Commentary This spring, President Biden appointed a 35-member Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, charged with soliciting expert views, deliberating among themselves, and reporting back to him on the subject of “reforming” the nation’s highest court. The commission’s members are themselves mostly eminent scholars of the Court’s work, preponderantly but by…
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Key Section of Arizona Abortion Law
Federal Judge Douglas L. Rayes threw out a key provision of Arizona’s abortion ban on Tuesday that would have allowed prosecutors to bring charges against health providers for terminating pregnancies due to a diagnosis of genetic abnormality, except in a medical emergency. Rayes also granted a partial preliminary injunction against a provision that would have let…
House Passes Bill Barring States From Restricting Abortions
The House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that would bar states from restricting abortions if it is also passed by the Senate and signed into law. The House voted mostly along party lines to pass H.R. 3755, also known as the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021. All Democrats voted yes except for Rep….
California Governor Signs Laws Aimed at Ensuring Access to Abortion
September 23, 2021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed two laws that are meant to make sure women have access to abortion. California Assembly Bill 1356 boosts penalties for crimes established by the California Freedom of Access to Clinic Act, including posting the home address or home telephone number of abortion providers. The bill elevates the crimes from…
Texas Gov. Abbott Signs New Law Further Restricting Abortions in the State
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed a bill, which adds more limits and raises criminal penalties for the use of abortion-inducing medication, that goes into effect in three months. The signing of the measure—Senate Bill 4—comes a few weeks after Abbott, a Republican, signed a bill to implement Senate Bill 8, which prohibits abortions…
Texas Doctor Who Allegedly Violated Abortion Ban Sued by Disbarred Lawyers
A Texas doctor who says he intentionally violated a new law that bans most abortions was sued twice this week. Texas Senate Bill 8, which took effect on Sept. 1, bars doctors from performing abortions without first trying to detect a fetal heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, it prohibits abortions unless the doctor finds…
Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments Challenging Roe v. Wade in December
Arguments in a case challenging the validity of the Supreme Court ruling in 1973 that access to abortion is a constitutional right are scheduled to take place on Dec. 1. The nation’s top court will hear that day from lawyers on both sides in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the court announced Monday. Justices agreed…
Texas Doctor Who Performed Abortion in Violation of New Law Writes Op-Ed
A Texas doctor who performed an abortion in violation of a new state law and faces the prospect of a private-action lawsuit for $10,000 published an op-ed in The Washington Post on Sunday. Alan Braid wrote that he had performed abortions in Texas since 1973, the year when the Supreme Court outlawed most state limits…
Biden Administration Announces Support for Abortion Providers in Texas Amid Legal Battle
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday pledged support for abortion providers and patients in Texas after losing an initial step in a legal case against the state’s new anti-abortion law. Biden’s health secretary, Xavier Becerra, said that his department was providing funding to Every Body Texas, a nonprofit that says it supports abortions by administering…
Judge Schedules Oct. 1 Hearing on DOJ Bid to Block Texas Pro-Life Law
The Texas law banning most abortions will remain in effect until at least Oct. 1, when a federal judge will hear arguments from the Department of Justice on why the measure should be blocked. The law, which bans abortions outside of medical emergencies once a fetal heartbeat is detected, is being challenged by the Biden…
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