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Apr 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 JerseyApr 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
ABC News (Online)Feb 07 2024
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Florida top court weighs letting voters decide abortion rights amendment
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody speaks during a press a conference announcing she and Florida Governor and Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis are suing the federal government to have more autonomy over the state colleges and universities accreditation process at Hillsborough Community... Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab Feb 7 (Reuters) - Florida's attorney general on Wednesday
ReutersApr 22 2024
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Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem struggles to defend her state's abortion ban
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem did her best to avoid discussing abortion rights during an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday. When asked about her state’s near-total abortion ban—which classifies abortion as a Class 6 felony unless performed to save the mother’s life—Noem deflected the question back to a discussion on states’ rights. When Bash pushed her to answer the question, Noem
Daily KosJan 23 2024
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Wyoming Democrats introduce bill affirming right to pre-viable abortion
CASPER, Wyo. — A coalition of Democratic lawmakers in Wyoming has introduced a bill affirming the right to get an abortion before the fetus is viable or to protect the health of the woman. House Bill 0076, dubbed the Reproductive Freedom Act, was introduced Jan. 22, the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. That decision was overturned in the summer of 2022,
Oil City NewsApr 20 2024
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Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine
“A be counted on to do the right thing…after they have exhausted all other possibilities.” There is no evidence that Winston Churchill ever uttered this phrase, which is often attributed to him. But if he had been watching Congress on April 20th, he might well have. After months of bitter wrangling, the House of Representatives passed a bill to appropriate $61bn to help Ukraine defend itself
The EconomistNov 16 2023
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Abortion Rights Activists Launching Petition Drive
A ballot initiative campaign that aims to protect the right to legal abortion access in Nebraska will officially kickoff on Thursday. Organizers with Protect Our Rights could be on the streets of Nebraska collecting signatures for reproductive rights by next week. The goal is to collect 125,000 signatures in 36 counties by next summer in order to get the issues of protecting abortion rights on
KLINNov 15 2023
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Effort launched to protect abortion rights in Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An effort to enshrine abortion rights in the Nebraska Constitution is being launched, following on the heels of successful efforts in other red states where Republicans had enacted or sought abortion restrictions. Protect Our Rights, the coalition behind the effort, submitted proposed petition language to the Nebraska Secretary of State’s office late last month. That
Siouxland ProudNov 15 2023
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New Push to Protect Abortion Rights in Nebraska
An effort to enshrine abortion rights in the Nebraska Constitution is being launched, following successful efforts in other red states where Republicans had enacted or sought abortion restrictions. Protect Our Rights, the coalition behind the effort, submitted proposed petition language to the Nebraska secretary of state's office late last month. That language was kept under wraps until
Newsmax (News)Apr 12 2024
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Harris Blasts Trump on Abortion at Arizona Campaign Stop
Vice President Kamala Harris laid into former President Donald J. Trump over abortion rights at a campaign rally in Arizona on Friday, accusing him of being directly responsible for a court decision this week that upheld the state’s 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion. “Overturning Roe was just the opening act,” Ms. Harris told a crowd of several dozen supporters at a community center in
New York Times (News)