Weekend TOONs - Coat-Hanger States of America

[JHB]

Coat-Hanger States of America

Coalition of the Willing

Overqualified

Cooking Up a Storm

Not a lap dog

Holdup

Hard Vacuum

Dead Men Tell No Tales

Following in his footsteps

RIP Grumpy Cat

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

Outside of Alabama:

States that have passed abortion restrictions:

Ohio passed a fetal heartbeat law.
Kentucky passed a fetal heartbeat law.
Mississippi passed a fetal heartbeat law.
Georgia passed a fetal heartbeat law.
Utah voted to limit abortions to the middle of the second trimester.
Arkansas voted to limit abortions to the middle of the second trimester.

States considering abortion restrictions:

Florida is considering 2 bills — one limiting abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy and the second is fetal heartbeat bill.
Louisiana is close to passing a fetal heartbeat bill.
South Carolina is considering a fetal heartbeat bill.
Maryland failed to pass a fetal heartbeat bill.
Minnesota is considering a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks.
West Virginia introduced a fetal heartbeat bill earlier this year.
Missouri's heartbeat bill has passed the state Senate and is heading to the Republican-controlled House.
Tennessee has passed a bill that would ban abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

[Gothmog]

2. Thank you for the cartoons

[planetc]

3. and Kick!

[saidsimplesimon]

4. The first toon by Taylor Jones

inspired this post.

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2019/apr/11/planned-parenthood-sues-over-arizona-abortion-laws/492478/

Planned Parenthood sues over Arizona abortion laws

April 11th, 2019 by Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Abortion rights groups filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Arizona laws they say unnecessarily restrict access to the procedures and leave most rural areas without clinics.

The legal action by Planned Parenthood Arizona targets laws that prohibit anyone other than a physician from performing abortions; require patients to visit clinics twice over a 24-hour period for counseling; and bar the use of telemedicine in providing abortion services.

The intent of the laws is to "impede both women and medical providers so systematically that abortion becomes more onerous and even unavailable to many," according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit says the statutes have led to a 40% reduction in the number of abortions provided by Planned Parenthood since 2011.

In addition, the laws are medically unjustified and have led to the closure of Planned Parenthood offices in Yuma, Goodyear, Prescott Valley and Chandler, the lawsuit states. ....snip
more at link above