California State Lawmakers Introduce Amendment to Create a State Right to Abortion

California lawmakers announced on June 12 that they are introducing an amendment that would create a right to abortion in the state's constitution.

As introduced by pro-abortion legislators, the amendment would “prohibit the state from denying or interfering with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion.”

If California legislators approve the amendment by a two-thirds majority in both houses, the amendment will be brought to November 2022 ballot for voters to approve.

This comes after Gov. Newsom announced that $125 million in state funding would pay for abortions, offer monetary incentives for abortionists, and pay for abortionists to move to California.

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President Biden Considering Executive Orders to Strengthen Abortion if Roe is Overturned

President Joe Biden
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On Wednesday, June 8, President Joe Biden said on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" that he is considering executive actions that would minimize the life-saving impact of a potential Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

"I think if the court overrules Roe v. Wade,... we have to legislate it. We have to make sure we pass legislation making it a law..."

He went on to repeat his false claim that the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court would affect precedent in other issues such as same-sex marriage. He referenced Connecticut v. Griswold as a precedent that would be overturned if the Supreme Court moved forward with the draft. That decision ruled that the Constitution protected the liberty of couples to buy and use contraceptives.

The leaked draft opinion explicitly states that it does not undermine any rulings that are not related to abortion. Biden and pro-abortion advocates often repeat this deceptive argument.

"And you know, there's a whole range of things that are at stake here when we talk about eliminating Roe v. Wade," Biden said. "It's just ridiculous in my view. And I don't think the country will stand for it, but I think what we're gonna have to do are some executive orders... We're looking at that right now."

"Look," Biden continued. "It's clear that if in fact... these states impose the limitations they're talking about, it's gonna cause a mini-revolution. They're gonna vote a lot of these folks out of office."

Pro-abortion politicians and organizations have suggested a variety of executive actions that President Biden may or may not use. Examples include:

• Eliminating FDA restrictions on abortion drugs
• Creating travel vouchers that would use federal tax dollars to pay the expenses of women who must travel to get abortions
• Allowing abortionists to work on the federally-owned property in pro-life states

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Wisconsin Gov. Calls Special Session to Repeal State Abortion Ban

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D)

On Wednesday, June 8, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evans (D) signed an executive order calling a special legislative session to attempt to repeal the state's 1849 abortion ban. This comes as many expect the Supreme Court to override Roe v. Wade in its upcoming Dobbs v. Jackson decision. This would send the issue of abortion back to the states; allowing them to enforce laws like Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban.

The special session is set to take place at noon on June 22. In a statement, Gov. Evers said, A decision by Supreme Court to overturn Roe and decades of well-established precedent could have disastrous consequences for folks in every corner of our country.”

Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R), in his own statement, said, “Killing innocent babies is not healthcare. We will gavel out of another blatantly political special session.” Republicans hold majorities in both of Wisconsin's legislative bodies.

“We are disappointed but not surprised by Governor Evers’ disregard for the lives of preborn children in Wisconsin,” said Wisconsin Right to Life’s legislative director, Gracie Skogman. “We urge our state legislators to protect Statute 940.04. Wisconsin Right to Life will continue to advocate for the right to life for all, to ensure that our children and grandchildren have the opportunity to be born and live in a state that defends life.”

Much like Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D), Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has stated that he will not enforce his state's abortion ban if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

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Armed Man Arrested Near Justice Kavanaugh's Home for Alleged Assassination Plot

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

A California man was arrested near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home in Maryland at about 1:50 a.m. on June 8th. After his arrest, he reportedly told authorities that he was there to kill the justice. Initial reports indicate that he was motivated by the leaked draft opinion by the Supreme Court that could overturn Roe v. Wade.

MSNBC reporter Pete Williams said that the man carried a gun, knife, pepper spray, and burglary tools. The man arrived near Kavanaugh's home by taxi, but he was taken into police custody before he was able to get near the justice's home.

Washington Post reporters Devlin Barrett, Dan Morse, and Ellie Silverman wrote, “Two people familiar with the investigation said the initial evidence indicates that the man was angry about the leaked draft of an opinion by the Supreme Court signaling that the court is preparing to overturn Roe. v. Wade, the 49-year-old decision that guaranteed the constitutional right to have an abortion.”

The Washington Post further reported that, according to two anonymous sources familiar with the investigation, the police received a tip notifying them about the alleged assailant.

