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The Quickie: Planned Parenthood Celebrates Senate Passing Respect for Marriage Act 

For Immediate Release: Nov. 30, 2022


Welcome to “The Quickie” — Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s daily tipsheet on the top health care & reproductive rights stories of the day. You can read “The Quickie'' online here.

In today’s Quickie: PP celebrates the Senate passing the Respect for Marriage Act and Arizona Court of Appeals to hear PPAZ challenge to 1864 ban! 

PLANNED PARENTHOOD CELEBRATES SENATE PASSING RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT: Last night, Planned Parenthood Action Fund celebrated the U.S. Senate passing the Respect for Marriage Act, which guarantees federal rights, benefits, and protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. The act repeals the Defense of Marriage Act and serves as a backstop should the Supreme Court overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. The House is expected to vote on and pass the Respect for Marriage Act in the next week for President Biden to sign into law.

Read more at the Washington Post. 

TODAY: PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA ARGUES IN COURT OF APPEALS ON 1864 NEAR TOTAL ABORTION BAN: Today, the Arizona Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Planned Parenthood Arizona’s (PPAZ) case against Attorney General Bronvich's efforts to allow enforcement of the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban. Today’s hearing comes nearly two months after the Court of Appeals halted a state superior court’s September order that allowed the near-total ban on abortion to take effect for several weeks. Since Brnovich first filed his request to lift the injunction on the near-total ban, PPAZ has been asking the court to clarify that the Civil War-era ban must be harmonized with the nearly five decades of law governing abortion that are on the books in the state. Today’s oral arguments are the latest step in the fight to protect abortion access in Arizona.

Read more at KJZZ.

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