Here is Axios: The number of Texas residents who traveled out-of-state to access abortion care increased dramatically after the most restrictive abortion ban in the U.S. went into effect in the state in September. Driving the news: Newly released data shows that Planned Parenthood health centers […]
Texas Heartbeat Act
What do Jewish texts say about abortion?
Whatever one thinks about the recent Texas abortion law, this piece by Rachel Mikva of Chicago Theological Seminary reminds us that not all religious people believe that life begins at the fetus’s heartbeat. Here is a taste of her piece […]
Evangelical roundup: Texas Heartbeat Act edition
What are evangelical Christians saying about the Texas Heartbeat Act? Here’s a bonus addition of the roundup. And it’s not behind the Current paywall! 🙂 James Dobson on Facebook: Just before midnight last night, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a […]
Making sense of the Texas Heartbeat Act
Read Texas Senate Bill 8 here. Some highlights: The bill says that Texas “never repealed, either expressly or by implication, the state statues enacted before the ruling in Rove v. Wade…that prohibit and criminalize abortion unless the mother’s life is […]