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Apr 23 2023
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Trump defends his efforts to restrict abortion rights in Iowa speech to evangelicals
CLIVE, Iowa — Donald Trump, stinging from a rebuke by the nation’s leading anti-abortion group, used a speech Saturday before influential evangelicals in Iowa to spotlight his actions as president to try to restrict abortion rights.
Chief among the accomplishments Trump listed were his nominations of three conservative judges to the U.S. Supreme Court. The appointments paved the way for
MarketWatchMay 17 2023
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Mark Gietzen, abortion foe who forced recount of Kansas vote, dies in plane crash at 69
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Mark Gietzen, a longtime conservative Republican and anti-abortion activist in Kansas who forced a recount of the state's decisive vote affirming abortion rights last year has died in a plane crash. He was 69. The Kansas Republican Party said in a Facebook post that Gietzen, of Wichita, died Tuesday evening in Nebraska. He was flying a single-engine Cessna 172 Skyhawk when
Stamford AdvocateMay 16 2023
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DeSantis defends Florida's six-week abortion ban from Trump criticism
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) fired back at former President Donald Trump's dig at the state's fetal heartbeat bill the governor signed last month. Trump gently knocked the abortion ban, noting that many anti-abortion activists felt it was too "harsh," but refrained from outright opposing it. DeSantis rejected Trump's characterization and affirmed that he was proud to have signed the bill into law
Washington ExaminerMay 03 2023
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'A dark day for freedom in North Carolina': NCGA abortion bill prompts protests
Protesters gather on the third floor of the Legislative Building on May 3, 2023, to protest a new anti-abortion bill introduced in the N.C. General Assembly. Rachel Abbott stood in Bicentennial Plaza on Wednesday afternoon in Raleigh holding a sign that read: “I am not an incubator.” Around her, Planned Parenthood organizers with matching shirts and clipboards and abortion clinic escorts
The Daily Tar HeelJun 05 2023
Fact Check
Does This Image Show Fetus Smiling in Mother's Womb?
On May 31, 2023, the independent, anti-abortion news outlet LifeNews posted an image to Facebook that purportedly showed a fetus smiling in his mother's womb. The image also displayed a picture of what was believed to be the same baby smiling after he was born. The caption read, "Baby before birth. Baby after."
On the next day, we received mail from a reader who asked if we could
SnopesMay 12 2023
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Kansas Democratic Gov. Kelly vetoes Republican-backed tax cut bill over ‘bad’ provisions
Kansans will officially see no tax cuts this year after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly rejected a bill that cobbled together more than 20 tax policies including a tax credit for anti-abortion pregnancy centers and businesses, like health clubs, competing with public accommodations. In a veto message issued Friday, Kelly criticized the bill, SB 8, as prioritizing “tax breaks for big businesses
The Kansas City StarMay 12 2023
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Alabama Republicans Want To Charge People Who Get Abortions With Homicide
Alabama Republicans Want To Charge People Who Get Abortions With Homicide House Bill 454 would takes Alabama’s anti-abortion laws to the next level. Protestors participate in a pro-abortion rally in Montgomery, Alabama, in 2019. Alabama Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would charge people who get abortions with homicide, an outrageous move that mimics similar bills in other
New RepublicMay 22 2023
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Nebraska Governor Signs Radical Bill Banning Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed a bill Monday banning abortion after 12 weeks and gender-affirming care for minors, a one-two punch of losing human rights. The bill passed the state legislature last week. The chamber had failed last month to pass a six-week abortion ban after two typically anti-abortion senators voted “present.” Republicans then successfully passed the 12-week ban by
New RepublicFeb 17 2023
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NY Senate Votes Down Gov. Hochul’s Judicial Pick After Backlash From Unions, Rights Groups
Here in New York, the state Senate has rejected Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul’s nominee to become the state’s top judge. Hector LaSalle came under fire from unions, as well as civil rights, immigrant rights and reproductive rights groups who opposed LaSalle’s nomination, citing what they described as his past anti-labor and anti-abortion rulings.
Democracy Now!Apr 13 2023
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Texas abortion pill ruling could set dangerous legal precedent
When Texas District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled in favor of a lawsuit that asked for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s approval of mifepristone to be rescinded last week, he did so by issuing a universal injunction—a legal move that many consider problematic, to say the least. On Friday, Kacsmaryk voted in favor of a November 2022 lawsuit by anti-abortion group Alliance for
Newsweek