National and International News*:
- On Friday, national retailers CVS and Walgreens announced that they will start filling prescriptions for mifepristone where it is legal.
- On Thursday, 145 Republican lawmakers asked the Supreme Court to restrict access to mifepristone in the upcoming case, citing the Comstock Act as their argument.
- On Monday, France became the first country to enshrine abortion rights into its constitution, following approval from the Senate.
- On Thursday, presidential candidate Donald Trump expressed approval for a 15-week abortion ban but “hasn’t decided yet” on his official position.
State News:
- On Tuesday, a Tennessee House subcommittee blocked a bill codifying protections for birth control and IVF treatments, asserting that the protections could lead to abortions.
- On Thursday, a district judge in Montana declared 3 laws that restrict abortion rights as unconstitutional, citing the state’s constitutional right to privacy.
- On Friday, the Wyoming House and Senate passed a bill that requires facilities and doctors that perform abortions to be licensed by the state, placing further restrictions on Wyoming’s one remaining abortion center.
- On Tuesday, the Missouri House approved legislation that would prohibit public funds like Medicaid reimbursements from going to abortion facilities.
- On Monday, abortion clinics across Ohio requested that a county court find the state’s six-week abortion ban unconstitutional, pointing to a new constitutional amendment that legalizes abortion up to the point of viability.
- On Tuesday, the Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of a law that would limit abortion and trans healthcare, and while the justices appeared skeptical of the law, a decision won’t be made until a later date.
- According to a new analysis of data from large employers, only a few have altered their abortion coverage policies after the Dobbs decision.
- At universities in California, peer educators are becoming increasingly common for informing students about reproductive rights and sex education.
- A report from the Indiana Department of Health shows a sharp decrease in abortions after the state’s near-total abortion ban went into effect.
- *Source: Berlin Rosen
