Sidelined last election, abortion returns to policy limelight - Health Care Abortion returns to policy discussions after being sidelined last election.

Vice President Vance and conservative influencer Laura Loomer traded jabs on social media Friday after Loomer questioned why Republicans were “pushing more abortion messaging” ahead of the November midterms.

The anti-abortion constituency also remains hugely important to the GOP base and grassroots in Florida. Most state party leaders are unapologetic about where the restrictions are now after the state GOP and Gov. RON DESANTIS took a clear stance against the amendment in 2024 (all while the governor used state resources to fight the amendment).

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At a protest in the state Capitol on Wednesday, hundreds of Missourians urged lawmakers to respect their will on reproductive rights and paid sick leave — two measures that voters passed in 2024 but the legislature moved to reverse immediately after.

Overall, Trump’s first year back in the White House was an unmitigated disaster for American women and trans people, a relentless series of attacks on the social safety net, the healthcare infrastructure, and 60 years of progress on civil rights. But on abortion, his approach has been more slow-walk than shock-and-awe.

Congressional Republicans weighing whether to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies face a decision similar to the one that confronted anti-abortion Democrats 15 years ago, when they voted for the law despite the staunch opposition of anti-abortion activists.

It’s easy to forget that Texas’s bounty bill, S.B. 8, was once at the epicenter of the nation’s abortion politics.

Abortion is once again on the agenda for both legislators and voters in Missouri.