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Michigan Legislature Asks Court for Permission to Intervene in Lawsuit Against 1931 Abortion Law

On June 6, the Michigan legislature asked if it could be allowed to intervene in Planned Parenthood's lawsuit against the state's 1931 law banning abortion. This comes after the court issued a preliminary injunction that would prohibit the 1931 law from being enforced if Roe v. Wade is overturned before the Michigan lawsuit is settled.

The law has not been enforced for decades due to the US Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade. However, the recently leaked draft opinion from the US Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson would overturn Roe's precedent. This would allow states to once again enforce laws limiting or banning abortion.

Michigan legislators are requesting to defend the law because Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) are both taking the side of Planned Parenthood. Whitmer's administration has filed its own lawsuit with the same goal, and Nessel has stated that she would not enforce the abortion ban even if it did go into effect. This means that both sides of Planned Parenthood's lawsuit challenging the 1931 abortion ban are arguing for the same outcome.

“The Legislature’s motion to intervene is timely, coming just weeks after the court entered the (preliminary injunction) order,” the House and Senate said in a court filing. “There is no question that the Legislature has strong interests in ensuring that constitutional challenges to Michigan statutes present an actual controversy suitable for judicial resolution and, when necessary, in defending justiciable challenges. No existing party will adequately represent those interests here.”

Pro-life advocates are also concerned that the case is being considered by Michigan Judge Elizabeth Gleicher. Gleicher argued on behalf of Planned Parenthood in 1997 that the state constitution contained an implied right to abortion. The court ruled against Planned Parenthood at that time, but Planned Parenthood is attempting to make a similar argument now (albeit from a different angle).

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Pro-Life Legislators Ask HHS to Investigate Fetal Tissue Research at University of Pittsburgh

Pro-life legislators from the US House and Senate have called on HHS Inspector General Christi Grimm to investigate allegations that the University of Pittsburgh violated federal law with its federally funded fetal tissue research program.

On May 24, legislators sent a letter to Grimm expressing concern that the University of Pittsburgh illegally altered abortion procedures to obtain intact body parts. The letter reiterates concerns from pro-life advocates that the university may have even harvested organs from children who were born alive and later killed after attempted abortions.

“If the babies are born alive after surviving an abortion, are the university and its recipients and subrecipients of HHS funding reducing ‘warm ischemia time’ by keeping the babies alive until their organs or tissues have been harvested to provide blood flow to the organ or tissue for as long as possible?” the letter reads. “If infanticide by organ or tissue harvesting is occurring, it is a crime under Pennsylvania state law. It is also a violation of federal regulation, which requires, among other things, that ‘there will be no added risk to the neonate resulting from the research.'”

The legislators previously asked Attorney General Merrick Garland, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, and NIH Director Francis Collins to investigate back in September 2021, but nothing was done. Lawmakers criticized the administration for its lack of action in its letter last month: “Rather than conduct an independent evaluation of its own, NIH chose to accept and endorse a report that had been paid for by the institution it had been asked to investigate.”

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US Treasury Secretary Testifies that Abortion Boosts the Economy

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a US Senate committee last month that legal abortion is justified. She argued that benefited the economy by allowing more women to enter the workforce.

Yellen testified during the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s report to the Senate Banking Committee. During that report, pro-abortion politicians took the opportunity to turn the discussion away from economic topics and toward the issue of abortion.

When Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) asked Yellen what impact the overturn of Roe v. Wade would have on the economy, she responded:

“I believe that eliminating the right of women to make decisions about when and whether to have children would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades. Roe v. Wade and access to reproductive health care, including abortion, helped lead to increased labor force participation. It enabled many women to finish school that increased their earning potential. It allowed women to plan and balance their families and careers, and research also shows it had a favorable impact on the well-being and earnings of children.”

She continued by arguing that young, low-income, black women will be unable to get the education necessary to participate in the workforce unless they have abortions. She further argued that the children of these mothers will grow up in poverty themselves (implying that they would be better off aborted).

Killing the children of poor mothers, black or otherwise, is not an ethical solution to the issue of poverty. It should go without saying that children's lives have value regardless of their parents' financial positions.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who was born to a single-parent black household, pushed back against Yellen's arguments both during the hearing and afterward in an op-ed for the Washington Post.

