RandySF
RandySF's JournalAbortion Ballot Measure Status by State
AZ: Acquired the requisite number of signatures. Gathering more. - https://arizonaforabortionaccess.org/
AR: Gathering signatures - https://arliberty.org/
CO: On the November ballot. - https://coloradansforreproductivefreedom.com
FL: On the November ballot - https://floridiansprotectingfreedom.com
MD: On the November ballot - https://mdreprofreedom.com
MO: Signed petitions submitted to Sec. of State. - https://moconstitutionalfreedom.org
MT: Gathering signatures - https://mtreprorights.org
NE: Gathering signatures - https://protectourrights.com
NV: Signed petitions submitted to Sec. of State - https://www.nv4reprofreedom.org
NY: Removed from November ballot pending appeal - https://nyequalrights.org
SD: On the November ballot pending challenge - https://www.dakotans4health.com
California pushes through Gavin Newsom's bill helping Arizona abortion-seekers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California bill aiming to help Arizona abortion seekers by allowing doctors from that state to operate across the border has landed on Gov. Gavin Newson’s desk, just a month after he first floated the proposal.
Once signed, Senate Bill 233 would offer an expedited pathway for licensed doctors in Arizona to get their credentials in California, with a nonprofit offering to pay the fees to do so.
The state Senate held a final vote of 30-8 on Tuesday after it already passed the state Assembly. Newsom is expected to sign the bill when he returns to California from a trip to the Vatican this week and it would take effect immediately.
"As much as we talk about women's rights, the decision over one's own body is still in question in the United States," said state Sen. Aisha Wahab. "California is a state where we try to provide for every single community, especially our neighbors who are suffering."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-pushes-gavin-newsom-bill-175327491.html
Trump says he will 'never advocate' for contraception restrictions after earlier saying he's 'looking at' them
Donald Trump insisted in a social media post Tuesday that he has “never, and will never advocate imposing restrictions on birth control or other contraceptives,” after an interview released hours earlier included Trump saying he’s “looking at” restrictions on contraception.
The post came after Trump said in an interview with a local TV station in Pittsburgh that he plans to share a policy on contraception “very shortly,” without providing details.
“We’re looking at that, and I’m going to have a policy on that very shortly and I think it’s something that you’ll find interesting,” Trump told KDKA political analyst Jon Delano when asked if he supported any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception.
KDKA declined to tell POLITICO when the interview was recorded, but the Biden campaign released video of the exchange on Tuesday.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/trump-contraception-abortion-00159118
Arkansas asks abortion pill companies to stop advertising or face possible lawsuits
“Abortions are prohibited in Arkansas except under very limited circumstances. As such, abortion pills may not be legally shipped to Arkansans or brought into the State for use by Arkansans. My office has verified that both Choices Women’s Medical Center, Inc., and Aid Access are advertising the availability of abortion-inducing pills to Arkansans in contravention of our laws," said Griffin in the letter.
“These companies must cease and desist advertising relating to the performance of abortion services in Arkansas immediately or face the possibility of lawsuits from my office. As Attorney General, I will continue fighting to enforce the laws of our state," Griffin added.
Both companies have 14 days to notify Attorney General Griffin in writing of the steps they have taken to comply with the letter. The AG may sue violators of the ADTPA and could seek civil penalties of $10,000 per violation.
To read the complete letter sent to Aid Access of the Netherlands please click here, and to read the one sent to New York-based Choices Women's Medical Center, Inc. click here.
https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/arkansas-abortion-pill-companies-stop-advertising-face-lawsuits/91-8eb03ab8-5b9f-473d-99cc-58653cc67ff2
Michigan Biden campaign to launch set of barbecue events on Wednesday
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign will launch a series of Michigan events in Detroit on Wednesday.
The first “BBQ for Biden-Harris” event will take place in Detroit and is set to be headlined by Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes. Other events will follow.
Biden, a Democrat, is expected to face GOP former President Donald Trump who last visited Michigan on May 1. Biden was the keynote speaker at the Detroit Branch NAACP event in Detroit on Sunday where he spoke before thousands.
The Michigan Republican Party did not return a request for comment.
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/michigan-biden-campaign-to-launch-set-of-barbecue-events-on-wednesday/
Richard Robinson to retire as chief justice of CT Supreme Court
Richard A. Robinson, the first Black chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, is retiring in September after 24 years as a jurist at all levels of the state judiciary, including six as the leader of its highest court.
