But while other Republican-led states haveapproved related measures, the new abortion ban in the Lone Star State goes a little further. TheTexas Tribunereported, "Instead of having the government enforce the law, the bill turns the reins over to private citizens — who are newly empowered t...
Despite the scramble to restore full abortion rights in Texas, a legal resolution is not expected to happen quickly, experts say.
legalizing contraception for married couples); to the felicitously-named caseLoving v. Virginia(1967, legalizing interracial marriage); toEisenstadt v. Baird(1972, legalizing contraception for unmarried adults); toRoe v. Wade(1973, legalizing abortion); toCarey v. Population Services International...
A divide between abortion-rights activists over whether to include restrictions regarding the viability of the fetus on planned state ballot measures is roiling the movement.
But, as it was before Roe v Wade, policy could again be decided at state level, and those states where abortion was illegal before the landmark judgment and those which already have the fewest clinics, are the most likely to re-implement some kind of ban....
Getting beyond Roe: Why Returning Abortion to the States Is a Good IdeaThe Politics of Abortion, by Anne Hendershott, Encounter Books, 179 pages, $25.95Balko, Radley
“the father of the abortion pill,”notinghis youth spent in the French Resistance and his glamorous, Vanity-Fair-worthy flings. We see it in theheadlinespretty frequently, dragging its trusty sidekick misoprostol in tow. Later this month, a Trump-appointed judge in Texas may well ban it ...
How do conservatives propose to remove emotional intelligence from the educational landscape? What right-wing lawmakers in certain states are doing is banning books — see, again, Florida — or, as inOklahoma, encouraging parents to report any social-emotional learning they catch wind of to their...
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Before Roe: Abortion Policy in the States 6 Party, Discourse, and Policy The pre-Roe story was one of winners and losers. To be sure, groups on both sides of the debate in New York and Pennsylvania encountered party systems that were more or less suited to their needs. But it is......