“There are voices today who would tell you that our lives were hopeless,” he wrote. “That a life like the one we had as a family was not a life worth living, and that the United States would be better off if people like us didn’t exist at all.”

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Michigan Gov. Orders State Agencies to Protect Abortionists from Investigations

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D)

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) issued an executive order on May 25 barring Michigan state agencies from cooperating with authorities from other states that are investigating abortion-related crimes.

Additionally, the order requires state agencies to "identify and assess potential opportunities to increase protections for reproductive health care."

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released a statement applauding Whitmer's order.

“It is incumbent upon those of us who hold public office to exercise the full authority of our positions to extend support and protection for women in our state — and our country,” Nessel said. “That is why I have made clear that I will not use the resources of my office to enforce or defend Michigan’s 1931 statute criminalizing abortion. I refuse to put millions of Michigan women at risk by restricting their access to safe abortions.”

Michigan's 1931 ban was recently suspended by Judge Elizabeth Gleicher. She did not recuse herself, despite the fact that she argued against the same law on behalf of Planned Parenthood in 1997.

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ACLU Challenges Florida's 15-Week Abortion Ban

The ACLU of Florida filed a lawsuit on June 1 to challenge Florida's new law banning abortions after the 15th week of development. Unless a judge issues an injunction, Florida's law will go into effect on July 1.

The ACLU lawsuit, filed on behalf of several abortion businesses throughout Florida, argues that Florida's "Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality Act" violates Florida's Constitution's privacy clause.

Florida's law includes exceptions for severe fetal anomalies, to save the life of the mother, or to prevent serious physical impairment to the mother's body.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law on April 14th. He said at the time, “This will represent the most significant protections for life that we have seen in a generation.”

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Planned Parenthood Sues to Block Oklahoma Abortion Law

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Shortly after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a new law banning most abortions, pro-abortion organizations announced that they are filing a lawsuit to block the law from going into effect.

Oklahoma HB 4327 prohibits most abortions from the moment of fertilization. Barring exceptions for rape, incest, and when the mother's life is in danger, abortion would be illegal in the state of Oklahoma. Much Texas's Heartbeat Act, the law empowers private citizens to sue abortionists who kill protected children.

“For anyone seeking abortion in Oklahoma and beyond: Planned Parenthood and our partners are fighting for you,” Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement when the bill was signed. “We will bring everything we have to make sure you can get the care you need, and challenge every ban enacted in Oklahoma.”

The challenge to Oklahoma HB 4327 will be added to the ongoing case against Oklahoma's "heartbeat act." That case is pending before the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

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Illinois Parental Notice Repeal Became Effective June 1

The repeal of Illinois's Parental Notice of Abortion Act, signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in December, became effective on June 1. Abortion businesses are no longer required to notify the parents of a minor seeking abortion.

“Illinois is now the only state in the Midwest that does not have Parental Notification in place, an open invitation to out-of-state minors to pursue abortions in Illinois,” Kevin Grillot, Executive Director of the March for Life Chicago, said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Parental Notice of Abortion Act was passed in 1995. It wasn't enforced until 2013 due to a lawsuit from pro-abortion groups. The law simply required abortion businesses to notify the parents or guardians of minors seeking an abortion. This notification had to happen at least 48 hours before the scheduled abortion. The law did not require the parents' permission. Additionally, minors could get approval from a judge to bypass the parental notification requirement.

The Parental Notice of Abortion Act gave parents the opportunity to speak with their daughters about the decision, and it provided an avenue by which sex traffickers could be caught. Without the notification requirement, sex traffickers who harm minors can use abortion businesses to hide their crimes.

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Rhode Island Supreme Court Upholds State Right to Abortion

On May 4, the Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld a 2019 state law declaring abortion to be a state right.

The court rejected a challenge by Servants of Christ for Life and two individual pro-life women who sued on behalf of their unborn children. They argued that state citizens should have been allowed to vote against the law in a referendum. Additionally, the mothers argued that the law erased the rights of their children.

The Court ultimately ruled that there was no right to a referendum on the law. It also ruled that unborn children had no legal standing because they are not "persons," and they further would not have standing because they were not harmed by the law (their pro-life parents chose life for them).

Attorney Diana Messere Magee, who represented the plaintiffs, said after the decision that her clients were considering whether to appeal to the US Supreme Court.

