12-week abortion ban will do great harm, North Carolina’s governor says

12-week abortion ban will do great harm, North Carolina’s governor says

[ad_1] Cooper has vowed to veto the bill, but Republican legislators hold large majorities in both the General Assembly and state Senate and could override the veto. “They ran through a bill in 48 hours with no public input, with no amendments, that drastically reduces access to reproductive freedom for women,” said Cooper of the … Read more

Delhi HC directs concealing identity of minor girl seeking abortion

Delhi HC directs concealing identity of minor girl seeking abortion

[ad_1] New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Medical Superintendent of LNJP Hospital to withhold the identity of the 14-year-old who is seeking to have her 11-week-old pregnancy terminated. Additionally, Justice Prathiba M. Singh directed the SHO concerned of the Delhi Police to make sure that neither the identity of the minor … Read more

RNC chair: Republicans must address abortion issue ‘head-on’

RNC chair: Republicans must address abortion issue ‘head-on’

[ad_1] Reelected Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is applauded at the committee’s winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023. | Jae C. Hong/AP Photo The chair of the Republican National Committee said Sunday that Republicans must directly address abortion if they hope to succeed in 2024. “Abortion was a big issue in … Read more

Leaked abortion draft made us ‘targets of assassination’, Samuel Alito says

Leaked abortion draft made us ‘targets of assassination’, Samuel Alito says

[ad_1] Samuel Alito said the decision he wrote removing the federal right to abortion made him and other US supreme court justices “targets of assassination” but denied claims he was responsible for its leak in draft form. “Those of us who were thought to be in the majority, thought to have approved my draft opinion, … Read more

‘This was unexpected’: abortion bans blocked in Nebraska and South Carolina

‘This was unexpected’: abortion bans blocked in Nebraska and South Carolina

[ad_1] Abortion rights campaigners won notable victories in Nebraska and South Carolina on Thursday, blocking a six-week ban in the first state and a near-total ban in the second. In Lincoln, Nebraska, a vote to end debate so the bill could advance failed by one vote. Cheers erupted as opponents of the bill waved signs … Read more

Trudeau on U.S. abortion debate: ‘When do we get to stop having to relitigate?’

Trudeau on U.S. abortion debate: ‘When do we get to stop having to relitigate?’

[ad_1] With the battle over the abortion pill in the headlines — the U.S. Supreme Court has maintained access to mifepristone, for now — Trudeau also took to the internet last week to remind the world where he stands. “With attacks on reproductive rights around the world, it’s really important that we not take things … Read more

More adults think access to abortion should be easier, Pew report finds

More adults think access to abortion should be easier, Pew report finds

[ad_1] Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in the wake of the court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The number of adults living in states where abortion is banned or restricted who believe that access to abortion should be easier has grown since 2019, according to a new report from the … Read more

Nikki Haley promised to address abortion ‘directly and openly.’ Then she didn’t.

Nikki Haley promised to address abortion ‘directly and openly.’ Then she didn’t.

[ad_1] One area in which Haley was clear, however, was her expectation that nothing far-reaching would hit her desk, should she end up in the White House. “We have to face this reality. The pro-life laws that have passed in strongly Republican states will not be approved at the federal level,” Haley said. “That’s just … Read more

‘It’s something I have to do’: pilots who fly abortion patients across state lines – video

[ad_1] Ben is one of hundreds of volunteer pilots in the US flying people across state lines in their small private planes so they can obtain abortion healthcare. He’s part of an Illinois-based group called Elevated Access that connects pilots with patients. Since the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022 dismantled 50 years of … Read more

Lawmakers stay in their lanes on Supreme Court abortion pill ruling

Lawmakers stay in their lanes on Supreme Court abortion pill ruling

[ad_1] On Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he will “live with whatever decision” eventually emerges from the court, while also attacking abortion as a practice and citing his previous support for national legislation limiting it. “It’s a human rights issue,” Graham said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “At 15 weeks you have a … Read more