The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the case Dobbs v Jackson on December 1st, 2021. After listening in, legal counsel for the largest network of pro-life service organizations in the world, believes the longstanding abortion ruling Roe v Wade is fated to end. Attorney Danielle White notes the Justices’ concerns pivoted on the fetal
On December 1st, New York Attorney General Letitia James proposed the creation of an abortion tourism fund. This comes amid worries the U.S. Supreme Court will allow states to outlaw abortion by the summer of 2022. James is asking New York politicians to use tax payer monies “to set aside meaningful funding to provide abortion
Early in December, California Governor Gavin Newsom promised abortion tourism if the U.S. Supreme Court guts the 1973 ruling legalizing the injustice. One news source notes, “’We’ll be a sanctuary,’ Newsom said, adding he’s aware patients will likely travel to California from other states to seek abortions.” Newsom is vying for tax-payer funding of abortion
The Federal Drug Administration is responsible for regulating the use of thousands of medications. Seventy-four are deemed dangerous enough to put them in a drug safety program called Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies or REMS. This system ensures use of these dangerous drugs comes with increased patient monitoring by the doctor for the patient’s protection.
Late in 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a 2017 New York State regulation, mandating all health insurance plans within the state cover abortion. The Catholic diocese of Albany filed suit. New York’s abortion mandate included a religious exemption. However, the exemption was so narrow even the Catholic church did not qualify. The official position
On December 10th, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Joe Biden’s request to block Texas’ abortion ban, again. This is the second time the Court heard an emergency appeal from the Biden Justice Department to strike a Texas abortion ban after a pre-born baby’s heart is detectable, approximately six weeks gestation. At that early stage
The Biden administration is at odds with the Supreme Court for refusing to hear an emergency appeal to block the Texas abortion ban. Not only is Texas the first state the Supreme Court has permitted to ban the practice since 1973, the Texas law carries a $10,000 fine for anyone convicted of performing or aiding
By allowing Texas to ban abortion and by setting a date to hear a Mississippi case, restricting all abortion over 15 weeks gestation, well below the court’s 24-week age of viability, the Supreme Court may be signaling a reversal of Roe, leaving the states to decide the abortion debate for themselves. Picking up on these
On September 13, Governor Hochul unveiled a plan to codify Cuomo’s 2019 abortion expansion bill known as the Reproductive Health Act. After passing the act, nothing was done to interpret and enforce it. Madam Hochul in her new role as governor wasted no time amassing a team of abortion allies, enshrining abortion as a human
The face of abortion is changing in two ways. First, given the recent activity of the Supreme Court responding favorably to state abortion restrictions, it appears that they may return the abortion problem to the states to decide for themselves how they want to deal with it. A majority of states would outlaw the practice,
