Jessica Valenti: Abortion, Every Day (10.14.22) Daily round-up of abortion issues

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- South Carolina Republicans admit state abortion law could ban birth control

- GOP Senate nominee in New Hampshire is open to outlawing IVF

- CVS & Walgreens now allow pharmacists to deny meds they think could be used to end a pregnancy

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Abortion, Every Day (10.14.22)
Republicans admit that they're coming for IVF and birth control
2:25 PM · Oct 14, 2022

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In the states…

In Indiana, the religious freedom lawsuit against the state’s abortion ban continues on—even as state attorneys claim the case has no validity because the women that the ACLU brought the suit on behalf of aren’t pregnant yet. (You may remember that Indiana’s argument against the lawsuit also amounts to ‘women are being hysterical’.)

In Michigan’s gubernatorial debate last night, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Tudor Dixon got heated over abortion rights. As has been the case with so many Republicans who are fearful of the polls showing opposition to abortion bans, Dixon promised that despite her anti-abortion views, she would “always respect the will of the voter” when it came to the issue. In response, Gov. Whitmer said, “this is a candidate who still denies the outcome of the 2020 election.” So much for the will of the voters!

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Also in Michigan, a man known for making videos calling abortion ‘genocide’ has pleaded guilty to arson after setting fire to a Planned Parenthood in the state.

Two Republicans in the South Carolina Senate have written an op-ed criticizing their colleagues and the House version of the state’s abortion ban, which they say could make contraception illegal:

“There is a discernable legislative intent here to protect a fertilized egg, which means the use of Plan B and IUDs would be illegal because they sometimes work by ‘killing’ a fertilized egg through preventing its implantation in the uterus.”

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