TONIGHT is the first Presidential debate between Biden and Trump.
Many groups are requesting the moderator #AskAboutAbortion given how little we’ve heard about each of the candidate specific plans.
What do you still want to know?
If we do get questions on abortion, I’ll be live fact-checking the candidates’ answers, here on Twitter and on @CBSNews. Join us!
Also, fun fact - the hashtag #AskAboutAbortion was actually created during the 2016 primaries by @RBraceySherman to create more awareness about Whole Women’s Health v Hellerstedt.
Incredible how much has changed - and stayed the same! - in just four years.
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The period data is held by the company Aktivate, which isn't a medical company and therefore isn't protected by HIPAA laws. i.e. the data could be turned over if subpoenaed.
The idea is that all student athletes have to fill out medical forms to play, in the event of injury. And for some, that includes period info.
But, in a state like Florida where politicians are policing health care, that practice takes on all new risks for student athletes.
It was yet another heavy news week for post-Roe abortion news.
The 1-year anniversary of #SB8, a new lawsuit in Indiana, a package of bills in California to protect abortion, more confusion in Michigan, & movement in South Carolina's near-total abortion ban.
Let's dig in.
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All eyes should be on South Carolina right now where lawmakers are racing to push through a near-total ban on abortion.
On Tuesday, the SC House advanced HB 5399. It's a near-total ban.
Exceptions:
- To prevent death, "substantial risk of death" or "substantial physical impairment of a major bodily function"
- Rape & incest, but only in the 1st 12 weeks
The South Carolina house just voted 47-55, failing to pass house bill 5399 which would have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy w/o exceptions for rape and incest.
power 👏 of 👏 Kansas 👏👏👏
To clarify! There are a handful of very restrictive abortion bans flying around South Carolina’s state house right now, but this was the worst of the worst.