A nationwide abortion ban would be extraordinarily difficult to pass, particularly given the need for 60 votes in the Senate to overcome a filibuster under current rules.
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New Maine law aims to prevent harassment at abortion clinics
Maine is now 1 of 4 states with a law that creates a ‘bubble zone’ that limits protests nears the doors of a medical clinic.
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Abortions stop in Kentucky as groups seek to block new law
Abortion-rights groups have gone to court seeking to restore abortion services in Kentucky.
Posted inNation & World, News
Florida becomes latest state to enact an abortion ban
The new law bans abortions after 15 weeks, with no exceptions in the cases of rape, incest or human trafficking.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Oklahoma governor signs bill making abortion illegal
The only exception is to save the life of the mother.
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Oklahoma state House approves bill to make abortion illegal
The bill is one of several anti-abortion measures still alive in Oklahoma’s Legislature this year, part of a trend of GOP-led states passing aggressive anti-abortion legislation.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Tennessee lawmakers introduce Texas-styled abortion bill
The proposed ban does not have an exception for rape or incest.
Posted inNation & World
Idaho Legislature clears Texas-inspired abortion bill
The House also rejects a bill that would have required insurance providers to expand their contraceptive coverage.
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Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’
A ruling by the state supreme court slams the door on what little path forward the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Texas clinics after having twice declined to stop a ban on abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.
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Florida lawmakers vote to ban most abortions after 15 weeks
The legislation would allow an abortion to be performed after 15 weeks only if two doctors certify a ‘fatal fetal abnormality’ that will ‘result in death upon birth or imminently thereafter.’