Julie Lynn
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Read this great piece by MP Stella Creasy on the UK abortion legislation. Just like here in the US, people keep advancing and celebrating half measures that fail to strike at the root!
‘Let this missed opportunity to reform our abortion legislation so that it is fit for the 21st century, remind us all that half measures are not what we are in politics to take. In politics, as in life, fortune favours the brave’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Abortion remains a criminal offence in the UK because of the left’s timidity. We must learn from that – and fast | Stella Creasy
Tuesday’s vote in parliament was a missed opportunity – and proof that progressives are allowing the right to shape the key debates, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Read this great piece by MP Stella Creasy on the UK abortion legislation. Just like here in the US, people keep advancing and celebrating half measures that fail to strike at the root!
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NEW: Right By You, a youth-focused abortion access organization, is filing a lawsuit to challenge the Missouri laws that require parental involvement in abortion decisions for young people and ban helping young people access abortion (referred to as "abortion trafficking" in the law).
www.courts.mo.gov
April 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
NEW: Right By You, a youth-focused abortion access organization, is filing a lawsuit to challenge the Missouri laws that require parental involvement in abortion decisions for young people and ban helping young people access abortion (referred to as "abortion trafficking" in the law).
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A Missouri group that helps young people with pregnancy decisions is suing the state over a parental consent law for minors seeking abortions—they argue it's unconstitutional under Amendment 3. Planned Parenthood affiliates chose not to challenge this law. via @missouriindependent.com
Nonprofit sues to overturn Missouri’s parental consent laws for minors seeking abortions • Missouri Independent
A nonprofit filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn a Missouri law requiring minors to get parental consent before accessing abortion.
missouriindependent.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A Missouri group that helps young people with pregnancy decisions is suing the state over a parental consent law for minors seeking abortions—they argue it's unconstitutional under Amendment 3. Planned Parenthood affiliates chose not to challenge this law. via @missouriindependent.com
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500 MO physicians signed a letter in support of MO's abortion amendment. 57 of them are practicing OBGYNs. ZERO of these practices are providing abortion care in their offices despite zero legal barriers. That's repro math. missouriindependent.com/2024/09/16/m...
More than 800 Missouri medical professionals sign letter in support of abortion amendment • Missouri Independent
More than 800 Missouri medical professionals signed a letter in support of Missouri's reproductive-rights amendment.
missouriindependent.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
500 MO physicians signed a letter in support of MO's abortion amendment. 57 of them are practicing OBGYNs. ZERO of these practices are providing abortion care in their offices despite zero legal barriers. That's repro math. missouriindependent.com/2024/09/16/m...
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More than three months after Missouri voters passed Amendment 3, a judge clears the way for abortions to resume. Unless/until the state appeals the ruling…
A Missouri judge on Friday struck down a licensing requirement for abortion clinics that providers argued was a key obstacle to renewing access to the procedure across the state. #moleg #mogov via @jasonhancock.bsky.social
Missouri judge blocks 'discriminatory' abortion clinic rules blamed for lack of access • Missouri Independent
A Missouri judge struck down a licensing requirement for abortion clinics that providers argued was a key obstacle to access.
missouriindependent.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
More than three months after Missouri voters passed Amendment 3, a judge clears the way for abortions to resume. Unless/until the state appeals the ruling…
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An IL county board will vote Tuesday on removing Rep. Henry Hyde's name from DuPage County courthouse over his abortion-restricting Hyde Amendment. Chair: “Overwhelmingly women in Illinois believe that all women have the right to health care, regardless of their ability to have private insurance”
DuPage County Board resolution would remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
A resolution before the DuPage County Board on Tuesday would remove the name of the late Congressman Henry J. Hyde from the county’s Wheaton courthouse and rescind previous approval for a monument t.....
www.dailyherald.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
An IL county board will vote Tuesday on removing Rep. Henry Hyde's name from DuPage County courthouse over his abortion-restricting Hyde Amendment. Chair: “Overwhelmingly women in Illinois believe that all women have the right to health care, regardless of their ability to have private insurance”
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I have been proud to work with organizations like Personal PAC to safeguard abortion rights in our state. We are determined to do whatever it takes to expand abortion rights and keep it legal everywhere. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/o...
Sarah Garza Resnick: Illinoisans must stay vigilant on abortion rights and access under Donald Trump
We know not to take Donald Trump at his word; he’s flip-flopped on countless issues, including abortion.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I have been proud to work with organizations like Personal PAC to safeguard abortion rights in our state. We are determined to do whatever it takes to expand abortion rights and keep it legal everywhere. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/24/o...
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A warning that all it could take for Trump to start cracking down on abortion pills by mail is his Department of Justice ripping up a piece of paper that the Biden admin wrote. Project 2025 calls for DOJ to do it.
NEW: USPS says it will continue to mail abortion pills “so long as” DOJ's interpretation of the Comstock Act — which effectively protects abortion providers — stays the same, suggesting the agency is leaving the door open for the guidance to change under Trump
www.notus.org/trump-transi...
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The Postal Service Likely Won’t Ask Trump for Updated Guidance Around Mailing Abortion Pills
In a statement to NOTUS, the USPS left the door open for guidance around the Comstock Act to change, but it plans to “continue to act consistent” with a DOJ memo until then.
www.notus.org
December 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
A warning that all it could take for Trump to start cracking down on abortion pills by mail is his Department of Justice ripping up a piece of paper that the Biden admin wrote. Project 2025 calls for DOJ to do it.