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Abortion
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Montana voters rejected an anti-abortion measure. State GOP lawmakers passed a similar bill anyway.
The new law contains a couple of significant differences from the measure voters rebuffed last fall.
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Extreme heat could impact the effectiveness of birth control and pregnancy tests
Many states with abortion bans are experiencing broiling summers — and the heat could damage supplies such as emergency contraception and condoms.
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Texas ruling would allow abortion during dangerous pregnancy complications
The temporary injunction also would allow the procedure for fatal fetal anomalies and protects doctors from prosecution in such cases. But the state appealed the decision, blocking it from taking effect.
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How some Republican officials are trying to make sure abortion isn’t directly on the ballot
Ohio Republicans added back a previously canceled August special election to make it harder to amend the state constitution ahead of a November vote on abortion rights.
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The Democrat running against the woman who ended Roe
Greta Kemp Martin is challenging Lynn Fitch, Mississippi’s first woman attorney general, whose office represented the state in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
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Kamala Harris returns to Iowa to defend abortion — just as Republican presidential hopefuls descend
The vice president’s second trip this year comes as GOP candidates, including Donald Trump, visit the key state in the primary.
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Pence says he wants to ban abortion and support families but hasn't specified how
Republican presidential hopefuls mostly aren’t backing paid family leave or increased child care subsidies even as they say they want to support families in the face of abortion restrictions.
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Could Facebook messages be used in abortion-related prosecution?
A case out of Nebraska involving a mother and her teenage daughter could offer a preview of how digital footprints could be used to enforce abortion laws.