As U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch faces his Senate confirmation hearings, Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling him an extremist on issues such as worker protections and reproductive rights.
The Oklahoma abortion measure is likely to face a full vote later this year. The proposal which would requires women to get permission from their sexual partner in order to allow them to have an abortion has passed the first obstacle in Oklahoma.
It only took two months for the law to be pushed through. Under a new law introduced in Arkansas, USA, states that a pregnant woman's husband will have the say in whether she aborts or not - even in cases of spousal rape.
Pro-life activists are planning to protect their rights. In a very blue-state manner, a reproductive-rights group in deep-red Kentucky is urging Democratic state legislators to introduce a resolution that declares "abortion is health care", and shall be shall be recognized "as an essential component of women's healthcare.
