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Apr 30 2024
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Kansas has new abortion laws while Louisiana may block exceptions to its ban
TOPEKA, Kan. – Kansas is requiring abortion providers to share patient information with the state and increasing funds to anti-abortion centers, while in Louisiana bills to loosen its restrictive ban face an uphill battle, thanks to Republican supermajorities in their Legislatures. Democratic lawmakers in Louisiana are pushing bills to add exceptions, including in cases of rape and incest, to
KSATApr 21 2024
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom hits Republicans on abortion restriction pushes
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is stepping up abortion access efforts while targeting Republicans in other states who've moved to restrict the procedure. The big picture: He revealed Sunday that California lawmakers are working on a bill to ensure Arizona providers can provide abortion care to Arizonans in his state and unveiled an ad aimed at Alabama lawmakers who are pushing to criminalize
AxiosApr 18 2024
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Arizona Senate keeps effort to repeal abortion ban in play
A bill that would repeal Arizona’s 160-year-old abortion ban was successfully introduced in the state Senate on Wednesday after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives failed to advance a similar effort. The Senate effort was rescued with the help of two Republicans, state Sens. T.J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick, who sided with Democrats in the GOP-controlled chamber to allow the bill
CNN (Online News)Apr 27 2024
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Georgia Democrat Makes Abortion Key Issue in Election Bid for State Supreme Court
‘We need John Barrow on the court to recognize that abortion is a fundamental freedom,’ says Reproductive Rights for All CEO, Mini Timmaraju. Former Democratic Congressman John Barrow is working to ensure that abortion is top of voter’s minds this year as he looks to unseat Georgia Supreme Court Justice Andrew Pinson. Mr. Barrow’s attempt to claim a spot on the highest court in the state comes
The Epoch TimesApr 30 2024
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Gov. DeSantis snorts, laughs when asked if abortion means Florida is in play for Joe Biden
Florida’s Governor doesn’t often laugh at press conferences, but he couldn’t resist a guffaw Tuesday in Tampa. Whether Florida is in play in November given Joe Biden and Kamala Harris devoting time and attention to the state in the wake of the Heartbeat Protection Act. The ban on abortion in most cases after the sixth week of pregnancy goes into effect Wednesday, and Democrats are staking
Florida PoliticsApr 21 2024
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Newsom set to propose legislation to help Arizonans get abortions in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Sunday that state lawmakers will introduce a bill this week to assist women traveling from Arizona seeking abortion care in response to the roll-out of one of the strictest abortion restrictions in the country. An Arizona Supreme Court decision earlier this month implemented an 1864 abortion law, preventing access to the procedure in nearly all
The HillApr 13 2024
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Kamala Harris Isn’t Letting Trump Dodge on Abortion
Days after the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a near-total ban on abortion could be enforced in the state, Kamala Harris went after Trump for his position on abortion in a campaign speech Friday in Tucson. Harris said that the ruling, which granted abortion exceptions only when it was “necessary to save” a woman’s life, “demonstrated once and for all that overturning Roe was just the opening
Mother JonesApr 24 2024
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Idaho Democratic leader: ‘stomach is queasy’ after Supreme Court abortion case
Idaho’s Senate minority leader said the Supreme Court’s coming decision on her state’s abortion ban makes her “queasy,” as conservative justices heard arguments Wednesday in the latest abortion battle before the high court. The Court heard oral arguments on the Biden administration’s mandate that hospitals that receive Medicare funding provide an abortion if its necessary to stabilize the
The HillApr 21 2024
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Pope Francis Receives Pro-Abortion Senator Raphael Warnock in Vatican
Warnock, senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, said he deeply admires the pontiff’s efforts “to center humanity in public life — from addressing poverty and hunger, to fighting the climate crisis, to promoting peace.” The 54-year-old senator, who has come under fire for using Sacred Scripture to justify the practice of abortion as well as for praising the controversial Rev.
Breitbart NewsApr 24 2024
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Mother describes leaving Idaho for an abortion as Supreme Court considers its ban
BOISE, Idaho — It was the news that every expectant mother dreads. Twelve weeks pregnant with her second child, Jennifer Adkins learned her developing fetus had Turner syndrome, a rare chromosomal abnormality, and was unlikely to survive. On top of that, doctors warned that her own health could be in jeopardy. Adkins was at high risk of what’s known as Mirror Syndrome — a condition in which
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