The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives took a key step to protect LGBTQ rights from the Supreme Court.

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.’ 

Republican officials and commentators were quick to declare the story ‘a fabrication,’ ‘#FakeNews,’ and ‘a fictive rape.’

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

‘We’re not seeing a whole lot of common sense in his policies. He tends to toss aside serious ideas about climate change as just left-wing politics,’ said Sierra Club Florida political director Luigi Guadarrama.

Winsome Sears added that ‘the fight has only just begun’ over abortion rights.

Judge John Cooper noted that the Florida Constitution’s provision on the right to privacy ‘is clearly implicated in a woman’s decision of whether or not to continue her pregnancy.’

The justices ruled 5-4 for the administration in a case about the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy.

An overview of abortion legislation and the expected impact of the court’s decision in every state.

An 1849 Wisconsin law that bans abortion faces legal challenges.

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.’

The results of the midterm elections will determine where in the United States abortion is legal and how draconian abortion bans may be.

‘This fall, Roe is on the ballot. Personal freedoms are on the ballot. The right to privacy, liberty, equality — they’re all on the ballot,’ President Joe Biden said at the White House on Friday.

The White House has been preparing for this moment since a draft of the decision leaked in May.

Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

The Supreme Court decision striking down a New York gun law sets a precedent as gun rights advocates in other states look to loosen restrictions on gun ownership.

‘This decision isn’t just reckless. It’s reprehensible. It’s not what New Yorkers want,’ Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

The Trump-era rule denied green cards to immigrants who use food stamps or other public benefits.

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.

‘Our access to essential health care is in very real peril,’ one reproductive rights advocate said.

If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, 26 states stand ready to enact bans that will require people to travel long distances to see abortion providers.

Targets of right-wing commentator Kathy Barnette’s bigoted criticism include LGBTQ people, Muslims, and former President Barack Obama.

‘We are SO close to ending abortion once and for all,’ New Hampshire Republican Kevin Smith said in a recent campaign text.

Every Republican, plus Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, voted to block the Women’s Health Protection Act.

A nationwide ban flies in the face of anti-abortion activists’ insistence that they want the question returned to the states.

‘This gubernatorial race in November in Pennsylvania is really critical for the state of abortion access here,’ one advocate said.

Nearly one in six Michigan women between the ages of 15 and 44 had an induced abortion in 2020.

The front-runner for the Republican nomination said she would provide no exception for rape or incest.

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

President Joe Biden asked, ‘What are the next things that are going to be attacked?’