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Unlike abortion, the right to sue in Arkansas isn’t being threatened
TweetWhich is good news because reproductive justice advocates in Arkansas have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new ban on abortions past 12 weeks. The AP reports: “The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and the Center for Reproductive Rights, which filed the suit on behalf of Dr. Louis Jerry Edwards and [...]
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Report confirms that Savita Halappanavar didn’t need to die
TweetAn investigation confirms that Savita Halappanavar, the Irish woman who died last year after being denied an abortion after an incomplete miscarriage, lost her life because her doctors prioritized her unviable fetus over her own health. The report states: “The investigating team considers there was an apparent overemphasis on the need not to intervene until the [...]
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South Dakota extends its already super long 72-hour waiting period before an abortion
TweetNot content to have one of the longest mandatory waiting period laws in the country, South Dakota has now made it even worse. South Dakota Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard on Friday signed into law a measure that excludes weekends and holidays from the state’s 72-hour waiting period for abortions, potentially making the wait the longest [...]
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GOP lawmakers pushing for government investigation of Planned Parenthood and other pro-choice groups
TweetConservative lawmakers would like to put your taxpayer dollars to good use by launching a ridiculous witch hunt investigation of pro-choice groups. A group of 72 lawmakers have revived an effort to ask the government’s watchdog agency to scrutinize taxpayer dollars going to Planned Parenthood and five other organizations who provide family-planning services. The request [...]
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Kansas Gov signs massive anti-choice law, writes “JESUS + Mary” in notes