Tag: abortion

Whitmer ‘Too Busy’ to Testify in Abortion Law Enforcement Case: Files Motion to Quash Subpoena

Attorneys for Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer have asked a trial judge to excuse her from testifying in the lawsuit she brought to block county prosecutors from enforcing the state’s strict abortion law. Whitmer, a first-term Democrat, is seeking reelection in November. She has made the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court…


Attorney Subpoenas Governor Whitmer to Testify in Michigan Abortion Law Case

 Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, has been subpoenaed to testify in the lawsuit she brought to permanently enjoin enforcement of the state’s strict abortion trigger law. The statute was passed in 1931 and was the law of the state until rendered moot by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision….


Nebraska Cancels Special Session to Change Abortion Laws

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts on Monday canceled a proposed special session of the state legislature intended to reduce the current abortion ban from 20 weeks to 12 weeks. Ricketts’s decision came after Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers indicated in a letter that an insufficient number of state senators would vote to amend Nebraska’s abortion laws….


Capitol Report (Aug. 4): China Fires Missiles Around Taiwan; White House Declares Monkeypox a Health Emergency

President Joe Biden is urging Congress to pass what’s dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act. But Republicans argue the bill will do the exact opposite of what its name suggests. China conducted live-fire drills, launching missiles into the waters near Taiwan, and Beijing says these so-called drills will continue for at least the next few days….


Michigan Judge Says Local Prosecutors Can’t Enforce Abortion Ban

A county judge in Michigan issued an extended order on Aug. 3 stopping the enforcement of a 1931 abortion ban just days after the state Court of Appeals upheld the law. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed a restraining order on Aug. 1 after the Court of Appeals ruled that county prosecutors could go ahead and enforce…


Georgia Residents Can Claim ‘Unborn Child’ as Dependent on State Taxes

Georgia residents can now claim “any unborn child” with a detectable heartbeat as a dependent on their state income taxes, the state’s Department of Revenue announced Monday. Under Georgia House Bill 481, Georgia residents can claim a $3,000 tax credit if they were pregnant with an unborn child (or children) as early as six weeks…


Ballot Measure Nixing Right to Abortion in Kansas Fails

The majority of Kansas voters disapproved of a ballot measure that proclaims there is no right to abortion under the state’s Constitution in an Aug. 2 special election that drew intense interest as the nation’s first public referendum on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court repealed the Roe vs. Wade decision in June. According to…


LIVE NOW: DOJ Sues to Expand Abortion Access in Red State; The Unborn Can Be Listed as Tax Dependents: GA | NTD Evening News

The Department of Justice on Aug. 2 filed its first lawsuit challenging a post-Roe v. Wade abortion trigger law. Georgia has announced that taxpayers can now list their unborn children as dependents on their tax returns. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social…


DOJ Sues to Expand Abortion Access in Red State; The Unborn Can Be Listed as Tax Dependents: GA | NTD Evening News

The Department of Justice on Aug. 2 filed its first lawsuit challenging a post-Roe v. Wade abortion trigger law. Georgia has announced that taxpayers can now list their unborn children as dependents on their tax returns. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social…


New Legal Battles in Michigan Over State’s ‘Trigger’ Law Criminalizing Most Abortions

In a victory for the pro-life cause and the rights of local government, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled on Aug. 1 that county prosecutors could prosecute violators of a 1931 state law banning most abortions. The statute, known as Michigan Compiled Law 750.14, was rendered moot for 49 years by the Roe v. Wade…