Tag Archives: Reproductive Rights
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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Judge blocks closing of Mississippi’s last abortion clinic
TweetHere’s some good repro rights news to start your day. As we’ve covered before, a new Mississippi law has been threatening to shut down the last remaining abortion clinic in the state. The law, which calls for the clinic’s out-of-state doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, was a fairly blatant attempt to [...]
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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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Paul Ryan wants YOU to join the ranks of his anti-abortion army
TweetPaul Ryan is still talking. This time he’s talking about building allies (ahem, co-opting pro-choice supporters): Ryan, R-Wis., said in a speech to the Susan B. Anthony List that those who oppose abortion “need to work with people who consider themselves pro-choice – because our task isn’t to purge our ranks. It’s to grow them.” [...]
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