This summer, anti-abortion legislation was introduced in twenty-three states and enacted in nine. In every instance, the majority of citizens fought to tell their elected officials that these laws were unnecessary and unwanted.
This interactive graphic provides details of legislation in each state.
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State abortion requirements and legislationWomen have had a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy up to viability, or around 24 weeks, since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade… -
Texas received the majority of media attention, due to Wendy Davis’ filibuster and the protesters who turned out in the thousands.
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Even when Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst broke senate rules to push the vote through, citizens in the gallery ran out the clock by yelling and chanting until midnight.
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No order in Senate. Chair can’t hear over jeering from gallery. Senators can’t vote. Never seen anything like this. #txlege
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Dewhurst tried to take roll after 12 p.m. Online records first showed that the bill was passed after midnight. It was altered shortly thereafter, but people had already taken screen shots and were posting them online.
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THEY JUST EDITED THE DATES MINS… -
Update: Senate vote on SB5 was listed on computer record 30 minutes ago as occurring 6-26. Now shows 6-25, was changed. #txlege
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Governor Perry called a special session and HB2 was repackaged into two other bills. They both passed, even after thousands more showed up to testify against them in two committee hearings, during which testimony was heard that totally invalidated the very basis for the proposed regulations.
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Texas wasn’t the only state where these TRAP laws were forced through. “TRAP” stands for “Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers”. These bills are meant to eliminate abortion rights by singling out abortion providers for medically unnecessary, politically motivated state regulations, presented to the public in the name of “women’s health.”
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Virginia TRAP Law Signed, But Is That Really the End?Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli have had endless meetings, reshuffled the state board of health, and igno… -
In Wisconsin, they pushed through mandatory ultrasound legislation, which we in Texas are all too familiar with. Mike Ellis, the republican president of the Wisconsin State Senate can be seen here, single-handedly making sure the bill passed, while acting like a complete maniac in what can only be assumed is an attempt to make Lt. Governor Dewhurst seem like the most reasonable man alive.
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WI State Senate vote on SB206 (Abortion bill) 6.12.13
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Iowa passed an extra-special bill which includes a stipulation that gives Terry Branstad, Ohio Governor and creepy mustache connoisseur, the authority to personally approve or veto (most likely veto) every medicaid-funded abortion in the state.
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Governor Branstad Given Power To Approve AbortionsBuried in Iowa’s Medicaid expansion legislation is an amendment that empowers Governor Branstad – who is not an MD – to determine if an a… -
Ohio’s new law prohibits public hospitals and their physicians from entering into written agreements with ambulatory surgical centers that perform abortions to accept their patients in case of emergency, while requiring clinics to have such agreements in order to operate.
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Both sides of debate find Ohio abortion law decision to be historicCOLUMBUS – Texas Sen. Wendy Davis (D., Forth Worth) made national news when she recently filibustered on that state’s Senate floor for 11… -
What makes Ohio’s new abortion law uniqueAs Texas lawmakers try to pass the abortion restrictions that Democrats filibustered last week, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) has signed one … -
At the 12:44 mark in this documentary, see an interview with Ohio Representative, adamant pro-lifer, and bill co-sponsor Jim Buchy, wherein he literally admits to never having given any thought to why a woman might want to get an abortion.
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The abortion warIt has become one of the most vicious, important and divisive battlegrounds in the 2012 US presidential election. Since it was legalised … -
In North Carolina, a bill regulating abortion clinics was tacked on to a motorcycle safety bill, prompting citizen protests and the #motorcyclevagina meme.
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Pro-choice activists will ride motorcycles around governor’s mansion to protest abortion bill thkpr.gs/17baCfS #motorcyclevagina
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To protect our pretty lil heads! RT @pphsnc: We need helmets to protect our uteruses? #MotorcycleVagina #SB353 #ncga pic.twitter.com/Jnn8DdFUmA -
So why is it that all these bills, so similar in nature, are being introduced and passed against the will of the people, all at the same time? Is it a coincidence, or something more carefully orchestrated? This article by the Daily Kos goes into detail on the history of ALEC, a bigoted, conservative organization that’s mired in the past and funded generously by the Koch brothers, among others.
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In 2004, ALEC released an article to their (at that time) over 2,400 members which was misleadingly named – yet was foreboding of what w…
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#ALEC business cycle: #legislation that’s all abt $$ MT @moderate2severe: Why TX #TXLege [#Congress] sux. #SWTW #FJL pic.twitter.com/odUyrhfcv7 -
ALEC has provided “model” legislation that has been implemented at the state level all over the country. In the case of Texas, by one of their board members, Jodie Laubenburg, who has gone on record as saying that the government shouldn’t have to provide prenatal health care, because the fetuses “aren’t born yet.” Yeah.
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Anti-Abortion Forces on the MarchIT CAME AS A SURPRISE TO many when the Arkansas legislature in March enacted a near-ban on abortion starting in the twelfth week of pregn… -
Meet Jodie Laubenberg, The Local Lawmaker Behind Texas’ Controversial Anti-Abortion Bill
Over the past several weeks, thousands of Texas activists have been protesting their GOP-controlled legislature’s decision to push throug…
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