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Wyoming’s Republican governor has vetoed a requirement to have an ultrasound before all medical abortions
A bill that would have required women seeking medical abortions to get an ultrasound has been vetoed by Wyoming’s governor, who questioned whether it was reasonable and necessary, especially for victims of rape and incest. “Mandating this intimate, personally invasive, and often medically unnecessary procedure goes too far,” Gov. Mark Gordon wrote in a letter, explaining his veto.
SOURCE: abcnews, by Mead Gruver, Associated Press. 4 March 2025.
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Georgia won’t say who is now serving on their Maternal Mortality Committee, after having dismissed all its members last year
Before the left-leaning web-based news site ProPublica reported the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of all the members of Georgia’s maternal mortality committee were publicly available. Now, Georgia says, releasing the committee members’ identities would be a violation of state law.
In fact, the state of Georgia only recently relaunched its maternal mortality review committee after dismissing all 32 of its members last year. But state officials won’t say who its current members are. The 32 dismissals were in response to ProPublica obtaining internal reports, in which the committee provided details of the preventable deaths of two women who were unable to obtain legal abortions or timely post-partum care after Georgia had banned abortion.
SOURCE: ProPublica, by Amy Yurkanin, 4 March 2025
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New Mexico’s Senate has passed a bill aimed at shielding abortion providers under the state’s open records law
Records containing personal identifying information about certain New Mexico’s abortion providers would be exempted from the state’s open records law under a bill approved on 3 March by the state Senate. Backers of the legislation, Senate Bill 57, which passed on a party-line 26-16 vote, called the step necessary due to threats to providers in a state with among the least restrictions on abortion services in the country.
SOURCE: Journal Capitol Bureau, by Dan Boyd, 3 March 2025
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New Missouri bill would let residents donate to anti-abortion centers instead of paying taxes
Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate their tax dollars to anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers. But, we must ask, how many Republican lawmakers in the state will have to take a salary cut or lose their jobs because there’s less state tax money to pay them?
SOURCE: ProPublica, by Jeremy Kohler. 5 March 2025
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Federal judge hears arguments in lawsuit over Alabama attorney general’s threat to prosecute abortion help
A federal judge heard oral arguments in a lawsuit seeking to stop Alabama officials from prosecuting groups and individuals who help residents travel out of state to obtain legal abortions. The lawsuit was filed by the Yellowhammer Fund, West Alabama Women’s Center and others, opposing comments by the state’s Attorney General in 2023, suggesting that organizations aiding out-of-state abortions could face criminal conspiracy charges. They argue that such threats violate constitutional rights to free speech and association, and to interstate travel.
SOURCE: Alabama Reflector, by Alander Rocha, 5 March 2025