Addendae 3
Texas Judge Says Doctors Can Use ‘Good Faith Judgment’ in Providing Abortions
The ruling sought to clarify the medical exceptions in the state’s bans, and was in a response to a lawsuit from women who were denied abortions despite medical emergencies
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/us/texas-abortion-ban-lawsuit-ruling.html
* Judge Jessica Mangrum, elected as a Democrat in 2020
#Texas #abortion
Addendae 4
GOP’s Stealth Plan to End Direct Democracy in Ohio
Republicans are trying to make it harder to pass ballot initiatives to block abortion rights and protect gerrymandering
Extremists Are Attacking Abortion Rights & Democracy in Ohio. Here’s How We Fight Back.
Ohio voters heading to polls to decide Issue 1, which would make it harder to change state constitution. It's an attack on abortion
#GOP #Ohio #gerrymandering #abortion #neofascism #democracy #FarRight
Addendae 5
Everything You Need To Know About Ohio Ballot Measure That Could Block Abortion Rights
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ohio-issue-1-abortion-ballot-measures
* Ohio Issue 1Z: Should amendments to Ohio Constitution require 60 percent supermajority vote to pass?
* requires petitioners to get signatures f. all 88 Ohio counties to get constitutional amendment on ballot
* became proxy fight over constitutional amendment to guarantee reproductive rights
* Ohioans vote 2023-11
#Ohio #FarRight #neofascism #abortion #StateConstitutions
