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Democrats Seek Repeal of Comstock Abortion Rule
Democrats want to reform an 1873 federal law prohibiting mailing abortion-related materials, concerned a future Trump administration...
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Jun 20, 20242 min read
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High Court Upholds Access To Abortion Pill Mifepristone
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday that preserved access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which is the most common way to...
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Jun 13, 20242 min read
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Louisiana Moves To Reclassify Abortion Pills As Controlled Dangerous Substances
Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill...
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May 24, 20242 min read
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Louisiana House Criminalizes Abortion Pill Possession
Despite evidence of safety and effectiveness, the Louisiana State House voted Tuesday to classify two common abortion medications as...
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May 22, 20242 min read
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Anti-Abortion Activist Who Led Blockade Of Clinic Gets Nearly 5 Years In Prison
An anti-abortion activist who led a blockade of a reproductive health clinic in Washington, D.C., in 2020 and drew widespread attention...
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May 15, 20242 min read
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Federal Judge Blasts Alabama AG Over Threats To Prosecute Out-Of-State Travel For Abortions
A federal judge on Monday shot down a series of threats by Alabama’s Republican attorney general to prosecute groups that help women...
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May 7, 20242 min read
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Florida's Six-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect
A strict ban on abortions took effect in Florida on Wednesday, making it a felony to perform or actively participate in an abortion after...
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May 2, 20241 min read
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Arizona House Votes To Repeal Abortion Ban Upheld By State Supreme Court
On Wednesday, the Arizona House of Representatives voted to repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864 that was upheld by the state’s...
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Apr 25, 20241 min read
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AZ Prosecutor Elections Turn Attention to Abortion Ban
Pro-choice advocates have been working hard to reverse the Arizona Supreme Court's decision to uphold a near-total abortion ban. Despite...
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Apr 24, 20242 min read
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Man Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison For Firebombing California Planned Parenthood Clinic
A California man who used a Molotov cocktail to firebomb a clinic providing abortion services was sentenced to nine years in prison on...
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Apr 17, 20241 min read
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Court Rules Arizona Can Enforce Abortion Ban
Arizona will soon join 14 other states that have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy after a state Supreme Court ruling Tuesday...
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Apr 10, 20242 min read
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TX Woman Sues Prosecutors Over Wrongful Abortion Charges
A woman in Texas who was falsely charged with murder over a self-induced abortion has filed a lawsuit against the local prosecutor’s...
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Apr 1, 20242 min read
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Supreme Court Seems Likely To Allow Use Of Abortion Pill
A Supreme Court bitterly divided two years ago over the right to an abortion appeared to find something close to unity Tuesday, as...
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Mar 27, 20242 min read
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AL Chief Justice Has Ties To Far-Right Christian Thinking
Following the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that frozen embryos are essentially children, Chief Justice Tom Parker has been under...
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Feb 27, 20241 min read
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Explosive Detonated Outside Alabama AG Office
Alabama law enforcement officials are investigating after an explosive detonated outside the office of the state's attorney general on...
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Feb 27, 20241 min read
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More Alabama IVF Providers Pause Treatment Following Court Ruling
In the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos could be considered children under Alabama state law, more in vitro...
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Feb 23, 20242 min read
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Study Finds 64,565 Rape-Related Pregnancies After Abortion Bans
Doctors say thousands of rape-related pregnancies have happened in just the 14 U.S. states that have total abortion bans. In a letter...
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Jan 25, 20242 min read
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Grand Jury Drops Case Against Ohio Woman Who Suffered Miscarriage
Brittany Watts, an Ohio woman who faced a criminal charge after she suffered a miscarriage at home, will not be indicted, a grand jury...
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Jan 12, 20242 min read
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Idaho’s Abortion Ban Back In Effect As Supreme Court Considers It
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Idaho's abortion ban to go into effect, and agreed to hear an appeal in the case, scheduling arguments for...
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Jan 8, 20242 min read
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Grand Jury To Decide Case Of Ohio Woman Who Miscarried
An Ohio woman who miscarried a nonviable fetus at home could be indicted for abuse of a corpse by an Ohio grand jury Wednesday, the New...
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Jan 3, 20241 min read
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