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Apr 22 2024
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Supreme Court to consider clash of Idaho abortion ban with federal law for emergency care
Washington — Less than two years after the Supreme Court returned abortion policy to the states by overturning Roe v. Wade, the justices will hear the second of two cases in a month's span that involve efforts to restrict access to the procedure. The latest dispute to be argued Wednesday involves the interplay between Idaho's near-total ban on abortion and a federal law that requires Medicare-
CBS News (Online)Apr 11 2024
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Mississippi transgender bathroom bill advances; restricts locker rooms, dorms
Mississippi’s Republican-controlled House voted Wednesday in favor of a measure that would restrict transgender people’s use of bathrooms and locker rooms in public buildings, including university dormitories. The bill, which now goes back to the Republican-led Senate, says people are either male or female “as observed or clinically verified at birth” and must use the corresponding facilities
AL.comApr 01 2024
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Florida voters to decide on abortion, pot
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court issued rulings Monday allowing the state’s voters to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational use of marijuana, rejecting the state attorney general’s arguments that the measures should be kept off the November ballot. The proposed amendment would protect the right to an abortion after the state in back-to-back years
Boston HeraldApr 23 2024
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Federal official talks about abortion protections in Phoenix
Federal official talks about abortion protections in Phoenix Melanie Fontes Rainer, the acting director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, answers questions during an interview on April 23, 2024, at the Planned Parenthood Central Phoenix Health Center. Mark Henle/The Republic Melanie Fontes Rainer, the acting director of the Office for Civil
AZ CentralDec 13 2023
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Local abortion restrictions at stake as New Mexico high court hears key case
The New Mexico Supreme Court will decide whether conservative cities and counties can keep their local abortion restrictions in a state that otherwise allows the procedure up to the moment of birth. The Land of Enchantment's high court is hearing oral arguments Wednesday in a challenge from state Attorney General Raul Torrez, a Democrat who has argued that the local laws violate New Mexico's
Washington ExaminerDec 12 2023
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New Mexico Supreme Court weighs whether to strike down local abortion restrictions
The New Mexico Supreme Court is weighing whether to strike down local abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the attorney general for the state where abortion laws are among the most liberal in the country. Oral arguments were scheduled for Wednesday in Santa Fe. At least four state supreme courts are grappling with abortion litigation this week in the
NBC ConnecticutDec 12 2023
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New Mexico Supreme Court weighs whether to strike down local abortion restrictions
The New Mexico Supreme Court is weighing whether to strike down local abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the attorney general for the state where abortion laws are among the most liberal in the country. Oral arguments were scheduled for Wednesday in Santa Fe. At least four state supreme courts are grappling with abortion litigation this week in the
NBC 5 ChicagoDec 12 2023
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New Mexico Supreme Court weighs whether to strike down local abortion restrictions
The New Mexico Supreme Court is weighing whether to strike down local abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the attorney general for the state where abortion laws are among the most liberal in the country. Oral arguments were scheduled for Wednesday in Santa Fe. At least four state supreme courts are grappling with abortion litigation this week in the
NBC Bay AreaApr 23 2024
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The man who's blocking a repeal of Arizona's abortion ban
Republican Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma is determined to do all he can to continue blocking legislation to repeal the state's pre-Roe abortion ban recently reinstated by the state Supreme Court. Why it matters: There's a widespread sense at the state Capitol that while enough Republicans support repealing the ban in the House, not enough are willing to overrule Toma to do so. • The speaker
AxiosApr 11 2024
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Abortion: How do Trump and Biden's policies compare?
Abortion is arguably the most divisive issue in US politics and with a Supreme Court seat now vacant, the stakes have never been higher.
With President Trump in the White House, and following the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, anti-abortion activists are energised.
Republican-controlled states have tightened restrictions on abortion in recent years.
And
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