Jessica Valenti: Abortion, Every Day (10.10.22) Daily round-up of abortion issues

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- States are diverting funds for needy families to crisis pregnancy centers

- Planned Parenthood in Kansas is so overwhelmed it can only see 10-15% of those who need care

- The rise of Catholic hospitals is limiting people's ability to get birth control

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Abortion, Every Day (10.10.22)
States are diverting funds for needy families to crisis pregnancy centers
3:16 PM · Oct 10, 2022

https://jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-every-day-101022#details

In the states…

An Ohio judge suspended the state’s abortion ban indefinitely. The block on the ban was set to expire on October 12th, so this decision means enforcement of the law has to stop entirely while the broader court case about the law is battled out.

In Arizona, an appellate court also blocked enforcement of the state’s trigger ban until the case against the 1864 law (yes, really) is settled. Meanwhile, the Phoenix city council is looking into making abortion ‘crimes’ as low of a priority as possible if/when the ban does start to be enforced.

Wow, I am really sick of hearing about Georgia Republican Hershel Walker. But apparently the Senate candidate pressured his ex for a second abortion. Not that it will mean a fucking thing to Republicans.

More than 700 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals in Tennessee have written an open letter to GOP lawmakers published in a full-page ad in The Tennessean yesterday, urging them to reconsider the state’s total ban. (Tennessee’s law makes abortion a felony punishable by 15 years in prison and has an ‘affirmative defense’ mandate for doctors who provide a life-saving abortion.) From the letter:

“This law puts the government in charge of deciding which healthcare options are available to patients, setting a dangerous precedent that violates the sacred physician-patient relationship. And because it includes zero exceptions—not for rape, incest, fetal anomaly, or even to protect the mother’s life—it forces health care providers to balance appropriate medical care with the risk of criminal prosecution.”

*snip*

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