An update on Zurawski v. State of Texas as oral arguments were heard last Tuesday. The initial response from the Texas Supreme Court has been that “the women don’t have the right to sue the state because they’re not actively in danger”: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/abortion-supreme-court-18517971.php

Forty Texas companies and business leaders have submitted an amicus brief to the Zurawski v. Texas lawsuit, arguing that bans are costly and “threaten workplace diversity and well-being”: https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-businesses-say-abortion-ban-costs-state-nearly-15-billion-a-year/

Wyoming will soon only have one clinic offering elective abortions as The Women’s Health & Family Care clinic is set to close due to financial strain: https://oilcity.news/community/health/2023/11/18/wyoming-will-soon-be-down-to-one-clinic-offering-abortions/

A report from If/When/How reveals that when it comes to pregnancy criminalization, healthcare providers are most likely to turn someone in: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/abortion-criminalization-healthcare-providers/

A poll from the WSJ & NORC reveals that support for abortion access is near a record high (paywall): https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/support-for-abortion-access-is-near-record-wsj-norc-poll-finds-6021c712?st=r0466my2zod3557

Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy used their wives’ miscarriages to defend abortion bans; Jessica Valenti responds: https://jessica.substack.com/p/absolutely-not

ProPublica reviewed 12 of the nation’s strictest abortion bans. Few changed in 2023, as state lawmakers caved to pressure from anti-abortion groups opposing exceptions for rape, incest and health risks: https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-ban-exceptions-trigger-laws-health-risks

Seven more women joined the Center for Reproductive Rights’ lawsuit against Texas; read their stories here: https://reproductiverights.org/zurawski-v-texas-plaintiffs-stories-11-14-23/

The Washington Post reported on the impact of pro-choice ads showing personal abortion stories to win voters: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/10/abortion-election-2023/

Pennsylvania House committee passes a bill to prevent courts from cooperating with other states’ anti-abortion laws: https://www.penncapital-star.com/blog/pennsylvania-house-committee-passes-bill-to-prevent-courts-from-cooperating-with-other-states-anti-abortion-laws/