Emily Lane writes for NOLA.com: “A bill that could result in the shuttering of up to four of Louisiana’s five abortion clinics overwhelmingly received full passage from the Louisiana Legislature Wednesday (May 21), and Gov. Bobby Jindal has indicated he will sign it into law.”
Anemona Hartocollis writes for the New York Times: “[H]er case is part of a debate over the use of cesarean sections. It also raises issues about the rights of pregnant women to control their own bodies, even if that might compromise the life of a fetus.”
Senator Graham’s anti-abortion agenda will make it impossible for women to have access to safe and legal abortion care. Banning abortion doesn’t stop women from seeking the procedure – but it does make it less safe.
Patricia Miller writes in Conscience: “Today there are two movements claiming to champion religious liberty in the United States. Both the groups defending authentic religious liberty, and those fighting for a distorted version, have been facing off in courts, state houses and opinion pages across the United States.”
At a podium on the capitol steps in Jefferson City, Liz Read-Katz kicked off what activists are calling a “women’s filibuster” – a 72-hour protest in opposition to a bill that would triple the waiting period for abortions to three days and make Missouri one of only three states in the US with a 72-hour mandate.
Tell the Senate to vote No on the SAVE America Act.