Despite it being a month into the new year, the flurry of anti-abortion bills that passed in many states in 2021, including SB 8, remains in effect. Unfortunately, these bills have health consequences, which low-income women and women of color mostly feel. The reproductive health landscape has never looked so dim, but one promising bill […]
Category: Abortion
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Continues to Champion For Women’s Reproductive Freedom
On December 10, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to keep SB 8––a law that bans abortions after six weeks, or when a fetal heartbeat is detected––in place. The court issued two decisions. The first decision bars healthcare providers from suing the state attorney and the second states the Supreme Court will not prevent bounty-hunter […]
What’s Happening With SB 8 Inside The Supreme Court?
On Monday, November 1, 2021, the Supreme Court heard two challenges to SB 8, a restrictive abortion law that bans abortion in Texas after six weeks of pregnancy. The arguments expanded across three hours, involving arguments from Judd Stone, Texas’ solicitor general, Marc Hearron, an attorney from the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Elizabeth Prelogar, […]