His departure from the seven-seat court comes at a time when Gov. Ned Lamont is being lobbied for more diverse backgrounds on a court where three of the six remaining justices are former prosecutors.
Lamont set no timetable for nominating a successor to the 66-year-old Robinson, who was general counsel of the Connecticut Conference of the NAACP and the assistant counsel for the city of Stamford before becoming a judge of the Superior Court in 2000.
Robinson informed the governor of his plans Monday in a face-to-face meeting. The governor’s office announced the retirement Tuesday.
https://ctmirror.org/2024/05/21/richard-robinson-retires-ct-supreme-court-chief-justice/
Michigan lawsuit aims to lift 24-hour wait period for abortions
In December, they made political concessions to overcome opposition within their own party — notably, keeping in place a 24-hour waiting period required for women seeking an abortion.
Now, two health care organizations are suing the state, arguing the failure to lift the waiting period and two other remaining restrictions means Michigan isn’t properly implementing a 2022 ballot proposal that wrote broad abortion rights into the Michigan Constitution.
When it comes to abortion, the only interest the state should have is in “the health of the pregnant person, consistent with the standard of care without intruding upon an individual's autonomous decision,” Rabia Muqaddam, an attorney representing both Northland Family Planning Center and Medical Students for Choice, said Tuesday in state court.
Michigan Court of Claims Judge Siwa Patel heard initial arguments in the lawsuit from Northland, a health care organization with abortion clinics in metro Detroit, and Medical Students for Choice, a nonprofit focused on abortion education and family planning.
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-lawsuit-aims-lift-24-hour-wait-period-abortions?utm_source=Bridge+MI+app&utm_medium=stories
Can Republicans Embrace Voting by Mail? Pennsylvania Offers a Test.
When voters turned out in February to fill a vacant seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the stakes were nothing less than control of the chamber, which Democrats held by a single seat.
Candace Cabanas, the 45-year-old Republican candidate who was running as a working-class mom, faced an uphill battle, though not a hopeless one in a competitive district that has long favored Democrats.
But as Election Day dawned, a nor’easter dumped several inches of snow, stranding would-be voters at home. Bad luck dogged others: One woman backing Ms. Cabanas skipped the polls after she fell ill and was rushed to the hospital.
Ms. Cabanas’s Democratic opponent faced similar hurdles but had one advantage: More than 3,300 of his voters had mailed in their ballots early. Ms. Cabanas could count only 532.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/us/republicans-mail-voting-pennsylvania.html
MT-SEN: Senate Candidate (R) Tells Different Story of Navy Discharge Than His Book Does
Tim Sheehy, the Navy SEAL running to unseat Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester, has repeatedly told voters he was “discharged” from the military for medical reasons, owing to wounds sustained in service.
But the Republican’s own autobiography, published just last year, says otherwise; he wrote that he became disillusioned with military personnel policies and left of his own accord after being injured in a training accident.
“This line of inquiry is disgusting,” Sheehy’s campaign said in a statement, claiming there was no inconsistency.
But the discrepancy is the latest to dog Sheehy, 38, who has described himself as a “war hero” on the campaign trail.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tim-sheehy-tells-different-story-of-navy-discharge-than-his-book-does
Ohio legislative leaders say Biden ballot fix won't happen through lawmakers
Ohio lawmakers are confident President Joe Biden will be on the November ballot, but how exactly that will happen remains the question. The fix won’t happen through the legislature, said Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens, R-Kitts Hill, and Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo, D-Upper Arlington, during separate gaggles Tuesday morning.
“There’s just not the will to do that from the legislature,” Stephens said.
Russo said she was skeptical the fix was ever going to happen in the legislature.
“We’ve seen the dysfunction here in this place,” she said. “And I think we’ve seen that folks have not been able to put aside partisanship and hyper-partisanship and infighting. … I think at this point, you’re probably going to see either, you know, some sort of inner party effects or perhaps court action.”
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/05/21/ohio-legislative-leaders-say-biden-ballot-fix-wont-happen-through-lawmakers/
Profile Information
Gender: MaleHometown: Detroit Area, MI
Home country: USA
Current location: San Francisco, CA
Member since: Wed Oct 29, 2008, 02:53 PM
Number of posts: 60,222
