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Jun 18 2023
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A conservative leader wants to oust Iowa justices over their abortion ruling
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An anti-abortion leader is calling for the resignation or removal of three Iowa Supreme Court justices who voted against reinstating the state’s strict ban on most abortions.
Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of conservative Christian group The Family Leader, slammed Justices Edward Mansfield and Thomas Waterman and Chief Justice Susan Christensen, The Des
Connecticut PostAug 12 2023
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Judge orders Southwest lawyers to take ‘religious-liberty’ classes with conservative Christian legal group
A federal judge has ordered three lawyers for Southwest Airlines to submit to “religious-liberty training” after it fired a flight attendant for her anti-abortion stance. US District Judge Brantley Starr said the three legal eagles need to hone up on religious freedoms after defying his court orders in the flight attendant’s case — and said conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending
New York Post (News)Jul 27 2023
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Assault on pro-life protesters at D.C. Planned Parenthood caught on video, but no arrests made
Two pro-life activists said they were attacked — one thrown to the ground and pummeled by a man’s fist — during a protest Friday outside a D.C. Planned Parenthood facility. While an official of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, or PAAU, said police refused to arrest the attackers, a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said the incident remains under investigation. In a tweet posted the next
Washington TimesJul 14 2023
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‘Fetal heartbeat bill’ called ‘cruel,’ ‘shameful’ by FD protesters
Days after Gov. Kim Reynolds called the Iowa state legislature into a special session to pass anti-abortion legislation and just hours before Reynolds was set to sign the bill into law, a small group of local residents stood in protest in front of the Webster County Courthouse Friday morning. The so-called “fetal heartbeat bill,” House File 732, is nearly identical to a 2018 law that the Iowa
The Messenger (Iowa)Jul 04 2023
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5 killed in Philadelphia shooting and Rudy Farias found: Morning Rundown
''Adoption not abortion'' is a common message at anti-abortion rallies, but tracking the impact Roe's overturning had on the adoption industry is murky. Four people were killed and two children were injured in Philadelphia after a mass shooting. And the family of a man found eight years after he went missing as a teen gives an update on his condition. Here’s what to know today. How the Supreme
NBC News DigitalJun 23 2023
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‘Without Apology’: On Abortion, Pence Tries To Stand Out From The Field
Former Vice President Mike Pence is working to stand out against other 2024 candidates on the issue of abortion, highlighting his pro-life policies while other candidates have sometimes shied away from the topic.
Pence is set to participate in a townhall interview Saturday with Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of anti-abortion advocacy group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. The
The Daily CallerNov 02 2023
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Abortion foes in Ohio aim to snap losing streak with 2024 election looming
At a recent hog roast fundraiser for the Clark County Republican Party, Ohio Right to Life CEO Peter Range offered his audience a stark warning: The outcome of Ohio's Nov. 7 vote on abortion rights will reverberate far beyond the state.
"They feel like if they can win here, they'll take this roadmap to the rest of the country," he said of abortion rights groups. "So our battle here is
ReutersJan 20 2023
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After Roe, Republicans Wrestle With What It Means to Be ‘Pro-Life’
For decades, opposition to abortion was a crucial but relatively clear-cut litmus test for Republican candidates: support overturning a constitutional right to an abortion, back anti-abortion judges and vote against taxpayer funding for the procedure.
But now, six months after the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights, the test has grown a whole lot harder — and potentially
New York Times (News)Jun 23 2023
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Gov. Hochul gives legal protection to NY doctors who send abortion pills across state lines
Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation protecting New York telehealth doctors from anti-abortion states on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The Democratic governor described the new law as a direct challenge to states that have dramatically limited or outright outlawed abortions following the bombshell 2022 ruling in Dobbs v.
New York Post (News)Jun 06 2023
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South Bend abortion clinic closes, drops out of legal challenge of Indiana near-total ban
SOUTH BEND — The only abortion clinic in the Michiana area has closed amid a legal dispute over Indiana's near-total ban on the procedure. Whole Woman's Health Alliance, the nonprofit that managed the clinic in South Bend, said it will no longer provide abortions as of this week. Clinic leaders blame the closure on years of "politically driven" abortion restrictions, which culminated in a new
South Bend Tribune