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Anti-abortion lawmakers and lawyers are targeting a law used to keep abortion clinics safe after a number of high-profile convictions of anti-abortion activists. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) introduced H.R. 5577 on Tuesday, along with 25 other Republicans, to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act). Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)—one of the few senators to support Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)’s months-long anti-abortion crusade in the Senate—says he plans to introduce companion legisl
Abortion providers are trying to lengthen the narrow window when they can legally terminate a pregnancy under a strict new ban in South Carolina. The conservative state's all-male Supreme Court last month upheld a so-called “fetal heartbeat” law commonly understood to restrict access after about six weeks of pregnancy, which is before most women know they're pregnant. In a footnote, Justice John Kittredge wrote that the court would “leave for another day” whether the language “refers to one period of time during a pregnancy or two separate periods of time.”
After the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a “heartbeat” abortion ban Wednesday, abortion providers object that the ruling offers no definition for what a “fetal heartbeat” even means. In a footnote of its majority opinion, the court explicitly said that specific definition should be left “for another day.” The state’s abortion ban has generally been…
a fight for reproductive freedom. an appeals court ruled certain restrictions should be imposed on mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions. the ruling will make it harder for patients to access the drug, but the fight is not over. the justice department is appealing the decision, sending the case to the supreme court. if the justices side with the court of appeals, mifepristone will only be available up to seven weeks into pregnancy instead of ten. abortion providers who do not have a medical degree will no longer be able to prescribe the drug, and it will no longer be accessible by mail. now, let's not forget, medication abortion accounts for the majority of terminated pregnancies, and 98% percent of those specifically use mifepristone. the good news is that until the supreme court stepped in, the pill will remain available without restrictions. to help us break it all down is michele goodwin, she is the o'neal professor of constitutional law and global health policy at georgetown university.
a fight for reproductive freedom. an appeals court ruled certain restrictions should be imposed on mifepristone, one of two drugs and medication abortions. the ruling will make it harder for patients to access the drug but the fight is not over. the justice department is appealing the decision, sending the case to the supreme court. if the justices side with the court of appeals, mifepristone will only be available up to seven weeks into pregnancy instead of ten. abortion providers who do not have a medical degree will no longer be able to prescribe the drug, and it will no longer be accessible by mail. now, let's not forget, medication abortion accounts for the majority of terminated pregnancies, and 98% percent of those specifically use mifepristone. the good news is that until the supreme court stepped in, the pill will remain available without restrictions. to help us break it all down is michele goodwin, -- professor of law -- at georgetown university. also the author of "policing the womb: invisible women and