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Following the disastrous results of the recent presidential election, many women are taking to the internet to declare they are now participating in the "4B movement."
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two Texas women who lost their lives after doctors delayed treating miscarriages, which fall into a gray area under the state’s strict abortion laws that prohibit doctors from ending the heartbeat of a fetus.
An appeals court still blocked a provision in the legislation that vaguely banned “recruiting” pregnant youth for abortions.
The suit from Planned Parenthood says the law combines two separate subjects in violation of the state's constitution.
Here are the biggest pieces of legislation for bodily autonomy that are now in the law of the land.
A judge's ruling suspending regulatory approval of the drug will be on hold while an appeal continues.
A Louisiana law bears resemblance to a Texas statute tossed by SCOTUS three years ago. But that was before confirmation of two Trump nominees.
A federal court overruled a North Dakota law that had restricted abortion decisions.
These states have taken the step to protect bodily autonomy.
Lawmakers overcame a filibuster to pass the measure. Civil rights activists are outraged and may sue.
The court did allow a suit against the restrictive law to proceed, but it leaves important rights in peril, activists say.
The law bans most abortions after 12 weeks and restricts gender-affirming care for trans people under 19.
Despite a series of bomb threats against legislators in the state, Maine's Gov. Janet Mills has signed a transgender and abortion sanctuary bill into law.
Gov. Phil Scott signed legislation protecting access to gender-affirming care and abortion.
The regulations were combined into one bill, which opponents say violates the state constitution's requirement for all bills to be single-subject.
Such laws make people less likely to relocate to those states, says a University of Houston study.
The assertion provides further evidence that all bodily autonomy rights are under attack.
"Oh, what a surprise, they're up someone's skirt," Bee says of the recent rash of anti-abortion laws.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that would have shuttered a majority of the state's abortion clinics.
Andrew Warren signed a pledge to not take part in efforts supporting anti-gender-affirming care policies or anti-abortion laws.
