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Jul 05 2023
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to revive abortion restrictions
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday called a special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions after the state Supreme Court declined to reinstate a 2018 ban after about six weeks of pregnancy. The court was split 3-3 last month and did not issue a decision on the merits of the law, leaving open the possibility that the GOP-controlled Legislature would try to
Chicago TribuneApr 19 2024
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Trans care restrictions force some families to travel hours, spend hundreds for treatment
Misty Stamm was working tirelessly to figure out the details: waking up early, the hourslong drives, booking hotels and finding doctors who could legally administer gender-affirming hormone therapy to her 16-year-old transgender daughter. Stamm is living in one of the 24 states where legislation is restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, so she and parents like her must
ABC News (Online)Apr 14 2024
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Donald Trump is right about abortion and Lindsey Graham is wrong
By the late nineteenth century, there were plenty of anti-abortion activists, but few suggested that abortion was a matter for federal policy. Indeed, the closest the nation got to nationwide abortion policy was federal law—beginning in 1872—that restricted the use of US postal service for materials designed for “preventing conception or producing abortion.” There certainly were anti-abortion
Orange County RegisterApr 23 2024
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Abortion access for out-of-state patients: California lawmakers working on new bil
State lawmakers are working on a bill that would allow doctors from Arizona to legally come to California to perform abortions, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) revealed Sunday. The big picture: Newsom is stepping up efforts to access abortions, while also targeting Republicans in other states who've moved to restrict or effectively ban the procedure. • He unveiled an ad aimed at Alabama lawmakers who
AxiosApr 19 2024
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Biden administration moves to block Ambler Road and announces sweeping restrictions on NPR-A drilling
The Biden administration on Friday moved to block a proposed 200-mile road to valuable mineral deposits in Alaska and said it would increase protections to halt oil and gas development in much of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. President Joe Biden said in a statement that Alaska’s “natural wonders” support subsistence hunting and fishing for Alaska Native communities and should be
Anchorage Daily NewsApr 22 2024
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Arizona’s outrageous abortion rollbacks will backfire in November
Arizona’s Supreme Court judges just joined others in a line of states taking foolish measures to roll back abortion rights, reasserting an 1864 law banning the procedure outright. Meanwhile, groups working to put abortion rights on the ballot in the state have gathered half a million signatures, setting the stage for an overwhelming turnout at the November election. Arizona’s Supreme Court has
Las Vegas SunApr 14 2024
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Policing abortion in the name of God
Religion plays an outsized role in American politics. With the collapse of the church into the affairs of the state, the recent Alabama Supreme Court theology-ridden ruling (LePage v. Center For Reproductive Medicine) conferred personhood status to frozen IVF embryos as doing God’s will. Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Parker wrote in the ruling that “human life cannot be wrongfully
Out In JerseySep 06 2023
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Mexican court expands access to abortion, even as U.S. restricts it
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican Supreme Court on Wednesday widened access to abortion, decriminalizing the procedure in federal health facilities. The ruling means that more than 70 percent of women in Mexico — including everyone who uses the federal health system — will have access to legal abortion without fear of punishment, said the Information Group on Reproductive Choice, or GIRE. The
Washington PostApr 21 2024
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‘National security suicide’: Alaska senator slams Biden admin's move to restrict drilling and mining
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) criticized the Biden administration's decision to put millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness outside the reach of oil drilling and critical mineral mining, likening the moves to “national security suicide.” “Well, it's lawless. He doesn't have the authority to do it. ... It's, as I say, national security suicide,” Sullivan said Sunday during an interview on CBS' “
Yahoo NewsApr 09 2024
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Arizona abortion ruling, which Democrats decry, splits Republicans and abortion opponents
Kari Lake said she opposes the decision but previously supported the law. The Arizona Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday to uphold a near-total abortion ban predating Arizona's statehood has drawn differing reactions from state Republicans who previously claimed to be "100% pro-life" while both local and national Democrats vowed to push to protect abortion access in one of the most
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