Track current abortion legislation (GovTrack.us)
Includes, S231 “Life at conception Act” S231 and
HR354 “Defund Planned Parenthood Act”
Oregon Advances Bill Offering Free Abortions to Citizens and Non-Citizens (3 July 2017)
“the Oregon House has advanced the Reproductive Health Equity Act to the Senate — a bill which “would allocate $10.2 million for services related to contraception, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy, including vasectomies and abortions, in the 2017-19 budget period.”
7 Planned Parenthood Clinics Closed Today (30 June 2017) (LiveAction)
“According to Operation Rescue, seven Planned Parenthood facilities are set to close their doors permanently today, June 30, 2017. Six of those locations provided medication abortions.”
Trump appoints former chairman for Americans United for Life to position in the Dept. Of Health and Human Services (28 April 2017) (DailyKos)
“On Friday, [Trump] announced that he will be appointing Charmaine Yoest as the assistant secretary for public affairs for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She is the former president of the anti-abortion group, Americans United for Life. . . [and] she believes abortions can cause breast cancer.”
Two anti-abortion laws advance through Texas senate (20 March 2017) (TexasTribune)
“Texas senators advanced two anti-abortion bills, one that would prevent parents from suing doctors if their baby is born with a birth defect and another that would require doctors to make sure a fetus is deceased before performing a certain type of abortion.”
Trump administration’s official response to the women’s march (22 January 2017) (NBCnews)
“It’s a shame that the March for Life, which estimates the same number of marchers in DC (650,000 in 2013) and will be happening next Friday, will not get anywhere near the same amount of coverage that this march got – and those pro-life members were NOT welcome at the Women’s March.”
Women’s march prioritizes abortion access and LGBTQ rights (21 January 2017) (WomensMarch.com)
“We believe in Reproductive Freedom. We do not accept any federal, state or local rollbacks, cuts or restrictions on our ability to access quality reproductive healthcare services, birth control, HIV/AIDS care and prevention, or medically accurate sexuality education. This means open access to safe, legal, affordable abortion and birth control for all people, regardless of income, location or education. . .
We firmly declare that LGBTQIA Rights are Human Rights and that it is our obligation to uplift, expand and protect the rights of our gay, lesbian, bi, queer, trans or gender non-conforming brothers, sisters and siblings. We must have the power to control our bodies and be free from gender norms, expectations and stereotypes.”
46 Abortion-Restricting Laws Are Already in Front of State Legislators (12 Jan 2017) (Vice News)
“State legislatures have been back in session a little more than a week and lawmakers are already going after abortion rights. At least 46 anti-abortion bills have been introduced or are pending in 14 states as of Thursday morning”
Candidates Views on Abortion (2016) (BallotOpedia)
Hillary Clinton expressed support for abortion rights, funding Planned Parenthood, and reconsidering the 1973 Helms Amendment, which prohibits the use of foreign assistance funds for abortion. Donald Trump opposed abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother’s life. Jill Stein supported abortion rights and opposed Texas House Bill 2, which required doctors who performed abortions to have hospital admitting privileges at a facility within 30 miles of where an abortion was performed, among other restrictions. Gary Johnson expressed support for abortion rights and called Texas House Bill 2 “an affront to women’s rights.”
20 week abortion ban Advances to senate despite stalled pain-capable abortion bill (14 May 2015)(CNN)
“The measure passed mostly on a party line vote, 242-184, with one member voting present. Earlier this year House Republican leaders were forced to cancel a vote on the legislation, known as the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” when several female House Republican members rebelled against it. They argued some provisions dealing with exceptions for rape could threaten the party’s efforts to attract support from women and younger voters.”
Chilling Undercover Footage of an Abortionist Describing the Procedure (12 Dec 2014) (LiveAction)
“How do abortionists describe preborn children and the violent abortion procedures they perform on them? A video has gone viral that exposes what abortionists admit when they don’t realize the cameras are rolling.”
HB2 and other abortion restricting bills on the agenda for 2014 (14 Oct 2014)
“Across the country, battles are being waged over laws regulating abortion providers and their services. With courts disagreeing whether these laws violate a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, the likelihood is increasing that the Supreme Court — which ruled last year on buffer zones outside abortion clinics — will have to weigh in on the white hot issue yet again.”
Abortion History Museum 