Reprinted with permission from The Hill On March 15, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on two separate bills that would, among other things, impose a federal ban on abortion at or after 20 weeks post-fertilization (equivalent to 22 weeks’ gestation). Both bills would do nothing to advance public health and are instead […]
Author: Heather D. Boonstra
Heather D. Boonstra is the Guttmacher Institute’s director of public policy. She is responsible for promoting the institute’s sexual and reproductive health agenda in federal law and policy.
On Roe Anniversary, Let’s Remember the U.S. Women for Whom Abortion Is a Right on Paper Only
Reprinted with permission from The Hill’s Congress Blog This March, the Supreme Court will hear a case that presents the most serious threat to abortion rights in decades. At issue in this case, i, is whether Texas politicians can enact sham health regulations that are a thinly veiled attempt to force most or all abortion […]