Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has claimed “every square inch of Oklahoma in the name of Jesus.” He also believes God made him governor to ban abortion in the state. I’m pretty sure if a bill keeping a database of abortion patients reaches his desk, he’ll sign it. Among other horrible laws.
There’s good evidence that the Founding Fathers, contrary to Justice Sam Alito, considered abortion a private matter.
Anti-vax homophobe lawyer Mat Staver is unsurprisingly fighting Florida’s proposed abortion rights measure. And Alabama’s IVF ruling gives him more tools.
Missouri’s AG has a novel approach to blocking an abortion-rights constitutional measure: he’ll bill the state $21 million to hire outside counsel as he refuses to defend the law in court.
When Catholic health care systems buy up hospitals, abortion and birth control go away.
Forced-birthers insist they don’t want to be the bad guys but I think the facts show they are. For example putting women at risk by demanding C-sections instead of abortions. And they’re still whining that the real issue is Democrats talking about abortion rights.
The forced-birth movement claims real rape doesn’t get women pregnant. They’re lying. But then, they do that a lot. Here’s another example.
If they get pregnant from rape, NC gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson says, too bad: they lose the right to control their body.
Wisconsin State Rep. Joel Kitchens says his expertise as a veterinarian proves abortion isn’t healthcare.
Alabama jailed a woman for using drugs while pregnant … only she wasn’t pregnant.
“The reason to compare these proposed limits on travel within and between states to antebellum efforts to limit the movement of free or enslaved Black people is that both demonstrate the limits of federalism when it comes to fundamental questions of bodily autonomy.”
No, taking a minor to get an abortion out of state is not trafficking.
In Mississippi, “House Concurrent Resolution 11, which is still several legislative steps from becoming law, would give citizens the ability to gather signatures to propose new state laws or change existing laws, but it bans them from placing an issue on a statewide ballot about abortion.”
Abortion has majority support in the US so anti-abortion groups are putting propaganda against abortion in schools.
I’ve written before about how racists and misogynists try to pretend they’re not bigots, they’re anti-anti-racism (sexism, etc.). So it’s no surprise Michigan’s forced-birthers are fighting a constitutional abortion-rights amendment by arguing it gives women “super-rights.”
Right-wing Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is the judge who ruled the FDA’s approval of mifepristone is invalid. I’m shocked a forced-birth judge built his decision on bullshit. If the Supreme Court supports Kacsmaryk, it’s bad for science generally.
“If future “Eves” shouldn’t vote because they are easily deceived, future “Adams” shouldn’t vote either because they easily shirk their duty and blame others for their failures. ” — forced-birther Lila Rose, whom I normally completely disagree with.
“Conservative politicians are sometimes accused of being pro-life up until the point the baby is born. But perhaps even that assessment is too generous.”
“by further enshrining fetal personhood, Alabama is setting the stage for even more policies that punish pregnant people and strip away their rights.”
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that abortion is a right.
An interview with an attorney for Pregnancy Justice which fights for the rights of pregnant women.
Friendly Atheist looks at how much religion was built into the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF decision. And into forced-birtherism generally.
Lots of Republicans say they support IVF. But they won’t put that into law and claim nonsense reasons. And of course the Alabama Supremes didn’t ban IVF, they simply declared embryos are babies.
And Trump in his liar, liar pants on fire mode claims Roe allowed killing babies after birth. Or maybe it’s dementia setting in.
