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Some Less-Tentative Thoughts On Abortion And Religious Liberty, One Year Later

On June 20, 2022, I published a post titled Some Tentative Thoughts On The Jewish Claim To A "Religious Abortion." I started thinking about that post several weeks earlier. I only published it when I did to get ahead of the imminent Dobbs decision, which eventually was released on June…

Reason

An obscure 1800s law is shaping up to be the center of the next abortion battle – legal scholars explain what's behind the Victorian-era Comstock Act

Anti-abortion groups are looking for new ways to wage their battle against abortion rights, eyeing the potential implications of a 150-year-old law, the Comstock Act, that could effectively lead to a nationwide abortion ban.

The Conversation

Professor accused of sexually assaulting teenager as China’s #metoo movement struggles forward

Victim alleges in viral social media post that assault 11 years ago resulted in her becoming pregnant and having an abortion

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GOP boycott in Oregon threatens abortion, transgender bills and protesters' own political careers

A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail dozens of bills, including on gun control and abortion rights, as a deadline looms that could also upend the protesters’ political futures

The Independent UK

Louisiana Republicans refuse rape and incest exceptions to state’s sweeping anti-abortion law

Anti-abortion activists tell lawmakers that women will accuse men of raping them to access abortion

The Independent UK

Alabama Republican blasts an effort to rid the military of white nationalists

Sen. Tommy Tuberville is under pressure for holding up military nominees over abortion policy he disagrees with. When asked whether that is hurting military readiness, he faulted President Biden.

WEKU

Abortion bills gain little traction as Texas Legislature turns its attention to LGBTQ restrictions

Texas’ abortion laws look likely to remain about where they were at the beginning of the legislative session, as key deadlines pass without any movement on abortion-related bills.

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What to know about Trump’s CNN town hall: Lies about election and abortion, attacks on accuser

Donald Trump mocked E. Jean Carroll, praised those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and repeated lies about the results of the 2020 election.

Chicago Sun-Times

McConnell opposes Alabama Republican's blockade of military nominees over Pentagon abortion policy

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says he won’t support a fellow GOP senator’s blockade of military nominees, backing Democrats and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who have said that the holdup is harming national security

The Independent UK

Alabama Republicans would charge abortion patients with murder under proposed legislation

The bill would allow prosecutions for anyone who terminates a pregnancy ‘regardless’ of viability, at any point after fertilization

The Independent UK

Push for more access to early medical abortion support in Grampians amid provision gap

Newly-released data shows women living in Victoria's Grampians region have no or low access to early medical abortion providers, and service providers are not keeping up with demand for long-term contraceptive devices.

ABC News

US defense secretary cites security concerns as senator holds promotions over abortion

U.S. Senate Democrats released a letter from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday saying a Republican's decision to hold military nominations harms national security, intensifying a dispute over the military's abortion policy.

Reuters

Republican Virginia Attorney General Miyares defends staying out of abortion pill case

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has defended his decision not to join most of his Republican counterparts across the country in supporting a lawsuit challenging the safety and approval of the abortion medication mifepristone

The Independent UK

‘It’s in my blood to see barriers break’: Christian pop star Lauren Daigle on Trump, trolling and abortion

The Grammy-winning songwriter’s new album is her first for a major label. But does it risk enraging her core audience – and opening up a cautious musician to mainstream expectations?

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Vermont governor signs shield bills that protect providers who offer medicated abortion

Vermont’s Republican governor has signed abortion and gender affirmed shield bills into law that include protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mifepristone

The Guardian - US

Pressure builds as North Carolina set to override abortion ban veto

Governor Roy Cooper has vowed to reject the bill, but the state legislature has a veto-proof Republican majority to overrule him

The Guardian - US

US doctors: how are you navigating abortion restrictions?

We are interested in hearing from doctors and other healthcare workers in the US who have seen the care they can offer affected by laws on abortion

The Independent UK

South Carolina Republicans advance new abortion restrictions

South Carolina Republicans are pushing new abortion restrictions in an attempt to curtail access after a near-total ban failed last month

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Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois must make sure women get accurate information about abortion care

Crisis pregnancy centers lure patients with free services, but give women misinformation with the goal of stopping them from having abortions, the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood of Illinois writes. SB1909 will hold the centers accountable.

The Independent UK

Salt-N-Pepa’s Cheryl James claims she was ‘asked to have an abortion’ to preserve her career

Hip-hop duo appeared on the ‘Tamron Hall Show’ to speak about the music industry’s treatment of women

Salon

MO GOP bill: Murder charges for abortion

The bill does not explicitly mention whether it would criminalize out-of-state travel for abortion care

Salon

Trump's very MAGA rape deposition

Trump is sulky, entitled and misogynist in his rape deposition — exactly what MAGA loves about him

WEKU

Maternity homes provide support in a post-Roe world, but not without conditions

A crisis pregnancy center in Idaho opened a maternity home in the months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The residents have more complicated stories than the home's founders expected.

The Guardian - UK

Film revives memories of girl’s death as Ireland reviews abortion rules

Death of Ann Lovett while giving birth in 1984 helped sparked movement that led to 2018 vote to lift abortion ban

The Independent UK

Ohio constitution overhaul faces deadline, backlash

An increasingly unpopular effort by a group of Ohio Republicans to make it harder to change the state constitution by direct voting faces a critical juncture this week

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