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Planned Parenthood announces $10 million voter campaign in North Carolina for 2024 election
Planned Parenthood affiliated groups have announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election.
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US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case
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Key moments in the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care
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Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor
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Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California
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Arizona House advances a repeal of the state’s near-total abortion ban to the Senate
Arizona House advances a repeal of the state’s near-total abortion ban to the Senate
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Supreme Court considers when doctors can provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans
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New reporting requirements for life-saving abortions worry some Texas doctors
Some health lawyers and doctors in Texas say they’re worried that proposed requirements could further disincentivize providers from performing medically necessary, but legally risky, abortions.
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Missouri’s GOP lawmakers vote to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid
Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill to ban Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood.
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Arizona House advances a repeal of the state’s near-total abortion ban to the Senate
A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions has won approval from the state House, clearing its first hurdle a week after a court concluded the state can enforce the 1864 law, which only offers an exception for saving the patient’s life.
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Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law
Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v.
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Maine’s governor signs bill to protect providers of abortion, gender-affirming care
Maine’s Democratic governor has signed a bill designed to protect providers of abortion and gender-affirming care from legal action brought by other states. Gov.
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When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in
Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider how far state abortion bans can extend to women in medical emergencies.
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What’s EMTALA, the patient protection law at the center of Supreme Court abortion arguments?
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether doctors can provide abortions to pregnant women with medical emergencies in states that enact abortion bans.
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Abortion returns to the spotlight in Italy, 46 years after it was legalized
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government has scored a victory with the Senate approving a law allowing anti-abortion groups access to women considering ending their pregnancies.
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Biden blames Trump for Florida’s 6-week abortion ban, says women nationwide face health crisis
President Joe Biden is blaming Donald Trump for Florida’s upcoming abortion ban and other restrictions across the country that have imperiled access to care for pregnant women.
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Biden administration tightens rules for obtaining medical records related to abortion
The medical records of women will be shielded from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek an abortion where it is legal.
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Idaho group says it is exploring a ballot initiative for abortion rights and reproductive care
A new Idaho organization says it will ask voters to restore abortion access and other reproductive health care rights in the state after lawmakers let a second legislative session end without modifying the strict abortion bans.
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Democrats clear path to bring proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total abortion ban to a vote
Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state’s highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the long-dormant statute.
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Anti-Trump Republican Larry Hogan navigates dangerous political terrain in pivotal Senate contest
Larry Hogan has transformed Maryland’s sleepy Senate race into a top-tier contest in the fight for the Senate majority.
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Campaign to legalize abortion in Missouri raises nearly $5M in 3 months
A campaign to legalize abortion in Missouri has raised close to $5 million. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom on Tuesday announced a $4.8 million haul from January through March.
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New York’s high court hears case on abortion insurance coverage
New York’s highest court has taken up a case that seeks to throw out a regulation requiring health insurance policies to cover medically necessary abortions.
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Indiana limits abortion data for privacy under near-total ban, but some GOP candidates push back
Some Indiana Republicans in key campaigns for office are fighting for access to detailed abortion reports that the health department stopped releasing to protect patient privacy under a near-total ban on the procedure.
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New rules for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act include divisive accommodations for abortion
Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, according to finalized federal regulations published Monday.
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Abortion in Germany should be decriminalized during pregnancy’s first 12 weeks, experts recommend
An independent expert commission has recommended that abortion in Germany should no longer fall under the country’s penal code and be made legal during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
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The Civil War raged and fortune-seekers hunted for gold. This era produced Arizona’s abortion ban
The near-total abortion ban resurrected last week by the Arizona Supreme Court dates to 1864, a time when gold-seekers were moving in, dueling had to be regulated and settlers were increasingly encroaching on tribal lands.
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Polish opponents of abortion march against recent steps to liberalize strict law
Thousands of Polish opponents of abortion are marching in Warsaw to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the predominantly Catholic nation’s strict laws and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week.
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Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise
They’re doing so more frequently in states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
The governor of Kansas has vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she says is a vague bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion.
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Trump pushes Arizona lawmakers to ‘remedy’ state abortion ruling that he says ‘went too far’
Donald Trump is declaring anew that the Arizona Supreme Court “went too far” with a ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near-total abortion ban.
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Maine lawmakers approve shield law for providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
The Democratic-controlled Maine Legislature has approved a bill that would protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from legal action brought in other states.
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Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states
Abortion was already a major issue in U.S. elections in 2024. An Arizona Supreme Court ruling elevated it more.
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Polish lawmakers vote to move forward with work on lifting a near-total abortion ban
Polish lawmakers have voted to continue work on proposals to lift a near-total ban on abortion, a highly divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country.
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A near-total ban on abortion has supercharged the political dynamics of Arizona, a key swing state
A stunning abortion ruling this week has supercharged Arizona’s role in the looming fall election. Suddenly, emboldened national Democrats are pouring new resources into the state as Republicans scramble to navigate the evolving political landscape while confronting nagging internal divisions.
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Many say Biden and Trump did more harm than good, but for different reasons, AP-NORC poll shows
A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that more than half of U.S. adults think Joe Biden’s presidency has hurt the country on cost of living and immigration.
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Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect
Iowa has asked the state Supreme Court to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, disputing abortion providers’ claims it infringes on women’s rights to exercise bodily autonomy.
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Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says the abortion ruling from justices he chose goes too far
A ban on nearly all abortions in Arizona doesn’t sit well with Republican former Gov. Doug Ducey. Yet he was the one who appointed the four conservative justices whose ruling cleared the way for it.
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