash from reporters who accused him of trying to keep the trial proceedings out of the public eye, repo...
Doctors warned her pregnancy could kill her. Then Tennessee outlawed abortion.
by Kavitha Surana, photography by Stacy Kranitz, special to ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Post-Roe America Abortion Access Divides the Nati...
Tennessee Republican pocketed $25,000 donated for his stillborn son's memorial: report
Freshman Congressman Andy Ogles (R-TN) appears to have pocketed $25,000 he crowdfunded to build a memorial for his stillborn son, reported The New Republic on Wednesday."An investigation by NewsChannel5 found that Ogles set up a GoFundMe in 2014 after his son was stillborn. Ogles said he wanted to b...
#Wyoming governor signs law outlawing use of #abortion pills
Wyoming Governor #MarkGordon on Friday signed into law a bill outlawing the use or prescription of medication #AbortionPills that was passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature earlier this month.
Gordon, a Republican, signed the law as a federal judge in Texas considers ordering a nationwide ban on the abortion pill mifepristone in response to a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wyoming-governor-signs-law-outlawing-use-abortion-pills-2023-03-18/
A look inside the new reality for a southern Illinois abortion clinic, where more women are traveling from hundreds of miles away and seeking abortions later in pregnancy since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
A judge in #Texas ruled Friday in a much-watched case, saying that the FDA's approval of mifepristone must be blocked; his decision, he wrote, takes effect in one week, giving the Department of Justice time to appeal the decision.
But another federal judge, in #Washington state, found the opposite in a separate case concerning the drug’s approval, holding that a nationwide injunction blocking mifepristone’s distribution would be "inappropriate."
#Abortion #AbortionPills
https://www.rawstory.com/federal-judges-issue-conflicting-rulings-in-a-pill-used-for-medication-abortion/
Originally published by The 19thYour trusted source for contextualizing abortion news. Subscribe to our daily newsletter.Federal judges have issued contradicting orders about whether mifepristone — one of two drugs used to induce a medication abortion — can be legally distributed.A judge in Texas ru...
#Iowa AG halts state coverage of abortions, emergency contraceptives for #rape victims
#Abortion
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3940971-iowa-ag-halts-state-coverage-of-abortions-emergency-contraceptives-for-rape-victims/
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird (R) has halted the state’s practice of paying for rape victims’ abortions and emergency contraceptives, according to the Des Moines Register. The state is required to cover the costs of forensic exams and treatments for sexually transmitted diseases for victims of sexual assault. While not mandated by state law, Iowa has…
Justice Department and #abortion pill manufacturer ask appeals court to freeze judge's order that could make drug unavailable after Friday
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/10/politics/abortion-pill-justice-department-freeze/index.html
No drug is safe: Drug developers decry #Texas #AbortionPill ruling
#Abortion
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/drug-developers-condemn-texas-judges-anti-science-abortion-ruling/
Drug companies complaining about judge’s abortion pill ruling gave money to Republicans who nominated him
https://www.rawstory.com/pharmaceutical-companies-donations-republicans-judical/
The New York Times reported on Monday that over 250 drug companies are coming out against the ruling by District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, halting the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. But those same drug companies were supporting the Republican...
The #BidenAdministration is updating #HIPAA, the nation's main health #privacy law, to offer stronger legal protections to people who get abortions in their state or who cross state lines for the procedure, as well as their #doctors and loved ones.
#Abortion #Healthcare #Biden
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/12/biden-admin-to-shore-up-hipaa-to-protect-abortion-seekers-and-providers-00091581
Appeals court partially blocks ruling that imperils access to key abortion pill mifepristone.
The 5th Circuit panel put a hold on the part of a federal judge’s ruling that would have paused the FDA's original 2000 approval of the abortion drug mifepristone.
#Florida Gov. #RonDeSantis signs legislation into law that will ban most abortions after six weeks in the state.
The governor had no fanfare around the bill-signing, sending out a news release late in the night.
#Abortion
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-signs-6-week-abortion-ban-law-florida-rcna78989
'Forced Pregnancy Act': Dem introduces amendment to rename Florida abortion ban
Florida state Rep. Anna V. Eskamani (D) pushed to rename a proposed Florida abortion ban the "Forced Pregnancy Act." Eskamani offered the amendment on Thursday during a House floor debate on the Pregnancy and Parenting Support Act. If passed, the law would prevent most abortions after six weeks ...
#WestVirginia’s sole #abortion clinic drops challenge to state ban
The sole abortion provider in West Virginia is no longer challenging the state law imposing a near-total ban on abortions. In a court filing Monday, Women’s Health Center of West Virginia said it voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit after its physician “determined that he will not be able to resume providing abortion care in West Virginia”…
On Friday, #SCOTUS justices granted emergency requests from the #BidenAdministration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug #mifepristone. They are appealing a lower court ruling that would roll back #FDA approval of mifepristone.
