The use of medication to end pregnancies grew during the pandemic and could help the state’s providers handle increased demand as patients come from other states to have abortions.
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Judge blocks enforcement of Biden abortion guidance in Texas
A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the federal government from enforcing a legal interpretation that would require hospitals in the state to provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk.
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Kansas recount confirms results in favor of abortion rights
After the recount, the side that supported the measure gained six votes and those opposed to it lost 57 votes.
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Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg among donors in $22 million Kansas campaign on abortion
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg also contributed $1.25 million, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which finances liberal causes, contributed nearly $1.5 million.
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Idaho’s top court lets near-total abortion ban kick in
An abortion ban with few exceptions will take effect on Aug. 25. The court is separately reviewing the merits of the law.
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Gordon Weil: What’s the matter with Kansas?
After that state’s vote to retain the state constitution’s protection of abortion, many might answer that “nothing’s the matter with Kansas.” Unless that vote was a fluke, what happened in Kansas has sent a signal about the future of American politics. The Kansas question was first asked by William Allen White in a classic 1896 […]
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Nebraska woman charged with helping daughter have abortion
The prosecutor handling the case said it’s the first time he has charged anyone for illegally performing an abortion after 20 weeks, a restriction that was passed in 2010.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: If Kansas can defend abortion rights, so can everybody else
Voters turned out en masse and handed a stunning rebuke to anti-abortion legislators.
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Our View: Mills administration should be proactive on right to abortion
Why leave Maine open to an interpretation of the state constitution that could go either way?
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Gov. Mills says Maine Constitution may already protect abortion access
The governor says her administration is debating whether an amendment is needed to protect abortion access in Maine, or whether that right is already enshrined.