News21 unpacks how the abortion access fight has shifted to states like New Mexico: https://americaafterroe.news21.com/stories/abortion-ban-fight-moves-texas-to-new-mexico-access-laws/

The ballot language for Ohio’s fall abortion amendment is misleading: https://apnews.com/article/ohio-abortion-access-ballot-issue-election-2023-a628e9b323b8544847ace0a0504c5733 Video of State Representative Elliot Forhan detailing the inaccuracies in the Ohio ballot text: https://twitter.com/dc_dewitt/status/1694800149053096003?s=51&t=C88t5nKljm77sIWE0jrjRQ

South Carolina abortion ban with unclear ‘fetal heartbeat’ definition creates confusion: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-ban-south-carolina-a2f515537739a0a4b16c049f90821a3f

Black midwifery shows a way forward for abortion care despite brutal suppression: https://jezebel.com/midwife-abortion-care-1850631246

Indiana Supreme Court won’t rehear near-total abortion ban ruling, putting law back in effect: https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/08/21/indiana-supreme-court-wont-rehear-near-total-abortion-ban-ruling-putting-law-back-in-effect/

A new study on menstrual products is the first to have tested with human blood: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/tampons-tested-human-blood-study-bethany-samuelson-bannow/

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to reinstate significant restrictions on the abortion medication, mifepristone, but this does not revoke FDA approval of the drug: https://reproductiverights.org/fda-medication-abortion-mifepristone-5th-circuit-ruling-8-23/

Time Magazine covers the story of a 13 year-old rape victim who wasn’t able to get an abortion in Mississippi: https://time.com/6303701/a-rape-in-mississippi/

Governor of Illinois signed legislation to protect the license plate data of those coming to Illinois for an abortion from out of state: https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_70521488-4048-11ee-ab16-7f95e8d02d24.html

In Oklahoma, access to emergency contraception is limited for Indigenous people: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/10/native-american-women-limited-access-plan-b-contraception-oklahoma/70530176007/