Jessica Valenti breaks down South Carolina’s “heartbeat” lawsuit; a case which provides an example of how care can be denied even when a patient does everything “right”: https://jessica.substack.com/p/south-carolinas-heartbeat-lawsuit

The Find Out PAC released an ad seeking to oust three anti-abortion justices from the Texas state Supreme Court (video content warning: explicit language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeeS27wYqZ0&t=1s

In Texas, a man was sentenced to 6 months in jail for drugging his wife’s drinks with abortion medication multiple times. Notably, if she had willingly sought out an abortion, her doctor would have faced life in prison (paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/us/texas-abortion-drug-sentence.html

Two of the studies cited by Judge Kacsmaryk in his case against mifepristone have been retracted by their publisher: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-publisher-retracts-studies-cited-by-texas-judge-suspending-abortion-pills-2024-02-06/

The LA Times covers which states could have abortion rights on the ballot in 2024: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-02-11/which-states-could-have-abortion-rights-on-the-ballot-in-2024

A new study published in the JAMA Network shows the perceived impacts that state abortion bans have had on OB-GYNs, with implications for both patient outcomes and the sustainability of the OB-GYNs workforce: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2814017

States Newsroom’s Reproductive Rights Today introduced a bi-weekly legislative roundup to track abortion bills in the states: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/state-legislators-aim-restrict-abortion-pills-trafficking-next-states-bans

Anti-abortion legislators cited biblical pregnancies and veterinary expertise when discussing pregnant people and their rights in Wisconsin: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/wisconsin-gop-anti-abortion-ban-biblical-women-pregnant-people/

Abortion “navigators” are helping people travel to access their abortions post-Roe: https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/abortion-navigators-travel-procedure-medication-costs-logistics/

A report compiled by Senator Maria Cantwell’s office found that there’s been a huge strain in Washington on abortion providers—both because of staffing shortages and an increase in threats and harassment: https://news.yahoo.com/wa-abortion-numbers-rise-dramatically-132000524.html