House Bill 1155, an outgrowth of Georgia Right to Life’s current billboard campaign, is making its way through the Georgia General Assembly – and both local and national reproductive justice and pro-choice groups are concerned about its repercussions. Yesterday, the bill passed out of the House Judiciary Committee and moved to the House Rules Committee, [...]
As I start to write this article I have the uncontrollable urge to ask Utah: are you kidding me?
I was alerted yesterday by Amplify that Utah’s congress overwhelmingly passed legislation that will criminalize women for miscarriages if it is determined the pregnancy ended as a result of “intentional, knowing, or reckless behavior.”
The bill is riddled [...]
Here’s a bit of good news on the reproductive rights front – a Nevada judge has ruled against the language of a proposed “personhood” statute, arguing that the language was too general in nature. According to RH Reality Check:
District Judge James Russell further ruled that the initiative which seeks to extend constitutional protections to [...]
Rep. Carl Wimmer, Republican lawmaker in Utah, certainly doesn’t want to make the already difficult decision to have an abortion any easier for women. In fact, he is in the midst of pushing through a bill for the 2010 legislative session seeking to amend the state’s informed consent law. In the status quo, Utah abortion [...]
A quick update on the abortion debacle underway in Oklahoma. A judge has delayed a restraining order against the enactment of the legislation until Feb. 19th, where a hearing will take place to determine the validity of a lawsuit to have the legislation dismissed. The Wall Street Journal reports,
An Oklahoma County judge, Daniel Owens, [...]
On a 60-39 vote, the U.S. Senate finally
Anti-choice senators struck a backdoor deal in the middle of the night on December 19th when Senator Harry Reid offered an manager’s amendment to the health care bill that is every bit as restrictive as the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the House version of the health care bill. According to NOW:
The provision was drafted to [...]
On an 11-to-2 vote, the D.C. city council passed a measure today legalizing same-sex marriage. However monumental this decision may prove to be, there is unfortunately some opposition ahead. Opponents have vowed to overturn the bill through referendum or by interfering with the 30 day review process in Congress. “The City Council’s action today is [...]
I was stoked to hear the news this weekend that Houston elected an openly gay woman as their mayor. Saturday’s election of Annise Parker marks a historic moment for the gay and lesbian community, particularly in such a conservative state like Texas. Increased representation of gay and lesbian identity within the political sphere obviously carries [...]
In response to recent attacks on choice in the House and Senate debate over health care reform, the Berkeley City Council voted in an 8-1 decision to send a message to the anti-choice democrats who voted to completely dismantle women’s access to reproductive health. In hopes of reminding our dear friends of exactly what is [...]
