Post-Roe Chaos in states | Fla cops visit homes of people who signed pro-choice petitions

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Hackers Threaten to Release Stolen Data From Planned Parenthood of Montana

The hack comes after abortion rights advocates in Montana secured enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot in November.
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Planned Parenthood of Montana announced on Wednesday a “cybersecurity incident” that was first identified on August 28, according to a new report from Cyberscoop. The healthcare organization had roughly 93 gigabytes of data stolen by hackers affiliated with RansomHub, who are reportedly giving Planned Parenthood until September 11 to pay an undisclosed amount or have all of the data leaked online.

Martha Fuller, the CEO of Planned Parenthood of Montana, said in a statement to EM360Tech that the organization “immediately implemented our incident response protocols, including taking portions of our network offline as a proactive security measure.”

It’s not immediately clear what kind of data has been stolen and it’s unknown whether patient files have been impacted. Planned Parenthood offers a wide range of health services, but mainstream American perceptions typically associate the organization only with providing abortion care. Whatever is ultimately leaked, if that does come to pass, will almost certainly become a political football in today’s highly politicized environment.
 
If we win and the SCOTUS ever changes direction, we need to push for a ruling that ANY law that restricts activities and behaviors on moral or philosophical reasons with no real world harm to others is a violation of the right to freedom both of and from religion. That includes abortion, birth control, gambling. drug use and essentially all victimless crimes. We can still penalize and or ameliorate any actual damage caused by abusive behavior where others are abused and coerced in the case of something likr prostitution. We should not have to be governed by others' primitive superstitions and outdated beliefs about the real world.
 
Something something damn liberal judicial activists

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Missouri Judge Rules That Abortion Ballot Measure Is Invalid

But abortion rights groups hope an appeals court will reverse the ruling before the Tuesday deadline to print the state ballots.
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A Missouri court late Friday moved toward striking a ballot measure in November that would ask voters whether to establish a right to abortion in the state Constitution.

Judge Christopher Limbaugh of Cole County Circuit Court sided with anti-abortion lawmakers and activists who said that the abortion rights groups that gathered signatures to sponsor the ballot measure had not sufficiently explained its potential ramifications on the petitions they asked voters to sign.

With the state scheduled to print ballots on Tuesday, the judge said he would wait until then to issue an injunction instructing the secretary of state to remove the measure that was certified last month. That will give the abortion rights groups a chance to appeal to a higher court.

The coalition behind the measure vowed to do so immediately, calling the ruling “a profound injustice to the initiative process.” They have expressed optimism that the appeals court will be more sympathetic to their arguments.

That court could decline to act, in which case the measure would be struck from the ballot. But if the appeals court or the state Supreme Court overturns Judge Limbaugh’s ruling before Tuesday, he will not issue an injunction, and the measure, known as Amendment 3, will remain on the ballot.

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The case before Judge Limbaugh — a former general counsel to Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, who appointed him, and a cousin of Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio host who died in 2021 — hinged on a requirement in the Missouri Constitution that requires that each initiative petition include “an enacting clause and the full text of the measure,” and identify all sections of the law or the Constitution that would be repealed if the amendment were passed.

The petitions that abortion rights groups circulated included the full text of the measure. But anti-abortion activists contended that the amendment’s language protecting “a person’s fundamental right to reproductive freedom” could have far-reaching effects that the petitions did not mention. Their lawyer argued that the amendment — which would allow abortion until the fetus is viable outside the uterus, around 24 weeks, but permit the state to regulate it after that — could affect state laws that ban minors from getting gender-affirming health care, and prohibit human cloning.
 
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Florida voters who oppose the state's 6-week abortion ban say they are being visited by police

Critics accuse Gov. Ron DeSantis of seeking to intimidate supporters of a pro-choice referendum
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Florida voters who oppose the state's 6-week abortion ban say they are being visited by police​

Critics accuse Gov. Ron DeSantis of seeking to intimidate supporters of a pro-choice referendum​


“… Florida's Department of State is claiming it suspects fraud in the signature-gathering process. In an email to county election officials, the department's Brad McVay requested that they hand over their already-verified petitions so that the signatures can be reexamined, claiming without evidence that those who circulated the petitions "represent known or suspected fraudsters," Tampa Bay television station WTVT reported.

… In 2022, following false claims of voter fraud in the previous presidential election, DeSantis signed into law a measure creating a state Office of Election Crimes and Security. According to its website, the office claims to "proactively identify and thwart those who seek to violate Florida election laws." Last year, Florida Republicans set aside $1.4 million for the office.

Critics charge that the creation of the office was a political stunt, noting that voter fraud is exceedingly rare in the United States. They say the police visits reported by voters like Menasche is further evidence that the DeSantis administration is seeking to intimidate voters under the guise of addressing electoral fraud. …”
 
It seems the Missouri Secretary of State is the one with no knowledge of the law. Very reassuring.
 
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Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.
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Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.​

At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories.​

 
Based on the 2022 election results and pretty much every special election and state abortion referendum since Roe was overturned, I still believe that the abortion issue is alive and well in this election and that it will play a major factor in the presidential election and other elections, especially in terms of the women's vote. And that it will benefit the Harris/Walz ticket and and other Democratic candidates if they're smart enough to tie themselves to the pro-choice position. Opposing abortion rights is simply a losing issue in most places today, including even many solid red states like Kansas.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
Based on the 2022 election results and pretty much every special election and state abortion referendum since Roe was overturned, I still believe that the abortion issue is alive and well in this election and that it will play a major factor in the presidential election and other elections, especially in terms of the women's vote. And that it will benefit the Harris/Walz ticket and and other Democratic candidates if they're smart enough to tie themselves to the pro-choice position. Opposing abortion rights is simply a losing issue in most places today, including even many solid red states like Kansas.
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There does seem to be a decent chance that Women's Health Care will blow up some election results That is a hopeful thing for me
 
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