Their testimony comes weeks after a Texas law took effect that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy with no exception for rape or incest.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Politics
Texas doctor who violated state’s abortion ban is sued, launching first test of constitutionality
Physician Alan Braid admitted to performing an abortion that is illegal under the Texas law.
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Posted inNation & World, New England
Cancer screenings in jeopardy after New Hampshire denies funding for women’s clinics
The Republican-majority Executive Council decided against extending contracts to Planned Parenthood and two other family planning services that also provide abortions, even though no public money funds abortions in the state.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Broad majorities of Americans oppose key provisions of restrictive Texas abortion law, poll finds
Weighing in on one of the law’s provisions, 81% say they disapprove of giving $10,000 to private citizens who successfully file suits against those who perform or assist a woman with getting an abortion.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Ignorance fuels cycle of restrictions on reproductive rights
If more people knew how women’s bodies work, laws like Texas’ six-week abortion ban would be less likely to pass.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Texas upends the Republican ‘leave us alone coalition’
The state’s restrictive abortion law threatens to destroy an uneasy truce among several factions of the conservative movement.
Posted inNation & World
Texas abortion ban strategy could be double-edged sword
Some warn that applying it to new areas could have a boomerang effect if Democrats were to use it on issues like gun control.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Seeing danger, some Republicans leery of Texas abortion law
Their mixed reactions illustrate the political risks for the Republican Party as their anti-abortion allies begin actually achieving goals they have long sought.
Posted inMaine
In wake of Texas law, abortion again becomes a hot topic in Maine
Pro-choice politicians decry Supreme Court’s refusal to block the highly restrictive new law.
Posted inNation & World
Biden blasts Supreme Court’s decision to let Texas’ ban on most abortions stand
The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others but suggested that its order likely isn’t the last word and other challenges can be brought.