Quick Glance: Abortion Rights Victory in Kansas
- Peter Slevin writes about a Kansas ballot initiative that, if enacted, would have removed abortion rights from the state constitution.
- They purposefully placed an incomprehensible ballot question on a midterm primary ballot that has historically drawn considerably more Republican voters than Democrats or independents.
- Voters temporarily halted a push for stricter abortion restrictions in the state, boosting the spirits of battered Democrats around the country.
- "I have four daughters," Ashley All, the Kansans for Constitutional Freedom spokesperson, told reporters on Wednesday morning.
Quick Glance: Justice Alito of the United States Supreme Court mocks foreign leaders over Roe v Wade
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BREAKING: Pres. Joe Biden on Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade: "It's a sad day for the court and for the country." https://abcn.ws/3yjHEkM
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Quick Glance: Misoprostol: What Is It?
- A Second Drug Can Be Used to Treat Medication Abortion.
- A Texas federal judge's order invalidating the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone did not apply to misoprostol, the second drug used in the typical two-medication abortion regimen.
- Medication abortion is used in the United States for patients who are less than 12 weeks pregnant.
- According to studies, taking misoprostol alone may be less effective than taking it with mifepristone, which means that some patients may require additional medication or, in a subset of cases, a surgical evacuation procedure to complete the abortion.
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📸: Anti-abortion demonstrators react to the overturning of Roe v. Wade outside the Supreme Court. https://abcn.ws/3u0lgL3
📸: Abortion rights supporters react to the overturning of Roe v. Wade outside the Supreme Court. https://abcn.ws/3HNn3J3