Jessica Valenti and Kylie Cheung write: Last month, I warned that we were on the verge of a major new criminalization push. I pointed to some specific and explicit signs, like the rise of ‘equal protection’ bills designed to charge abortion patients with murder, and the spike in pregnancy-related arrests. But here’s the thing—some of the scariest portents are actually…
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Wisconsin Supreme Court’s Liberal Majority Strikes Down 176-Year-Old Abortion Ban
Todd Richmond reports: The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb. State lawmakers adopted the ban in 1849, making it a felony when anyone other…
Justices were skeptical of abortion pills arguments. Anti-abortion groups have backup plans.
Alice Miranda Ollstein reports: Anti-abortion activists and elected officials have a backup plan should the Supreme Court reject their arguments for nationwide restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone. In fact, they have several. The lawsuit that went before the high court Tuesday challenging federal regulation of abortion pills is just one piece of the movement’s…