abortion

The issue is whether a federal law against ‘patient dumping’ creates a backdoor exception to the state’s strict abortion law.

Idaho says its pro-life law doesn’t conflict with federal law, and that the Biden admin is seeking to create a federal right of abortion.

Since abortion was entirely decriminalised in 2020, the number has risen from 12,948 in 2019 to 16,214 in 2023.

“I don’t agree with abortions. If I were to abort ... it would have been like murdering him.”

The former president said the reversal of Roe v Wade had changed his mind on the matter.

The former president also criticized an Arizona ruling that revived a Civil War-era abortion ban.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, has been empowered to assume all duties over abortion-related prosecutions.

The 1864 law prohibits all abortions in the state except to save the mother’s life.

The former president said the states should decide the legality of abortion, not the federal government.

The gestational age for an abortion has been increased from 20 to 23 weeks in Western Australia.

States are navigating an avalanche of abortion policy changes, ballot measures, and lobbying since the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision.

Marilyn Lands, who was endorsed by Planned Parenthood, campaigned heavily on abortion access and the IVF ruling by the state Supreme Court.

Given the issues most people are concerned about, standard political fare likely won’t win the election for the Democrats this year.