Tag Archives: Abortion

WASHINGTON — In June 1992, less than two weeks before the Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy sent a colleague some “late-night musings.” “Roe was, at the least, a very close case,” Justice Kennedy wrote in the three-page memorandum, …

By Philip Wegmann for RealClearPolitics Within the first five seconds of officially announcing his run for reelection, President Biden made clear that abortion would be a cornerstone of his campaign. The second still image from his launch video showed a protestor standing outside the Supreme Court. An encapsulation of Democratic …

Sen. Lindsey Graham lost it after CNN’s Dana Bash offered a quick fact check of his false statements on the Democratic position on abortion. Bash responded by raising her voice at Graham. Video: After lying for several minutes about Democrats supporting abortion up until the moment of birth, abortion on …

Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) made it clear that the abortion bans being enacted in red states are not individual decisions but part of a coordinated Republican plan to take away healthcare freedom. Video: Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) tells @Acosta that the taking away of healthcare freedom from women isn’t just …

WASHINGTON — The future of a commonly used abortion pill is at the center of a pitched legal battle before the Supreme Court, which is poised for the second time in a year to consider a major effort to severely limit access to abortion. The court is expected to decide …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a prominent figure in the Republican Party, is expected to sign into law a six-week abortion ban, which will make the southern state the latest to enact severe restrictions on the procedure in the United States. The state’s Republican-led House of Representatives approved the ban by …

Republican leaders have followed an emboldened base of conservative activists into what increasingly looks like a political cul-de-sac on the issue of abortion — a tightly confined absolutist position that has limited their options ahead of the 2024 election season, even as some in the party push for moderation. Last …

A federal judge’s ruling to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s longstanding approval of the abortion pill mifepristone poses threats to the U.S. government’s regulatory authority that could go far beyond one drug, legal experts say. The decision by a Texas judge appears to be the first time a court …

Steven Tyler has denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old in 1973 and forced her to get an abortion. According to documents obtained by Rolling Stone, the singer recently filed a lengthy response to the claims, which were made in a December 2022 lawsuit, arguing that the plaintiff consented …

MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin voters on Tuesday chose to upend the political direction of their state by electing a liberal candidate to the State Supreme Court, flipping majority control from conservatives, according to The Associated Press. The result means that in the next year, the court is likely to reverse the …