abortion access

Alabama

In wrongful death suits, FL Republicans want fetuses to be covered as soon as they’re in the womb | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Florida Republicans say an effort to allow expecting parents to collect damages in a wrongful death suit of an unborn child wouldn’t apply to frozen embryos created from in vitro fertilization (IVF), but abortion-rights advocates say that the plan would reduce access to reproductive health care. A Friday ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court categorizing […]

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Alabama

Some Republicans are voicing doubt over Alabama IVF ruling. Democrats see an opportunity | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republicans joined Democrats in expressing alarm over a ruling this week by the Alabama Supreme Court that jeopardized future access to in vitro fertilization, giving allies of President Joe Biden new fuel for their efforts to center abortion access in the presidential election. “We’ve got to talk about making sure we […]

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Arkansas

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders claims Biden military abortion policy led Arkansas commander to resign

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders claims a Biden administration policy allowing abortion access for members of the military has led to the resignation of a senior Natural State military commander. In a letter addressed to President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Sanders said the recent resignation of Col. Dillion […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas AG rejects proposed ballot measure to make abortion access a constitutional right

A proposed constitutional amendment ensuring a limited right to abortion in Arkansas will not appear on the 2024 statewide ballot, Attorney General Tim Griffin wrote in a Tuesday opinion. His seven-page letter to Steven Nichols, the Arkansan who submitted the proposal, pointed out several aspects of the ballot language that Griffin said need clarity or […]

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Arkansas

Proposed Arkansas ballot measure would make abortion access a constitutional right

The Arkansas Attorney General’s Office will decide Tuesday whether a proposed measure to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right will go on the 2024 statewide ballot. State government entities would not be allowed to “prohibit, penalize, delay or restrict” Arkansans’ access to abortion up to 18 weeks of pregnancy under the Arkansas Reproductive Healthcare Amendment, […]

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Alabama

20 GOP attorneys general tell CVS, Walgreens plans to dispense abortion pills ‘both unsafe and illegal’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Twenty Republican state attorneys general sent a letter to U.S-based pharmacy chains Walgreens and CVS on Wednesday, telling both companies their plans to distribute abortion pills through the mail are “both unsafe and illegal.”  In the letter, the coalition wrote that federal law prohibits anyone from using the mail to send or receive any drug […]

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Alabama

Will the debate over abortion access drive voters to the polls in Alabama? | #elections | #alabama

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – Political analysts say abortion rights is a hot button issue expected to ignite voters and especially women voters in the 2022 midterm elections. “I think it’s going to be a pivotal issue,” said Professor Jessica Waters of the American University in Washington, D.C. Waters anticipates the fight over abortion access will […]

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