Quick Glance: Arizona GOP outlines alternative abortion strategy
- Republican state legislators in Arizona are considering alternative ballot measures in response to a court ruling upholding a strict abortion ban.
- The GOP's strategy document plans to provide voters with alternatives to the Arizona for Abortion Access ballot measure.
- Republicans aim to constitutionalize existing laws to discuss abortion policy.
- The document outlines various scenarios, including 'Phase 1' and 'Phase 2' options for lawmakers.
Quick Glance: Historic Step: France Protects Right to Abortion
- France becomes the first country to enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution.
- Lawmakers voted to revise the 1958 constitution to ensure women's freedom to have an abortion.
- President Emmanuel Macron praised the move as 'French pride' delivering a 'universal message'.
- The decision to include abortion in the French constitution was influenced by recent events in the US.
Quick Glance: Republicans' Struggle with Abortion Strategy
- After 17 months, Republicans still lack a clear strategy for addressing the abortion issue.
- Abortion rights played a role in GOP defeats in Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia elections.
- Republicans are divided on how to approach the abortion issue.
- The GOP is divided on the next steps of the anti-abortion movement, both nationally and on the state level.
Quick Glance: Role of Women at Stake in Polish Election
- Women in Poland fear pregnancy due to restrictive abortion laws.
- Opposition highlights lack of access to abortion as the biggest issue for women.
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Quick Glance: The West Virginia governor has signed an almost comprehensive abortion ban into law.
- West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has signed an anti-abortion bill into law, effectively prohibiting practically all procedures in the state.
- "I said over and over and over that I stand strongly for life.
- But I also said we have to have reasonable, reasonable and logical exceptions."
- But I also stated that reasonable, reasonable, and rational exceptions must be made."
- In July, a state judge overturned the old ban, allowing legal abortions to restart in the state.
- However, since the verdict, only Indiana and West Virginia have enacted new state bans.
Fifteen women all had one thing in common: each were more than six weeks pregnant and could not have a legal abortion in Texas.
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