The U.S. Supreme Court has denied the states of Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri from intervening in an upcoming abortion pill lawsuit. The Court will soon begin hearing arguments.
In its February 20, 2024 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court did not give a reason why it denied intervention to the three previously mentioned states, writing simply that “The motion of Missouri, et al. for leave to intervene is denied.”
You’d think we’d learn, but apparently not. Some lawmakers are determined to add various social democracies’ adventures in assisted suicide to the list. Assisted suicide laws are before 19 state legislatures, including those in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and my own Maryland. The potential Maryland statute would allow patients to request a lethal dose of medication from doctors, which the patients could self-administer; the request must be made in writing with two witness signatures.
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“In 2023, the global and domestic sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice community released the 2023 Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Policy Agenda. The 2023 Blueprint Policy Agenda builds on the 2019 Blueprint Policy Agenda and all of the work that the Biden-Harris administration has done to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ) domestically and around the globe,” Planned Parenthood wrote.
“It lays out critical actions that the administration can take now, heading into 2024, to further protect and advance people’s access to health care and health equity,” they added.
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A recently-introduced bill in the state of Illinois would change the definition of “abused child” to include minors whose parents object to their children receiving puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, transgender surgeries, and abortions.
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In a groundbreaking lawsuit, a California-based teacher is taking legal action against the state’s senior officials over what she claims is a gender policy that required her to deceive parents and encourage students to live ‘double’ lives. The policy, implemented in the Escondido Union School District (EUSD), reportedly compelled teachers to support students’ ‘social transition’ by using their preferred pronouns and gender-specific names during school hours.
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