Browsing: Abortion

For the second year in a row, fewer medical students are applying to residency programs in states with near-total abortion bans. A new data snapshot from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), released Thursday, shows that students in their senior year in a doctorate of medicine program have applied to fewer residency programs.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed on Thursday that she felt like she might “vomit” while listening to the recent verbal debates in the Supreme Court regarding access to emergency abortion. “I thought I would actually vomit while listening to the verbal argument before the Supreme Court about whether or not doctors and hospitals and nurses have…

On Tuesday, a judge in Western New York invalidated a ballot measure called the Equal Rights Amendment. This measure would have made reproductive rights and protection against discrimination part of the state constitution. State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Doyle, a Republican from the Rochester area, ruled that the state Legislature did not follow the correct procedure when passing the measure.

A federal judge on Monday rejected an attempt to toss a suit challenging Alabama’s attorney general’s threat to prosecute those who help with out-of-state travel for abortions, paving the way for the case to move forward. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson, in a preliminary ruling Monday, said the case brought by the Yellowhammer Fund —…

Alliance Defending Freedom has established troubling connections with public officials.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a Republican, echoed former President Trump's stance on abortion laws during an appearance on CNN.”

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) targeted GOP lawmakers who criticized a court ruling Tuesday that upheld an 1864 law, making performing an abortion a felony in the state. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, she described the decision as “very harmful” for the state and highlighted that Arizonians are deeply affected by it…

The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 1864 law banning nearly all abortions.

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed a law from 1864 that makes carrying out an abortion a serious crime. What does this mean? The decision, with a vote of 4-2, dismissed attempts to ban abortions after 15 weeks and effectively makes the medical procedure nearly completely against the law in the state. The law dates back to the time of the Civil War and was passed many years before Arizona became a state in 1912. The…

Doug Ducey, the ex-governor of Arizona who enacted a 15-week abortion restriction, expressed that the state's Supreme Court's decision to ban almost all abortions was not his preferred outcome. “I endorsed the 15-week law as Governor because it is considerate conservative policy and a way to address this very delicate issue that…