Trump Touts ‘Freedom’ on the Anniversary of the Day He Took It Away From Millions
MS NOW, June 24, 2026
On Wednesday, June 24, President Donald Trump will headline the kickoff event for the White House’s Great American State Fair, celebrating 250 years of American freedom. The rally, which will set the stage for Trump’s “Freedom 250” programming, also coincides with the four-year anniversary of the Supreme Court handing down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that stripped away the constitutional right to abortion access that had been held for 50 years. Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices he knew would overturn Roe v. Wade, fulfilling his 2016 campaign promise. The irony of Wednesday’s events on the National Mall should be lost on no one.
The Trump Administration Is Calling Frozen Embryos Children
The Guardian, June 25, 2026
The Trump administration quietly declared frozen embryos to be children last week. In a call for grant applications related to a nearly 20-year-old program meant to raise awareness about frozen embryo adoption, the Department of Health and Human Services referred to frozen embryos using the terms “child” and “children,” calling for screening standards for frozen embryo purchasers to be raised to those applied to parents seeking to adopt actual children. The document refers to frozen embryos as “children who already exist and are in need of a family.”
Austin-Area Hospitals Denied Miscarriage Care Despite Clarification to Texas’ Abortion Ban, Federal Complaint Alleges
The Texas Tribune, June 22, 2026
Lynn Callaway was having a miscarriage and had developed an infection. She wanted abortion-inducing medication or surgery to help empty her uterus and bring her suffering to an end. But, in a federal complaint filed Monday, Callaway says she’d already been refused that type of care at two Austin area emergency rooms, and felt she had no choice but to endure alone at home. When they finally saw her doctor days later, Callaway was prescribed abortion-inducing drugs to pass the miscarriage. Four years after Texas banned nearly all abortions, Callaway is among the women who say they are still being denied the full range of miscarriage care by doctors fearful of being accused of performing a prohibited abortion and spending life in prison or losing their medical licenses.
Support Builds on the Right for Prosecuting Women Who Get Abortions
The New York Times, June 24, 2026
In its quest to outlaw abortion across the country, the antiabortion movement has been largely unified around a core idea: Women who get the procedure should be spared punishment, while doctors and others who make it available should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But a growing number of conservative leaders are starting to argue that the only way to stop women from ending their pregnancies could be to arrest them. The shift is coming as activists express frustration that the number of abortions happening now is higher than when Roe v. Wade was overturned, largely because of the growing availability of abortion pills even in states where the procedure is banned.
Missouri Judge Strikes Down Nearly All State Abortion Regulations
Missouri Independent, June 18, 2026
Many of Missouri’s abortion regulations, including laws that Planned Parenthood said made it impossible for providers to prescribe medication abortion, were struck down in a ruling Thursday by a Jackson County judge. One of the regulations most widely condemned by abortion rights supporters, a 72-hour waiting period between an initial consultation and an abortion, has been unenforceable for several months under a temporary ruling. The 20-page decision from Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang makes that decision permanent. One of the few laws upheld Thursday by Zhang is a requirement that patients meet with a doctor in-person before being prescribed medication abortion. Zhang also upheld a requirement that only physicians can perform abortions.
ICYMI: In Case You Missed It
Four years since the Supreme Court eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, anti-abortion politicians have ramped up their attacks. Extremists in state legislatures, state attorneys general offices, federal courts, Congress, and the White House are targeting abortion access on every front to make it more difficult for pregnant people to get the reproductive care they need: banning abortion outright, defunding and shuttering reproductive health clinics, blocking telehealth abortion, and restricting medication abortion pills.
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