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10 Dec

Bill Could Create Liability for Abortion Pills in Tennessee

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A pair of conflicting abortion bills were introduced to the Tennessee State Legislature Monday and could result in $5 million liability for distributors of abortion pills or a far less likely set of abortion protections

08 Dec

Louisiana miscarriage patient who had to cross state lines for a D&C wants answers

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Tabitha Crowe said she woke up around 4 a.m. one Thursday in August covered in blood. She was visiting her parents in southern Louisiana when she started miscarrying her first pregnancy. She said her mom and dad drove her to a nearby hospital while she fought dizziness from the blood loss in their back seat.

06 Dec

Conservatives decry ‘procedural nonsense’ as NDP forces House debate on abortion

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“A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access Thursday, sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's own words against him. Just ahead of the time set for the Conservative motion to come up, NDP MP Heather McPherson changed the channel by launching into a debate on a foreign affairs committee report tabled in the House Thursday…”

05 Dec

Missouri Voters Enshrined Abortion Rights. GOP Lawmakers Are Already Working to Roll Them Back.

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“One month after Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion, Republican lawmakers in the deeply red state are already working to overturn it — or at least undermine it. One measure would ask voters to amend the state constitution to define life as beginning at conception, declaring that embryos are people with rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness….”

04 Dec

California lawmakers unveil new abortion protections ahead of Trump return to White House

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“California’s lawmakers unveiled two new pieces of legislation to protect abortion access in the state ahead of President-elect Trump’s return to the White House in January. The first of the two bills seeks to protect Californians’ access to abortion, particularly medication abortion….”

02 Dec

What Actions Can the Biden Admin Take on Abortion Before Trump Takes Office?

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Even faced with a hostile administration, some reproductive rights policies will not disappear immediately.

02 Dec

Arizona voters said yes to abortion rights, but old restrictions are still on the books

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Arizonans overwhelmingly voted to make abortion a fundamental right, but overturning the state’s current 15-week gestational ban — and multiple other anti-abortion laws still on the books — isn’t automatic.

01 Dec

These activists wanted more from Missouri’s abortion amendment. They’re not done yet

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Some reproductive rights activists say that Amendment 3, which Missouri voters passed in November, didn't go far enough in expanding abortion access to help the most vulnerable populations. One sticking point was the amendment's language setting limits at "fetal viability," which does not have a true medical definition.

29 Nov

Tracking abortion laws across the United States

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Abortion is now banned in more than a dozen states, while four have banned the procedure past roughly six weeks of pregnancy

28 Nov

Arizona voters said yes to abortion rights, but old restrictions are still on the books

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“Arizonans overwhelmingly voted to make abortion a fundamental right, but overturning the state’s current 15-week gestational ban — and multiple other anti-abortion laws still on the books — isn’t automatic. Just an hour after she joined Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Republican Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ann Timmer on Monday to certify the results of the 2024 general election, Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes said that officially nullifying the 15-week ban will need to take place in the courts. And, she added, while her office considers the certification of Proposition 139, the abortion rights ballot…

25 Nov

Trump says he’ll leave abortion to the states. It won’t be so simple

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Despite his campaign promises to leave the issue to the states, President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will shape the national landscape around abortion and reproductive health.

25 Nov

How abortion rights groups are preparing for the next Trump administration

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Abortion rights groups are pivoting away from ballot initiatives and starting to go on defense

23 Nov

Abortion rights advocates prepare for legal battles over newly passed ballot measures

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“Reproductive rights groups are preparing for legal battles in several of the states where voters approved constitutional amendments to protect or expand abortion access this month. After seven of the 10 pro-abortion rights measures on the November ballot across the country passed, the groups that backed them are now working to ensure they are implemented smoothly, particularly in states where the amendments will undo existing abortion bans….”

20 Nov

Alabama unlikely to revisit abortion ban despite success of abortion rights initiatives

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A 2018 “Sanctity of Life” amendment could make it difficult to simply add exceptions to the law. When the Alabama Legislature approved a near-total abortion ban in 2019, some Republican members of the Legislature downplayed the impact of the legislation, saying it was meant as a challenge to Roe v. Wade and that the state would revisit the issue if Roe fell, possibly in a “heartbeat” bill that would ban the procedure at about six weeks after conception.

18 Nov

7 States Passed Abortion Rights Ballot Measures. But Changes Won’t be Like a “Light Switch,” Experts Say

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“While former President Donald Trump’s win of the White House was a blow to many reproductive rights advocates, Election Day some wins when it came to abortion ballot measures. In seven of 10 states, voters chose to protect abortion rights. However, that doesn’t mean abortion rights will go into effect immediately in these states, experts say….”