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10 Dec

Proposed abortion law sparks debate

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some Missouri lawmakers are renewing a call for the state to take an anti-abortion step that goes further than prominent anti-abortion groups want to go and that has not gained much traction in any state so far: a law that would allow homicide charges against women who obtain abortions.

10 Dec

Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks woman from emergency abortion

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The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion on Friday, shortly after the state's attorney general requested the block.

03 Dec

‘Moderate’ or Roe v Wade killer: can Trump have it both ways on abortion?

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The former president is proud of appointing the supreme court justices who overturned the right to abortion – now the issue is a vote loser for Republicans

02 Dec

‘It was a wake-up call’: After Roe v. Wade, French lawmakers seek to enshrine abortion rights

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When the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, French women were paying close attention. They watched with alarm as those across the Atlantic lost their long-standing right to abortion, seemingly overnight. What if France came next?

27 Nov

Idaho asks Supreme Court to let abortion law that penalizes doctors to take full effect

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Idaho asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow its state abortion ban that imposes penalties on doctors who perform abortions to take full effect despite federal requirements for emergency room doctors.

26 Nov

Texas Supreme Court to hear case on state abortion laws and pregnancy complications

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The Texas Supreme Court will hear a case this week brought by women who say the state's abortion laws are harming them.

25 Nov

5 states where the abortion fight is likely to play out next | KRON4

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A handful of purple and red states are poised to be the next battlegrounds in the abortion rights fight after advocates won a major victory in Ohio this month.

19 Nov

Newsom ad targets DeSantis’ six-week abortion ban

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Sunday released a new ad digging into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) six-week ban on abortion as the two governors prepare to debate one another later this month.

18 Nov

Why the abortion issue matters

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“American Elections Are About Abortion Now,” reads the headline over a New York Times column. New York magazine puts it more bluntly: “Abortion Wins Elections.” Every voter cares about many issues. Every election turns on many factors. Without a doubt, however, abortion gives the Democrats enormous leverage to counteract Joe Biden’s considerable weaknesses. As party strategist Tom Bonior wrote in his Times essay, “abortion could plausibly be the deciding factor next November.”

17 Nov

What to know about abortion and the 2024 election

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Perhaps no issue is thornier for the 2024 Republican presidential primary candidates than abortion. Republican leaders widely cheered the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. But since then, they have found that going too far on abortion restrictions can be a political liability.

12 Nov

NC numbers reveal impact of abortion restrictions

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The number of abortions provided in North Carolina has dropped significantly after the implementation of increased restrictions in the state on July 1, according to data estimates from a national organization that tracks trends in reproductive health.

04 Nov

In Michigan, one restriction is setting back efforts to enshrine abortion rights

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Abortion advocates in Michigan had a major setback this week. Voters enshrined abortion rights in the constitution last November, but figuring out what those rights mean has become a battle.

31 Oct

Kansas can’t enforce new law on abortion pills or make patients wait 24 hours, judge rules

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"A Kansas judge on Monday put a new state law on medication abortions on hold and blocked older restrictions that for years have spelled out what providers must tell patients and forced patients to wait 24 hours to end their pregnancies. The ruling was another big victory for abortion rights advocates in Kansas, where a statewide vote in August 2022 decisively confirmed protections for abortion access under the state constitution. District Judge K. Christopher Jayaram’s order suspends some restrictions that have been in effect for years. The waiting period had been in place since 1997...."

29 Oct

Macron vows to enshrine women’s rights to abortion in French Constitution in 2024

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PARIS -- President Emmanuel Macron promised on Sunday to enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in the French Constitution by next year.

28 Oct

Misinformation is flowing ahead of Ohio abortion vote. Some is coming from a legislative website

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The inflammatory language targeting a reproductive rights measure on Ohio’s fall ballot is the type of messaging that is common in the closing weeks of a highly contested initiative campaign — warning of “abortion on demand” or “dismemberment of fully conscious children” if voters approve it.