Former President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards on “The Takeout” – 10/14/2022 – CBS News Watch CBS News Cecile Richards, the former head of Planned Parenthood and co-chair of the American Bridge 21st Century super PAC, joins Major Garrett for this week’s episode of “The Takeout” to discuss the fallout from the Supreme Court’s decision … Read more
When Planned Parenthood decided four years ago to open a new clinic here in a medically deprived working-class neighborhood, it envisioned a place that would save women living in the area from hour-long bus rides to get birth control, testing or an abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in June quashing Roe v. Wade — … Read more
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said on Thursday there is still a “long way to go” to find a bipartisan agreement on codification abortion rights previously protected under Roe v. Wade. She added that she is “not in the camp that says it can’t”. “Codification of Roe v. Wade will not happen unless there is a … Read more
The June Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and left the issue of abortion rights to states has sparked ballot questions in a handful of states this fall. Three states ask voters for variation on whether to establish a right to abortion, while a single state asks whether the constitution should be amended … Read more
President Joe Biden will promise Tuesday that the first bill he sends to Capitol Hill next year will be one that codifies Roe v. Wade — if Democrats have enough seats in Congress for Biden to sign abortion protections into law. It is the first time Biden has prioritized abortion legislation in this way ahead … Read more
An Arizona judge refused to issue her warrant on Friday that made enforcement possible of a pre-statehood law that makes it a crime to put an abortion on hold, saying abortion rights groups that asked her to block the order are unlikely to prevail on appeal. The ruling by Pima County Superior Court Judge Kellie … Read more
Planned Parenthood has joined the chorus of voices without much positive things to say about Netflix’s new Marilyn Monroe biopic blondgive an interview today that calls the film “anti-abortion propaganda.” This is per THR, who approached the reproductive rights organization for comment on Andrew Dominik’s new film, which stars Ana De Armas as a version … Read more
According to Harris’s office, Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with Illinois state legislators and other local leaders in Chicago later this week. Harris’ visit is scheduled for Friday, September 16, where her focus on reproductive rights reflects the mission of a trip to the Chicago area early this summer. Harris stopped by Chicago and … Read more
A Louisiana woman carrying a fetus with a deadly congenital condition was forced to travel more than 2,200 miles to New York to have an abortion after doctors at her local hospital refused to perform the procedure over fear that she would have an abortion. would be prosecuted under the ambiguously worded laws of their … Read more
Chloe Akers considers herself a grizzled criminal defense attorney. Until a few months ago, she didn’t spend much time thinking about abortion — for all her 39 years, abortion was not a crime, so she’d never imagined having to defend someone accused of performing one. That changed in June, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. … Read more