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Abortion
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Missouri abortion ballot measure moves ahead — despite many attempts to thwart it
Organizers in Missouri submitted over 380,000 signatures for a measure to restore abortion rights, overcoming legal challenges, delays and vigorous “decline to sign” efforts led by anti-abortion groups.
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Millions of Latinas stand to be impacted by abortion bans in Florida and Arizona
While Arizona’s total abortion ban will be in effect only temporarily, it highlights how many Latinx people live in states with restrictions on abortion before fetal viability.
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Arizona Senate repeals 1864 abortion ban after two Republicans join Democrats
GOP Sens. Shawnna Bolick and T.J. Shope, both vocal opponents of the Civil War-era ban, backed the repeal.
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From crowded to quiet: Inside a clinic as Florida bans abortions after six weeks
At A Woman’s Choice in Jacksonville, staffers treated a surge of last-minute patients before the May 1 deadline. Now, they will have to refer most of them out of state.
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Arizona House votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban upheld by Supreme Court
The vote came after three Republican legislators crossed party lines to join Democrats in backing the bill.
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Supreme Court appears split on if states can prevent hospitals from providing abortions in medical emergencies
In a case before the Supreme Court, Idaho is contesting EMTALA, a law that requires federally-funded hospitals to provide stabilizing emergency care — including, in some cases, abortion.
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Medical records for out-of-state abortions will now be protected by HIPAA
A new Biden administration rule means that doctors cannot turn abortion-related records over to law enforcement.
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As abortion bans loom, Black families are left vulnerable
Florida’s ban takes effect May 1 and the fate of Arizona’s abortion access is in the throes of legal, political and legislative battles.
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She won an Alabama swing district. Her supporters want more women to do the same.
Supporters of Marilyn Lands, a Democrat who ran a campaign focused on abortion, are launching a new PAC focused on recruiting and training women candidates to run for office in the state.
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With Florida and Arizona bans looming, money’s getting tight for abortion travel funders
Nonprofits help people cross state lines for abortions. Now those journeys will be longer and costlier — and donations are dwindling.