The failed effort to ban access to a commonly used abortion drug was closely watched in Maine.
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Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
The Supreme Court has preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
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Donald Trump tells a group that calls for banning all abortions to stand up for ‘innocent life’
Trump has repeatedly taken credit for the overturning of a federally guaranteed right to abortion – having nominated three of the justices who overturned Roe v. Wade – but has resisted supporting a national abortion ban.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.