SCOTUS: abortion rights survived today, but Chief Justice signals openness to overturning Casey (updated)

In 2016, the Supreme Court struck down a TRAP law from Texas requiring hospital admitting privileges for doctors performing services at abortion clinics in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt. The state of Louisiana then enacted the very same TRAP law as the Texas law already struck down by the high court, for a do-over attempt at … Read more

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Is 5G ‘Risky Business’? (video)

Today’s video starts with a walk down memory lane to HB 2365. This was a very complicated, major telecom bill that passed the Legislature in 2017. I was the only person in the Legislature who voted “no” on the final read.* I believe I was the last person to vote. Rep. Isela Blanc turned to … Read more

#StopTheBans day of action for abortion rights this Tuesday

#StopTheBans is a nationwide day of action on Tuesday, May 21 to protest radical Republicans’ assault on women’s reproductive freedom and access to safe, legal abortion. Across the country, we are seeing a new wave of extreme bans on abortion, stripping away reproductive freedom and representing an all-out assault on abortion access. This is Trump’s … Read more

Justice Stephen Breyer hits the panic button for Roe v. Wade

Jay Michaelson, legal affairs columnist for The Daily Beast, writes Clarence Thomas Just Showed How Supreme Court Would Overturn Roe v. Wade: In 1992, the Supreme Court looked poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case protecting abortion rights. They didn’t, however, and the main reason was respect for precedent—specifically, the legal doctrine known … Read more