If established by legislation, fetal personhood would have the practical effect of prohibiting abortion at all stages of pregnancy. Its impact could become national if courts affirm state-level laws that extend the application of the 14th Amendment to fetuses.
In the two years since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris has become a strong, passionate voice for reproductive rights.
Radical right-wing Republicans in the state of North Carolina want to limit women’s reproductive healthcare even more than they already have. The Republican candidate for Governor, Mark Robinson, consistently shows a complete disregard and disrespect for women and for women’s healthcare.
On the second anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade, Gov. Roy Cooper and others highlight new threats to IVF and birth control.
Alongside abortion, contraception is the other pillar of sexual and reproductive healthcare. These services are critical to ensuring we are free to make decisions about our own bodies and lives with dignity and respect.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing on behalf of the Supreme Court, wrote that while the plaintiffs did not have standing to sue over the FDA's regulation of mifepristone, “it is not clear that no one else would have standing to challenge the FDA’s relaxed regulation of mifepristone.”
Thursday’s vote was the second time Republicans blocked legislation to protect IVF, after they blocked the same bill in February, and comes just one week after they similarly blocked an effort from Democrats to guarantee nationwide access to birth control.
Ryan Hamilton had to race his wife to the hospital after she had a miscarriage, fell unconscious, and started bleeding out on their bathroom floor. Here, he explains what happened.
The bill would have guaranteed the right for Americans to obtain and use birth control without government interference. It would also protect the right of health care providers to distribute information about contraception and provide it to patients.
The ruling, the final word on a decision the judge rendered in April, blocks several state restrictions on abortion medication, but leaves others in place.
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