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Oklahoma Gov. Signs Law Banning Abortion at Fertilization

Oklahoma Gov Kevin Stitt (R)

On Wednesday, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a law that bans abortion from the moment of fertilization. Abortion businesses in the state closed when the law took effect.

The new law, which took effect immediately, bans abortion at all stages of pregnancy, but it includes exceptions for rape, incest, and when the life of the mother is at risk. Additionally, the law states that its definition of abortion, “does not include the use, prescription, administration, procuring, or selling of Plan B, morning-after pills, or any other type of contraception or emergency contraception.” These options can sometimes cause abortion after fertilization but before implantation.

The Oklahoma law is enforced by private citizens through civil lawsuits, just like Texas's Heartbeat Act. Texas's law remains enforceable today, despite court challenges. The Texas Heartbeat Act, however, only bans abortion when the child's heartbeat becomes detectable (six weeks).

“I promised Oklahomans that as governor I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk and I am proud to keep that promise today,” said Stitt in a statement. He continued, “From the moment life begins at conception is when we have a responsibility as human beings to do everything we can to protect that baby’s life and the life of the mother. That is what I believe and that is what the majority of Oklahomans believe. If other states want to pass different laws, that is their right, but in Oklahoma we will always stand up for life.””

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Nebraska Gov. to Call Special Session to Ban Abortion if Roe is Overturned

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R)

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) said on May 15 that he plans to call a special legislative session if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court. If this happens, Ricketts would direct state legislators to immediately outlaw all abortions without exception.

CNN's Dana Bash asked the governor directly on May 15th whether he would call a special session to ban abortion. The governor responded, “Well, if we do get Roe v. Wade overturned, I will work with our speaker of the legislature to have a special session and do more to protect preborn babies. We’ll have to see what the decision is before we could take further steps but that would certainly be my intention.”

Nebraska lawmakers attempted to pass a "trigger law" last month, but it failed by two votes.

“Nebraska is a pro-life state,” Ricketts said. “I believe life begins at conception, and those are babies too. If Roe v. Wade, which is a horrible constitutional decision, gets overturned by the Supreme Court, which we’re hopeful of, here in Nebraska, we’re going to take further steps to protect those preborn babies.”

“Including in the case of rape or incest?” Bash pressed. Ricketts replied, “They’re still babies, too. Yes. They’re still babies.”

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Flossmoor, IL Planned Parenthood Downplays Medical Emergency

The Planned Parenthood facility in Flossmoor, IL called 911 on April 28 to request an ambulance for a patient having an allergic reaction to abortion drugs. The employee who called 911 originally downplayed the severity of the patient's reaction; later requiring the correction of a nurse. Operation Rescue obtained emergency records of the incident.

“We just need a transfer. We have a stable patient, 20 years old,” the first staffer said. “She [is] having an allergic reaction. And we just want her to get further evaluation.”

The young patient was suspected to have an allergic reaction to Misoprostol. Misoprostol is the second drug used during the abortion pill regimen. The first drug, Mifepristone, kills the child by blocking the flow of nutrients and oxygen to the child. Misoprostol is used afterward to induce labor, thereby causing the mother to expel the dead child from her womb.

The first staffer who spoke in the 911 call told the dispatcher that the patient was breathing normally, alert, oriented, stable, and conscious. She reiterated that the patient only needed a hospital transfer so she could get further evaluation. A nurse who later spoke with the dispatcher told a different story.

When the nurse spoke, she told the dispatcher that the patient was given an IV, Benadryl, and Excedrin. She also said, “And she’s not getting better. Uh, kind of, she’s getting worse. So that’s why we need you to take her to the hospital.”

“This late-term abortion business has demonstrated reckless failure to take proper emergency action for women experiencing dangerous complications,” said Operation Rescue president Troy Newman. “It appears that minimizing or hiding the seriousness of its emergencies to protect its reputation has become commonplace.”

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Vice President Harris Meets with Abortion Orgs; Promising Support

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Vice President Kamala Harris met with representatives from abortion organizations on Thursday to discuss the Supreme Court's potential reversal of Roe v. Wade.

The White House shared Harris's opening remarks for that meeting. In them, she makes false claims about the extent of the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court, and she disparages Oklahomans for passing a bill that would ban abortion from the moment of fertilization.

