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Apr 08 2024
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‘Handing Democrats Their Dream’: Trump Unloads On Lindsey Graham After He Says Abortion Isn’t A States’ Rights Issue
Former President Donald Trump accused Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina of helping Democrats by criticizing his stance on abortion. Trump said on Monday that states should make their own abortion laws, but Graham asserted he “respectfully disagree[s] with President Trump’s statement that abortion is a states’ rights issue.” The former president claimed in a Truth Social post
The Daily CallerApr 04 2024
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Gov. DeSantis predicts voters will reject 'radical' ballot measures to protect abortion rights, legalize recreational weed
Florida’s Governor is sounding off about “radical” citizens initiatives approved to be on the ballot by the Supreme Court he selected. Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t holding back when it comes to initiatives that could legalize adult-use cannabis and that could enshrine reproductive rights, repealing an abortion law that will ban the procedure after six weeks of gestation that takes effect next month
Florida PoliticsMar 08 2024
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France enshrines abortion as a constitutional right as the world marks International Women’s Day
France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, in a world first and a powerful message of support to women around the globe on International Women’s Day.
A woman from Argentina, a couple from Miami and a man from Czechia were among those gathered on the polished cobblestones of Place Vendome in Paris to watch the historic event unfurl in an outdoor
Associated PressApr 13 2024
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Trump Falters on Abortion
The former President Donald Trump has often been called the most pro-life president in American history by many on the right. Trump is indeed responsible for nominating the conservative majority of judges on the Supreme Court who, nearly two years ago now, finally overturned Roe v. Wade. The former president never misses an opportunity to remind his supporters of this fact. On Monday, Trump
The American ConservativeMar 23 2024
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In a critical time for abortion rights, Planned Parenthood’s leader aims for a third way, focusing on health equity
DES MOINES — Ruth Richardson waited near the Iowa capitol's grand staircase, just outside the limelight. At the podium nearby, abortion-rights supporters railed against the state's conservative swing on abortion following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling Republican bills "nonsense," "pseudoscientific" and "speaking for the extreme." Richardson glanced at her speech and its somewhat
Star TribuneFeb 22 2024
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South Dakota abortion rights ballot initiative thwarted by Republican lawmakers
South Dakota's Republican-led Legislature is trying to thwart a proposed ballot initiative that would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution. The initiative's leader says the GOP efforts threaten the state's tradition of direct democracy. Supporters need about 35,000 valid signatures submitted by May 7 to qualify for the November ballot. Dakotans for Health co-
Fox News (Online News)Aug 18 2023
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Nebraska Abortion Rights Group Files Abortion Rights Amendment Paperwork
An abortion rights grassroots coalition called “Protect our Rights” filed paperwork with the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot. The original proposal was filed on August 4, but the filing was updated on Thursday, listing executive director for Nebraska of Planned Parenthood North Central States Andi Curry Grubb,
The MessengerApr 18 2024
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Montana becomes the latest abortion battleground state for 2024
A new abortion rights advocacy organization, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights, officially launched its ballot initiative, which aims to enshrine abortion rights in Montana’s state constitution. If the petition drive succeeds, it will make abortion central to the 2024 campaign and likely give vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, a staunch abortion rights supporter, a boost. “Abortion is
Daily KosFeb 26 2024
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This ballot measure would restore Roe. Abortion rights groups are attacking it.
On the same day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, a law banning nearly all abortions in South Dakota took effect. This so-called trigger law was passed by South Dakota lawmakers in 2005 and immediately became one of the strictest bans in the nation, with no exceptions even for rape or incest.
Now a South Dakota ballot measure to “restore Roe v. Wade” is moving forward,
VoxApr 11 2024
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Where states stand on abortion
State laws surrounding abortion have been in flux since since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago. The big picture: The battle over abortion access remains in some states, where anti-abortion and pro-choice advocates are engaged in a tug-of-war over specific legalities and limits of the procedure. • A six-week ban on the procedure will take effect in Florida in May,
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