The next stop for the case is at the #NewOrleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which has set arguments in the case for May 17.
#Abortion #UnitedStates
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-abortion-pill-mifepristone-access-f781488016640bf571faf36096339ea4
#Trump-appointed judge concealing multimillion-dollar stock holding from financial disclosures: report
The #Texas-based federal judge who ruled to revoke the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone is redacting personal wealth #disclosures in an unusual move, reported CNN on Friday.
#JudicialEthics
https://www.rawstory.com/judge-matthew-kacsmaryk/
The Texas-based federal judge who ruled to revoke the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone is redacting personal wealth disclosures in an unusual move, reported CNN on Friday."In his 2020 and 2021 annual disclosures, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk wrote that he held bet...
#NorthDakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions
#Abortion
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-north-dakota-six-week-ban-2bccde2925d30dd4772aaed84f3c2d98
North Dakota on Monday adopted one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country as Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed legislation banning the procedure throughout pregnancy, with slim exceptions up to six weeks’ gestation.
In #Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's 'crashing' for #abortion care
The molar pregnancy Jaci Statton had would never become a baby. It was cancerous, though.
At the last hospital she went to during her ordeal last month, Statton says staff told her and her husband that she could not get a #SurgicalAbortion until she became much sicker.
Oklahoma has 3 overlapping abortion bans, with different and sometimes contradictory definitions and exceptions.
#Cancer
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/25/1171851775/oklahoma-woman-abortion-ban-study-shows-confusion-at-hospitals
#Abortion bans fail in red states #Nebraska and #SouthCarolina, signaling election headache for #Republicans
Abortion bans have fallen short of passage in two heavily Republican states, signaling more political turmoil for the GOP as it seeks to enact restrictive policies. A handful of Republican state senators in both South Carolina and Nebraska defected from their party late Thursday to derail proposed n...
This week, the #Ohio legislature is considering a ballot initiative that would require a supermajority (60%) of voters to approve future initiatives for them to become law. This is a blatant effort to stop a pro-abortion initiative from passing in November.
#Abortion
https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2023/04/brazen-attack-on-ohioans-111-year-old-voting-rights-draws-deserved-rebuke-from-ex-governors-editorial.html
It’s nearly impossible to overstate how blatant these antics are. In effect, a majority of the state Senate, and likely but not certainly, a majority of Ohio’s House, aims to signal its contempt for the state’s voters by trying to rig rejection at the polls of the abortion-rights proposal as well as a likely 2024 anti-gerrymandering plan. This is politics at its grubbiest. Were its operatives capable of being ashamed, they should be, writes the editorial board of The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.
What’s more, they are hoping to hold a vote on this antidemocratic initiative in August – just months after these same lawmakers voted to end most August elections because they are so expensive and traditionally have very low turnout.
The bill’s supporters say it will battle “out-of-state special interests,” but so far the biggest backer of this antidemocratic effort *is* an out-of-state special interest, Illinois megadonor Richard Uihlein.
Texas man accused of using abortion bounty law for ‘extortion’ of wife and her friends
A man who is suing his ex-wife’s friends for allegedly helping her get an abortion may have known about her plans and done nothing to stop her, according to a new legal filing.Marcus Silva brought a wrongful-death lawsuit in March in Galveston County, claiming three women helped his now-ex-wife obta...
#NorthCarolina lawmakers pass 12-week #abortion ban; governor vows veto
While perhaps less stringent, North Carolina’s bill has far-reaching consequences. Before its passage, many women from nearby states with more restrictive laws had traveled to the state for abortions in later stages of pregnancy.
Abortion-rights supporter Democratic Gov. #RoyCooper has pledged to veto the bill, calling it "an egregious, unacceptable attack on the women of our state."
#NorthCarolina governor vetoes #abortion limits, launches override showdown
Democratic Gov. #RoyCooper's veto of the 12-week abortion ban sets up an override vote by #Republicans, who hold veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the state Legislature.
#PlannedParenthood calls for major judicial reform
Planned Parenthood is calling for the major reform of the federal judiciary less than a year after the fall of#RoeVWade, including expanding the Supreme Court and adding term limits.
#MatthewKacsmaryk's #AbortionPill ruling has been temporarily blocked by the Supreme Court, but the 5th Circuit Court if Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Wednesday.
