Viral #YouKnowMe campaign asks women to post about abortions
Actress Busy Philipps took to social media to encourage women to speak out about their abortions using the hashtag #youknowme
Watch CBS News
Actress Busy Philipps took to social media to encourage women to speak out about their abortions using the hashtag #youknowme
The new law is the most restrictive anti-abortion measure passed in the United States since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973
Presidential hopeful lays out plan to protect abortion access nationwide
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey just signed the bill into law on Wednesday night
"This law would force children - 12 year olds - to carry a pregnancy by their rapist," ACO said after Alabama's abortion law was passed Wednesday
Missouri joins a movement of GOP-dominated state legislatures emboldened by the possibility that a more conservative Supreme Court could overturn Roe V. Wade
"We just don't have the technology. So I would suggest removing this from your bill, since it's pure science fiction," wrote a doctor
The legislation is the most restrictive anti-abortion measure passed since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973
Democratic presidential hopefuls say the state's near-total abortion ban puts abortion rights in jeopardy nationwide
Ohio is one of four states that passed so-called "heartbeat" bills this year, though none have been successfully implemented
Under Ohio's new "heartbeat bill," abortions after about six weeks are prohibited, even if the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest
The directors' announcement fulfills the wish of Stacey Abrams: Don't pull your productions from Georgia
"The Good Place" actress called it "the best decision I have ever made"
If Alabama's bill passes, a doctor who performed one would face up to 99 years in prison
Milano's call wasn't totally received with open arms, with many writing criticism like "I hate this" and saying it promoted a narrative of straight women who withhold sex as punishment to men
But not all filmmakers have decided to pull production out of Georgia: J. J. Abrams and Jordan Peele have decided to keep filming there
"The statistic is that one in four women will have an abortion before age 45," she said. "Maybe you're sitting there thinking,'I don't know a woman who would have an abortion.' Well, you know me"
Abortion rights advocates say the law will result in a total ban on abortions in the state
Gillibrand's announcement came on the same day that Georgia's governor signed a restricted abortion bill into law
Critics of the rule argue that this could limit medical access for women seeking abortions or LGBT individuals
The bill makes no exceptions for rape and incest, despite objections from the state's Democrats.
The changes — which would have banned clinics from referring patients to abortion clinics — were set to go into effect next week
"Invoking the Holocaust to advance any policy position is totally out of bounds," said a spokesperson for the Anti-Defamation League
Abortion would be automatically illegal in six states if Roe vs. Wade were overturned.
Ohio joins five other states that have passed such restrictive abortion measures; the ACLU of Ohio said it was preparing a constitutional challenge to the law