What to Know About Abortion in Arizona Under the Near-Total 1864 Ban
The Arizona Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions.
The Arizona Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in giving the go-ahead to enforce a long-dormant law that bans nearly all abortions.
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to mifepristone, a medication used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S.
Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., blocked legislation that would protect access to IVF treatments nationwide.
Mississippi Sen. Chris McDaniel’s claim that Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann once led a Jackson abortion clinic is “totally false and has been rejected by every pro-life organization which has investigated it,” the incumbent’s campaign said in a statement to the Mississippi Free Press.
Mississippi authorities need access to information about residents who obtain abortions or gender-affirming care in other states, Attorney General Lynn Fitch told the Biden administration in a June 16 letter.
At least 5,000 more babies will be born in Mississippi each year than in the past now that abortion is almost completely outlawed and the Magnolia State is not prepared to handle it, officials say. Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney shared that estimate with members of the Mississippi Senate.
Three years after blocking Mississippi’s six-week abortion ban, a federal judge allowed it to become effective Wednesday, citing the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Karen Hinton argues that courts and perhaps the Federal Drug Administration itself should uphold and regulate the rights of women in any state to access abortion pills through mail. “Women and girls can no longer trust anyone with the consequences of a decision to purchase an abortion pill,” she writes.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch told a federal court last week that U.S. law already makes mailing abortion pills a crime punishable by up to five years in prison and even racketeering charges.
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