In the last year, 42 independent clinics have been forced to close or stop offering abortion care and 14 states have been left without a single abortion clinic. More in the War on Women report:
This case is the first brought under Texas’ ‘bounty hunter’ allowance. The law,, allows anyone to bring a lawsuit against someone who “aids or abets” in an abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy.
“This is a significant win against S.B. 8’s bounty-hunting scheme because the court rejected the notion that Texas can allow a person with no connection to an abortion to sue,” Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. “But this dismissal did not provide the opportunity to strike down S.B. 8 overall, and in the wake of thedecision, Texas is enforcing multiple abortion bans. As a result, pregnant Texans with life-threatening obstetric emergencies are being turned away from hospitals. No one should have to be near death just to get the healthcare they need.
, according to a new Senate investigation. Hundreds of sexual abuse charges are among a backlog of 8,000 internal affairs misconduct cases yet to be investigated. The Justice Department is now considering expanding its compassionate release program to offer early release for women who are abused in prison.on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act—a bipartisan bill that would have given pregnant people extra workplace accommodations.
Montana appealed the case to the state Supreme Court after a district court struck down the law as a violation of the state constitution. The state Supreme Court will decide whether to uphold the lower court’s decision to strike down the law.
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