Tag: roe v wade

Justice Sonia Sotomayor Says She Was ‘Shell-Shocked’ After Roe v. Wade Overturned

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Jan. 5 lamented the high court’s conservative tilt, telling legal educators she felt a “sense of despair” at the direction taken by the court following rulings that include overturning Roe v. Wade, a decision that handed a major victory to pro-lifers. She made the remarks during an hourlong conversation with University of California, Berkeley…


Australian Senators Revive ‘Born Alive’ Bill to Protect Babies Surviving Abortion

Two Australian senators from the centre-right Liberal party have introduced a private member’s bill to protect children who survive an abortion. The bill was presented at the parliament on Nov. 30 by Queensland Senator Matt Cannavan, co-drafted by South Australia Senator Alex Antic and sponsored by United Australia Party senator Ralph Babet. It seeks to…


Mississippi Lawsuit Seeks to Establish State Constitution Doesn’t Protect Abortion

A lawsuit filed in Mississippi seeks to establish that the state constitution does not protect a right to abortions. The Mississippi Justice Institute (MJI)—a nonprofit constitutional litigation organization—filed the lawsuit on Monday on behalf of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG). MJI is the legal arm of the Mississippi Center for Public…


Mississippi State Constitution Doesn’t Protect Abortion, Lawsuit Seeks to Establish

A lawsuit filed in Mississippi seeks to establish that the state constitution doesn’t protect a right to abortions. The Mississippi Justice Institute (MJI)—a nonprofit constitutional litigation organization—filed the lawsuit on Nov. 14 on behalf of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists. MJI is the legal arm of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy,…


Mississippi Lawsuit Aims to End State Constitution’s Abortion Protection

A lawsuit filed in Mississippi seeks to establish that the state constitution does not protect a right to abortions. The Mississippi Justice Institute (MJI)—a nonprofit constitutional litigation organization—filed the lawsuit on Monday on behalf of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG). MJI is the legal arm of the Mississippi Center for Public…


3 Pro-Abortion Protesters Arrested For Disrupting Supreme Court Hearing

Three women were arrested on the morning of Nov. 2 after interrupting oral arguments at the Supreme Court in protest of the court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. According to SCOTUSblog.com, the justices were hearing oral arguments in Bittner v. United States, a bank-reporting case, when the first protester rose from her seat. “I…


Capitol Report (Oct. 21): Pentagon Will Fund Travel, Other Expenses for Abortions; Bannon Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison

Former President Donald Trump says 15 of the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago are his personal property. And the House Jan. 6 committee is subpoenaing Trump. President Joe Biden is again touting deficit reduction and student debt forgiveness. It comes as Republicans are vowing to fight excessive spending if they reclaim the majority. Florida’s surgeon general…


Progressive Women Rally Against Michigan’s Reproductive Freedom for All Ballot Proposal

A group of Progressive women gathered on the steps of the Michigan Capitol Building in Lansing on Oct. 13 to urge the state’s voters to reject a proposed amendment to the Michigan Constitution that they say would deregulate the state’s thriving abortion industry and put women in danger. Kristen Day, executive director of a national organization…


US Supreme Court Rejects Case on What Rights Unborn Children Have

The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 11 turned away a case that sought to clarify what rights unborn children, or fetuses, have. Justices rejected an appeal by Catholics for Life and two mothers who challenged a 2019 Rhode Island law, the Reproductive Privacy Act (RPA), that enabled abortions up until birth. Justices did not say why they…


66 US Clinics Have Halted Abortions Since Supreme Court Struck Down Roe v. Wade: Institute

Dozens of clinics in U.S. states have stopped performing abortions in the 100 days since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, according to a new analysis. In 15 states that have imposed complete or six-week abortion bans, 66 clinics have stopped offering abortions, according to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute. Twenty-six of the clinics…