A Missouri judge is trying to get an abortion rights measure removed from the ballot (Paywall): https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/judge-considers-bumping-abortion-rights-measure-off-missouri-ballot/

Voters in ten states will decide on eleven abortion-related ballot measures in November: https://news.ballotpedia.org/2024/08/28/voters-will-decide-11-abortion-related-ballot-measures-in-10-states-in-november-the-most-on-record/

Giving birth in Arkansas, especially its rural southeast, comes with more risk and less care (Paywall): https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/27/arkansas-maternal-mortality-rate-abortion-ban/

Bans in other states are exacerbating existing gaps in Washington’s reproductive health care infrastructure, sending many patients to Oregon: https://www.cascadepbs.org/news/2024/08/even-dobbs-washingtonians-sought-abortion-care-oregon

According to New York Times/Siena College polls, more voters now say that abortion is their top issue: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/more-voters-especially-women-now-say-abortion-is-their-top-issue/

Jessica Valenti describes in Abortion, Every Day how Oklahoma police are investigating a college student’s pregnancy loss: https://jessica.substack.com/p/oklahoma-police-are-investigating?open=false#%C2%A7criminalizing-pregnancy-loss

Most American men support abortion rights – but activists say too many are sitting on the sidelines. So they’re calling, texting and knocking on doors to build support: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/aug/20/abortion-rights-dobbs-men

States Newsroom interviewed Chris Love, a spokesperson for Arizona for Abortion Access: https://lailluminator.com/2024/08/25/arizona-abortion/

Republicans have a strategy to propose initiatives that seem “pro-choice” but would actually codify abortion bans: https://jessica.substack.com/p/republicans-fake-ballot-measures

As abortion access has become a mobilizing issue, candidates are talking more about their reproductive history: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/20/women-candidates-reproductive-health-abortion-election