abortion rights
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PublishedMay 23, 2024
Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances
Louisiana currently has a near-total abortion ban in place, applying both to surgical and medical abortions.
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PublishedMay 1, 2024
Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign
Hobbs said in a statement that she looks forward to quickly signing the repeal into law.
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PublishedMay 1, 2024
Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
The new ban has an exception for saving a woman's life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest. But health care workers are still prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly.
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PublishedApril 29, 2024
Another View: Anti-abortion states should not deny pregnant women emergency care
Abortion care in the ER wasn’t much of an issue before Dobbs. Now it is.
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PublishedApril 27, 2024
Arizona’s abortion law repeal comes as independents trust Biden more on issue
Biden won independents over in 2020, the first Democrat to win Arizona’s presidential contest this century.
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PublishedApril 24, 2024
Arizona House advances a repeal of the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban to the Senate
The breakthrough came Wednesday when a second Republican joined all Democrats in voting to overrule the Republican House speaker, who has steadfastly blocked repeal.
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PublishedApril 24, 2024
The fate of emergency abortion care rests with Supreme Court
Justices will hear arguments over whether the Biden administration can penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Biden moves to shield patients’ abortion records from Republican threats
Health officials said rules would protect the privacy of women seeking abortions from Republican prosecutors who have threatened to crack down on the procedure.
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PublishedApril 13, 2024
Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise
In Georgia, Democrat Shea Roberts first ran for the state House in 2018 but lost to Republican Deborah Silcox. In 2020, Roberts shared her abortion story while running once again and won.
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PublishedApril 11, 2024
Shouts of ‘Shame! Shame!’ erupt in Arizona House as fight over abortion ban engulfs lawmakers
The fight is over a newly revived 1864 Arizona law criminalizing abortion throughout pregnancy unless a woman's life is at risk.
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