“So, this, when and if it happens, will be an extreme step backward. And it represents a threat not just to women, but to all Americans,” Harris said.

“The right to privacy that forms the basis of Roe is the same right to privacy that protects the right to use contraception, and the right to marry the person you love, including a person of the same sex. Overturning Roe opens the door to restricting those rights,” Harris continued. “It would be a direct assault on the fundamental right to self-determination, to live and love without interference from the government. At its core, this is about our future as a nation, about whether we live in a country where the country can interfere in personal decisions.”

This repeats the false claim made by Presiden Biden and other pro-abortion politicians about the extent of the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion. The text of that opinion, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, explicitly states that it would not alter or rescind any precedents other than those regarding abortion specifically.

"None of the other decisions cited by Roe and Casey involved the critical moral question posed by abortion," the leaked draft opinion reads. "They do not support the right to obtain an abortion, and by the same token, our conclusion that the Constitution does not confer such a right does not undermine them in any way."

Harris went on to reference a pro-life Oklahoma bill that recently passed the state legislature; stating that Oklahomans and those in other pro-life states design such bills to "punish and control women." She argued that a woman's ability to get an abortion is "directly connected to her power to make decisions about her future." This statement implies that after giving birth, a mother will be forced to parent the baby; and furthermore implies that mothers are not capable of having careers. Both of these things are false. Adoption, parenting, and fulfilling careers are all possible for women when they are given life-affirming resources.

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Granite City Abortion Clinic Hospitalized at Least 2 Women in April

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Pro-life onlookers at Hope Clinic for Women (HCFW) recorded at least two instances last month when women left the facility in ambulances.

Over the past two years, sidewalk counselors and Operation Rescue have documented 11 medical emergencies at that location.

HCFW, rather than sending patients to a hospital in Illinois, has them sent to St. Louis, Missouri. The owner's husband has gynecology privileges there.

Operation Rescue obtained a recording of the 911 call from April 6, 2022. In that call, the HCFW employee cheerfully requests an ambulance for a woman with excessive bleeding.

“The Hope Clinic for Women continues to habitually endanger the lives of pregnant women in the process of profiting from destroying the lives of their innocent babies,” said Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue. “Illinois is a state that recently liberalized their abortion laws. Should Roe v. Wade be overturned, that facility is poised to profit greatly from the increase in abortion clients, so we can only expect the number of women maimed during their obviously negligent abortions to increase.”

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Michigan Judge Suspends 1931 Law Banning Abortion

Michigan Judge Elizabeth Gleicher issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday blocking a 1931 law that would ban abortion in the state if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

Planned Parenthood sued the state of Michigan to block the law, and state officials are taking no action to defend it. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement that the ruling against her office is a "victory for the millions of Michigan women fighting for their rights." It is her office's duty to defend and uphold the laws of Michigan, but she takes the same side as Planned Parenthood on this issue. She will not appeal Judge Gleicher's injunction.

”This is the kind of mess that you end up in the court system when the state’s chief executive and its attorney general refuse to uphold and defend the law that has been in place since 1931,” said John Bursch, an Alliance Defending Freedom lawyer representing Right to Life of Michigan and Michigan Catholic Conference.

“They may not like it, but no one has the ability to unilaterally ignore, change, encourage the invalidation of Michigan law. They should be working through the democratic process just like anyone else.”

Judge Gleicher served as counsel to Planned Parenthood in the past, and she has a history of donating and advocating for the plaintiff. Despite her connections to Planned Parenthood, the judge did not recuse herself.

In a 1997 case, Gleicher argued on behalf of Planned Parenthood that the Michigan constitution's right of privacy implied a right to abortion. The court decided against Planned Parenthood in that case. Now, Planned Parenthood is using a different angle to ask the court to find that right. It is using the Michigan Constitution's right to bodily integrity and due process.

"Pregnancy implicates bodily integrity because even for the healthiest women it carries consequential medical risks...thus, the link between the right to bodily integrity and the decision whether to bear a child is an obvious one," Judge Gleicher wrote. 

"Somehow this right was hiding underneath the surface for nearly a half a century until Judge Gleicher, Planned Parenthood’s former attorney, mysteriously found one," Bursch said. “The ruling today is absolutely egregious. Because the defendant Attorney General Dana Nessel was not defending the law, the court had no jurisdiction.”

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