#SCOTUS #JudicialReform #Amarillo #Texas
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/14/planned-parenthood-judicial-reform-abortion
Democrats reintroduce Supreme Court expansion legislation
A group of Democratic lawmakers reintroduced a bill on Tuesday that would create an additional four seats on the Supreme Court. The move comes in the wake of a series of recent reports into the justices’ financial disclosures and the court’s landmark abortion decision, which has only added to Democrats’ scorn of the conservative-majority court.…
#NorthCarolina lawmakers override governor's veto on 12-week #abortion ban
#NewJersey Governor #PhilMurphy said he would consider defying the Supreme Court and continue to provide #mifepristone if the court rules in favor of a ban on the #AbortionPill.
Murphy's remarks come after the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a case that could force mifepristone off the market nationwide, including in states where abortion is legal.
#SCOTUS #Abortion
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/nj-governor-supreme-court-mifepristone-ban.html
Hospitals in Missouri and Kansas denied an abortion to a miscarrying patient -- investigators say they broke federal law
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Post-Roe America Abortion Access Divides the Nation Mylissa Farmer knew her fetus was dying inside of her. He...
#RhodeIsland governor #DanielMcKee signs bill to fund #abortion coverage for state workers and #Medicaid recipients
https://apnews.com/article/rhode-island-abortion-8dd0e7b32931bd8bf67834c6c448eec4
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee signed a bill into law Thursday that would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions.
#Texas Forced This Woman to Give Birth to a #Stillborn Son. She's Suing
"I was told that if I tried to discharge myself, or seek care elsewhere, that I could be arrested for trying to kill my child"
#Abortion #Healthcare
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/texas-abortion-ban-forced-birth-1234739485/
BREAKING: Twenty-seven male #SouthCarolina legislators passed a ban on abortions after six weeks Tuesday, over the objections of all five women in the state Senate—including three #Republicans.
#Abortion
https://www.thedailybeast.com/male-republican-senators-ignore-women-vote-for-abortion-ban-in-south-carolina
An #Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an #Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an #abortion to a 10-year-old #rape victim from neighboring #Ohio.
A hearing on whether an Indianapolis doctor should face disciplinary action after she spoke publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from neighboring Ohio opened with finger pointing over how the case became a political flashpoint.
Court Temporarily Blocks #SouthCarolina #Abortion Ban
Today, a South Carolina state court granted abortion providers' request to temporarily block a newly-enacted ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy (Senate Bill 474).
The ban took immediate effect on May 25, after being signed into law by Governor #HenryMcMaster. S. 474 is nearly identical to a six-week ban permanently struck down by the South Carolina Supreme Court in January.
#Nevada #Republican governor approves #abortion protections in cross-party move
Nevada's #JoeLombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers, adding the western swing state to the list of those passing new laws to solidify their status as safe havens for abortion patients.
#AbortionSafeHavens
https://apnews.com/article/nevada-abortion-republican-governor-joe-lombardo-83032873a48a8916b7d030191d095bc4
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed a bill enshrining existing protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers. The move on Tuesday marks a rare occurrence of a Republican governor approving measures that are part of Democrats’ vow to make the western swing state an abortion safe haven. The bill codifies former Gov. Steve Sisolak's executive order from last year. Sisolak lost reelection to Lombardo. The executive order bars state agencies from assisting other states in out-of-state investigations that could lead to prosecution of abortion patients. It also ensures medical boards and commissions that oversee medical licenses do not discipline or disqualify doctors who provide abortions.
#NewYork #AttorneyGeneral hits anti-#abortion group with lawsuit for blocking access to health care clinics
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit Thursday against an anti-abortion group, Red Rose Rescue, alleging its members have repeatedly blocked entrances to health clinics and have "made it their mission to terrorize reproductive health care providers and the patients they serve."
#RedRoseRescue
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4041641-new-york-ag-hits-anti-abortion-group-with-lawsuit-for-blocking-access-to-health-care-clinics/
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit Thursday against an anti-abortion group, Red Rose Rescue, alleging its members have repeatedly blocked entrances to health clinics and have “made it their mission to terrorize reproductive health care providers and the patients they serve.” “Only we have the right to make decisions about our own…
Twitter may nix abortion advocacy restrictions after lawmaker’s callout
Twitter ad policy restricting abortion advocacy may soon change, employee says.
Health care providers in #NorthCarolina file lawsuit against state over #abortion restrictions
The #ACLU brought the lawsuit on behalf of #PlannedParenthood South Atlantic and physician #BeverlyGray. The suit challenges the legitimacy of North Carolina's Senate Bill 20, which bans most abortions in the state after 12 weeks of pregnancy and which is set to go into effect on July 1. The plaintiffs are asking the court to block the bill from going into effect.
Health care providers in North Carolina filed a lawsuit against the state challenging the constitutionality of various provisions of its abortion ban. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought the lawsuit on behalf of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and physician Beverly Gray. The suit challenges the legitimacy of North Carolina’s Senate Bill 20, which bans…
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