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Apr 01 2024
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Florida Supreme Court upholds 15-week abortion ban, allows abortion rights amendment to appear on the November ballot
In a pair of significant decisions, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday to uphold a 15-week ban on abortion in the state, while also allowing a proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution to appear on the November ballot. The conservative-leaning court's decision on the 15-week ban also means that a six-week abortion ban, with exceptions for rape,
NBC News (Online)Apr 09 2024
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Arizona Supreme Court rules that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban still on the books in the state is enforceable, a bombshell decision that adds the state to the growing lists of places where abortion care is effectively banned. Tuesday’s ruling allows an 1864 law in Arizona to stand that criminalized abortion by making it a felony punishable by two to five years in
NBC News (Online)Mar 21 2024
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Majority Of House Republicans Endorse Abortion Ban That Threatens IVF
A large majority of House Republicans released a budget proposal on Wednesday endorsing legislation that would threaten to make in vitro fertilization illegal nationwide. The move is a stunning turnabout after most of the party spent weeks voicing support for IVF following a controversial Alabama Supreme Court ruling that led providers in the state to halt the procedure.
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HuffPostApr 03 2024
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Florida abortion ban prompts two Southern states to prep for an influx of patients
After the Florida Supreme Court cleared the way for a state ban on abortions after six weeks, clinics in North Carolina and Virginia say they are gearing up for an influx of patients. Once the law takes effect on May 1, Florida will no longer be a refuge for people seeking abortions across the South. The state currently allows abortions up to 15 weeks of pregnancy — a far less restrictive
NBC News (Online)Apr 03 2024
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Florida's stricter ban on abortions could put more pressure on clinics elsewhere
The drive to Bristol, Virginia, from Jacksonville, Florida, takes more than eight hours. It’s over 10 from Orlando and closer to 14 from Miami. Despite that distance, Bristol Women’s Health Center is preparing for an influx of women from Florida seeking abortions when a stricter ban kicks in next month. For many people who otherwise would have obtained abortions in Florida, the clinic in
Washington PostApr 08 2024
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Republican Senate hopeful Carolyn Phippen throws cold water on national abortion ban
SALT LAKE CITY — For the nearly five decades in which the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to abortion, politicians opposed to the procedure often argued that abortion access should be a decision left to the states. That changed for some Republicans after the court's Roe v. Wade decision was overturned, with a handful pushing for nationwide policy to restrict abortion. Carolyn
KSLApr 08 2024
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Trump promises abortion rights will be decided by states if re-elected, sidestepping national ban
Former President Donald Trump declined to endorse a national abortion ban Monday, instead saying that abortion laws should be left to the states. “My view is now that we have abortion where everyone wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both. And whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case, the law of the state,”
New York Post (News)Apr 12 2024
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Kamala Harris to tie Trump to Arizona's strict new abortion ban during campaign visit
The former president celebrates ending Roe but says abortion is a state issue. Kamala Harris to tie Trump to Arizona's strict new abortion ban during campaign visit Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Tucson, Arizona, on Friday to continue her "Reproductive Freedoms Tour" -- three days after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a near-total ban on abortion in the state, a ruling that was
ABC News (Online)Apr 11 2024
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Kari Lake calls legislators in push to repeal Arizona abortion ban she previously backed
Senate candidate Kari Lake has made calls to state lawmakers to push for the repeal of Arizona's Civil War-era abortion ban, according to one Republican legislator who said they received a call from her. The behind-the-scenes effort by Lake comes as the GOP-controlled Legislature considers its next steps after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state's 1864 near-total ban on
NBC News (Online)Apr 11 2024
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Iowa Supreme Court weighs whether 6-week abortion ban can take effect
Iowa’s Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a case that could decide the future of abortion in that state, the latest in a series of legal battles that threaten abortion access across the country during a historic election year. At issue is a ban passed by the legislature last July that restricts the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, the point when fetal cardiac activity can be
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