A new ad from the Biden presidential campaign features the testimonial of Dr. Austin Dennard, who left Texas to end a life-threatening pregnancy because of the state’s abortion ban (paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/us/politics/biden-abortion-ad.html

Jessica Valenti explains what Wisconsin’s newest proposed 14-week abortion ban would really mean for pregnant people: https://jessica.substack.com/p/republicans-want-women-to-have-c

Missouri abortion rights groups began gathering signatures for a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights on the 2024 ballot: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-missouri-constitutional-amendment-viability-37e28b7609607ae762626206ea1a72c1

Congressional Democrats introduced legislation to protect access to infertility treatments, part of a response to measures seeking to categorize fertilization as personhood: https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/18/health/ivf-access-bill/index.html

A 3-part special report by Garnet Henderson focusing on how the rise of Christian nationalism in Idaho has contributed to the reproductive health crisis there: https://rewirenewsgroup.com/idaho/

Charges in Ohio against Brittany Watts for her miscarriage will be dismissed (paywall): https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/01/11/brittany-watts-grand-jury/

Jessica Valenti covers how Ascension hospitals are fueling the maternal death rate: https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-catholic-hospital-system-killing

The first bill introduced in Idaho’s legislature this year is House Bill 381, which seeks to replace the term ‘fetus’ with ‘preborn children’ in Idaho law: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/house-bill-381-would-replace-term-fetus-preborn-children-idaho-law

The latest episode of the podcast Boom! Lawyered is all about the Supreme Court case on EMTALA and its impact on pregnant people: https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/01/12/back-in-lawyers-for-fetuses-territory/

What to know about abortion access in the United States as a new year begins, from USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/06/abortion-rights-court-cases-in-2024/72132196007/