In Emotional Ceremony, Ariz. Governor Rids State Of 1864 Abortion Ban
The repeal of the archaic law that outlawed abortions completely will take effect 90 days after the legislative session ends, typically in June or July. After that, state law will ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs鈥 signing of the repeal of a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions was a stirring occasion for the women working to ensure that the 19th century law remains in the past. Current and former state lawmakers and reproductive rights advocates crowded into the 9th floor rotunda outside Hobbs鈥 office Thursday afternoon, hugging and taking selfies to capture the moment. Some wept. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a historic moment, and it鈥檚 a place and time where thrilling moments all come together,鈥 Democratic Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton said during the signing ceremony. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a time where we are doing away with what is in the past that doesn鈥檛 fit the present.鈥 (Snow and Lee, 5/3)
With a law now in effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Florida health care regulators on Thursday released rules related to treating emergency medical conditions that pose dangers to the lives of pregnant women or unborn children. The state Agency for Health Care Administration published two rules that apply to hospitals and abortion clinics. The rules came a day after the six-week law took effect that significantly restrict abortion access in the state. (Saunders, 5/2)
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素人色情片Health News' 'What The Health?': Abortion Access Changing Again In Florida And Arizona
A six-week abortion ban took effect in Florida this week. ... Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachana Pradhan of 素人色情片Health News join 素人色情片Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Plus, for 鈥渆xtra credit,鈥 the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too. (5/2)
鈥淏y continuously finding ways to raise the issue and attempting to subvert the will of Kansans, these legislators are not representing the vast majority of those who elected them to office,鈥 Gov. Laura Kelly told Mother Jones. (McShane, 5/2)
Senator Steve Daines of Montana knows to expect questions about abortion and acknowledges it鈥檚 important for Republican candidates to get their messaging right.But the content of those messages will depend on where they are running. 鈥淲e鈥檙e advising our candidates first of all to take a position on abortion that best matches the state they represent,鈥 Daines, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told reporters at a breakfast Thursday. (Villa de Petrzelka, 5/2)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.鈥檚 ambiguous stance on abortion has advocates on both sides of the issue on edge. Kennedy and his running mate Nicole Shanahan have taken vague and sometimes conflicting positions on abortion 鈥 endorsing a 15-week ban before walking it back, and offering just enough detail for people across the ideological spectrum to hear what they want while committing to few specifics. (Ollstein, 5/3)
In other reproductive health news 鈥
Missouri law requires women seeking divorce to disclose whether they're pregnant 鈥 and state judges won't finalize divorces during a pregnancy. Established in the 1970s, the rule was intended to make sure men were financially accountable for the children they fathered. Advocates in Missouri are now pushing to change this law, arguing that it's being weaponized against victims of domestic violence and contributes to the contraction of women's reproductive freedoms in a post-Roe v. Wade landscape. (Riddle, 5/3)
Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause, the significant hormone shift women go through in middle age. Berry, 57, shouted about menopause outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. She said it鈥檚 a word her own doctor told her he was scared to say in front of her. 鈥淚鈥檓 in menopause, OK?鈥 Berry yelled, eliciting chuckles from the crowd. 鈥淭he shame has to be taken out of menopause. We have to talk about this very normal part of our life that happens. Our doctors can鈥檛 even say the word to us, let alone walk us through the journey.鈥 (Seitz, 5/2)