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Mar 22 2024
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Pregnancy Can Intensify Domestic Violence. Abortion Bans Are Making Things Worse.
When Julianne McShane wanted to report on how some of the most vulnerable women in the United States were dealing with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, she knew exactly where she needed to go: Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is where two realities collide. It is one of 16 states that have banned abortion almost entirely. “And it has some of the highest rates of intimate partner
SlateMar 19 2024
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Nevada judge blocks state from limiting Medicaid coverage for abortions
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge has struck down the state’s limits on Medicaid coverage for services, saying the restrictions violate equal rights protections. Clark County District Judge Erika Ballou said Tuesday from the bench that she planned to issue a written order at a later date directing the state Department of Health and Human Services to grant Medicaid coverage for all abortions.
Associated PressMar 13 2024
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Anti-Abortion Rally In Annapolis Opposes Upcoming Vote
They urged Marylanders to vote no on a November ballot question that would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution. "We're out here because all life is precious, and we need to take a stand," Maryland Family Institute president Jeffrey Trimbath told WBAL. "Every child born and unborn is precious in God's sight, and our laws should reflect that reality." The Supreme Court in
Patch.comMar 26 2024
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Supreme Court considers abortion pill access and major Baltimore bridge collapses: Morning Rundown
The Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the abortion pill mifepristone should remain on the market. Federal agents executed search warrants at properties belonging to rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. And the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani spoke for the first time since his former interpreter was accused of “massive theft.” Here’s what to know today. The Supreme Court will hear
NBC News (Online)Mar 26 2024
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Abortion access, marijuana ballot measures face make-or-break court rulings in Florida
TALLAHASSEE – Two separate ballot measures that would safeguard abortion access in Florida and legalize recreational marijuana are approaching a make-or-break deadline with the state’s Supreme Court. Justices have until April 1 to decide if the ballot summaries for these proposed constitutional amendments comply with state law, effectively meaning they are not misleading to voters. If justices
Florida Times-UnionMar 19 2024
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Fewer states allow abortions, yet American women are having more
On a commercial stretch of Queens, New York, across from a hair-braiding salon and next to a McDonald’s, two security guards mark the entrance to the Jamaica Sexual Health Clinic. For decades this has been the neighbourhood’s go-to place for sti testing and hiv treatment. Joaquin Aracena, from the Bureau of Public Health Clinics, proudly shows its newest addition: the reproductive-health wing
The EconomistMar 12 2024
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New California law results in 400 abortions on campus
California pro-life leaders are raising concerns about coercion and a lack of family support after a report showed more than 400 abortions resulted from a new state law. The law, which went into effect last year, requires public colleges and universities to provide chemical abortions, or abortion pills, in their student health centers. New York and Massachusetts recently passed similar laws.
The College FixMar 21 2024
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She Had a Heart-Wrenching Abortion. Now She’s a Candidate—in Alabama
She Had a Heart-Wrenching Abortion. Now She’s a Candidate—in Alabama Marilyn Lands is running in a special election for an Alabama state House seat—and she's built her campaign around her own painful abortion story.
Clinic Escorts shield the identity of a woman from anti-abortion protesters entering the Reproductive Health Services building in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 20, 2019.
New RepublicMar 23 2024
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Mark Gordon Rejects Abortion Bill, Approves Sex Change Treatment Ban For Minors
Republican Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon rejected a bill that would impose new restrictions on abortion services in the state Friday, NBC News reported. Gordon rejected a bill that would have added new rules for abortion services, according to NBC News. The bill would mandate clinics providing surgical abortions to get a special license, which could make them more expensive to run. It also said
The Daily CallerMar 25 2024
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Despite six-week abortion ban in SC, local nonprofits work to help patients anyway
Between a real estate attorney’s office and a county magistrate building sits one of South Carolina’s three abortion clinics. Pink and white signs beckon patients, discreetly placed so as not to invite unwanted attention. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, women and advocates in the state of South Carolina have struggled to safeguard access to reproductive health care, including
The State