ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation on Tuesday banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. That can be as early as six weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant. Kemp said he was signing the bill “to ensure that all Georgians have the opportunity to live, grow, learn and […]
In a town called Kennesaw, Georgia homeowners are required to own a gun and ammunition. The bill passed in 1982 in direct response to a mass shooting in Oregon. Representative Erica Thomas says that bill was put in motion by the same man who passed the heartbeat abortion bill. Georgia’s heartbeat abortion bill states that […]
New York state has voted to protect women’s right to abortion even if Roe V. Wade is overturned. Women will have access to abortions from doctors or medical professionals who won’t face prosecution. It also allows for abortions past 24 weeks if the fetus is not viable or when necessary to save the woman’s life. […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is down to one clinic providing abortions Wednesday, after the only other clinic in the state that performs the procedure failed to adhere to new state requirements. Federal appeals court judges ruled last month that Missouri can enforce a requirement that doctors must have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals […]
Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Yoruba Richen to talk about the Anti-Abortion Movement. Roe V. Wade and the Affordable Care Act are on the chopping block, if they’re cut it will no doubt negatively impact African American women. According to Richen, African American women have abortions, and use abortion services at higher rates than […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh plunged into his confirmation battle Tuesday, meeting face-to-face with Senate leaders in what promises to be an intense debate over abortion rights, presidential power and other legal disputes that could reshape the court and roil this fall’s elections. Kavanaugh is a favorite of the GOP […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders and the White House are pressing to strike an accord on a $1.3 trillion catchall spending bill, though disputes remain over immigration, abortion and a massive rail project that pits President Donald Trump against his most powerful Democratic adversary. An agreement by Monday would pave the way for a House […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — For decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has been telling states that they can’t ban abortions before a fetus can survive outside the womb on its own. But states continue to try to restrict abortion before viability. One of the most recent is Mississippi, where lawmakers are on the brink of approving […]
Gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross has released a new memoir that details her experiences on the track and off. The biggest headline coming out of Chasing Grace: What the Quarter Mile Has Taught Me About God and Life is her decision to have an abortion right before the 2008 Olympics. She reveals that it was a difficult decision […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prosecutors on Tuesday charged two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood with 15 felonies, saying they invaded the privacy of medical providers by filming without consent. State Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the charges against David Daleiden of Davis, California, […]
https://www.facebook.com/TheHayride/posts/10155052764394675 Robbie Gatti, a Louisiana politician, who dressed up as Tiger Woods by donning blackface for a community event is defending the controversial costume. He’s being blasted by residents in Bossier City, Louisiana after a photograph of him in blackface at First Baptist Church surfaced this week. However, Gatti insists that his blackface was merely part […]
Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Planned Parenthood’s Chief Medical Officer, Raegan McDonald Mosley to talk about the recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion which might make it tougher for states to defend existing anti-abortion laws. “This law punished women to have safe, legal abortions…women were inducing their own abortions. So this is an […]
