Before winning the Republican nomination, Blake Masters said, ‘Absolutely no abortions.’

With lives at risk following the enactment of dangerous abortion bans in several states, the federal government is taking action.

The heavy turnout for an August primary that typically favors Republicans was a major victory for abortion rights advocates.

Ron Johnson is among the Republican senators co-sponsoring Sen. Mike Lee’s resolution to declare the week of the November election ‘National Pregnancy Center Week.’

Republican Senate candidate Kevin Smith said he would vote for a ban with exceptions: ‘I don’t think we should allow the good to be the enemy of the perfect.’ 

The Florida Republican said he’s worried about LGBTQ rights groups becoming a ‘pro-abortion enterprise.’

Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel said that enshrining abortion rights in the state Constitution would mean ‘that no Michigan Supreme Court decision can later impact reproductive rights, no matter who sits on the court.’

Virginia Republican Yesli Vega also claimed without evidence that women who have abortions ‘suffer so much.’

Michigan state Rep. Steve Carra, who is running for Congress with Donald Trump’s endorsement, also wants to make January 6 a statewide ‘Remembrance Day’.

The goal, supporters say, is to expand abortion access ahead of a potential influx of out-of-state patients from places where abortion might become illegal.

The survey found that most voters in Michigan and across the country support leaving Roe v. Wade in place.

‘We have been preparing for the day Roe falls and we are ready,’ said Yamelsie Rodriguez, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri.

Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt attended a gala for Nevada Right to Life on May 5.

Kevin Nicholson told supporters, ‘How about we take every last cent that finds its way in the state of Wisconsin to Planned Parenthood, and we immediately reroute that money to pregnancy crisis centers.’

Wisconsin is one of nine states with so-called ‘trigger laws’ that would make abortions illegal if the Supreme Court overturned Roe.

House Bill 5784 includes a prohibition against using state funds for ‘any elective abortion.’

Florida’s Republican governor has passed a flurry of bills this month attacking abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and voting rights, making districts less representative, and creating a police force just for elections.

The state GOP’s proposed new platform would remove protections for pregnant people whose lives are at risk.

Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor made clear the state is passing abortion bans because it believes Roe v. Wade will be overturned.

‘If Roe is overturned, abortion could become illegal in Michigan in nearly any circumstance—including in cases of rape and incest,’ said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Since the Supreme Court agreed to consider Mississippi’s ban, multiple states have passed previability bans.

Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn claimed he hadn’t seen the data that shows Medicaid expansion saves lives.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent that the majority’s ruling allows Texas ‘yet again to extend the deprivation of the federal constitutional rights of its citizens.’

Cancer screenings and other health care services could be severely disrupted as a result of GOP officials’ actions.

The Washington Post-ABC News poll also found that only a small fraction of Americans back the Texas abortion ban currently before the Supreme Court.

As of Monday morning, abortions remain nearly totally banned in Texas.

With an estimated 1,000 women per week in Texas seeking an abortion, clinics in nearby states report being overwhelmed.

The Republican senator calls herself ‘pro-choice,’ but she continues to back Supreme Court justices who let an extreme Texas abortion ban stand.

A lawsuit filed by the Biden administration seeks to land the first legal blow against the Texas law.

Texans are not on board with Gov. Greg Abbott’s actions against abortion rights and COVID safety measures, according to new Quinnipiac University polling.