No matter how much the anti-choice movement dissembles, there is only one reality: The laws and policies pushed by the movement and the politicians it supports punish women both explicitly and implicitly.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe said the GOP funding restrictions were likely unconstitutional and noted that federal courts have struck down similar laws in North Carolina and Texas.
Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee claimed that Attorney General Loretta Lynch “discussed the DOJ’s ‘active’ and ‘increased’ efforts to enforce [the policy] with respect to interference with reproductive health services,” but failed to do so for houses of worship.
There have been dozens of bills introduced in the past few years to restrict medication abortion access. This year lawmakers have introduced similar bills in Iowa and New Hampshire.
The proposed clauses would add fetuses to the list of Missouri residents who have a "natural right to life" and abolish a pregnant person's right to abortion care.
Providers throughout the country have told Rewire that a document produced by Life Dynamics has been used to deceive and intimidate both patients and providers by threatening them with legal action should they go through with obtaining or providing an abortion.