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Argentina: trans women among victims of ex-officers guilty of dictatorship-era crimes
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Argentina: trans women among victims of ex-officers guilty of ...
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Can Young People Lead Us Out of Current Crises?: Millennials and Gen Z are out there leading the way toward justice in a fashion that they seldom get credit for.
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Can Young People Lead Us Out of Current Crises?
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Maryland Senate approves legal protections for gender-affirming care: The Democrat-controlled Senate voted 33-13 on Tuesday for the measure that would provide ...
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Maryland Senate approves legal protections for gender-affirming care
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10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection, Oregon high court says
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10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection ...
Quick Glance: Oregon Supreme Court Blocks Reelection for Republican Senators
  • Tim Knopp, R-Bend, is one of five Republican senators who contested the interpretation of Measure 113 by the state.

  • After refusing to attend Senate floor sessions last year, eight Republican lawmakers in the Oregon Senate are prohibited from seeking reelection, ruled the Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday.

  • In a unanimous decision that may impact the upcoming legislative session, the court supported the interpretation of Measure 113 by Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade, the 2022 ballot measure approved by voters with the aim of ending legislative absences.

  • In doing so, the court adopted an interpretation of the law acknowledged by the state as difficult to reconcile with its actual language – effectively ruling that the clear intent of voters in passing the measure was more important than the plain wording inserted into the state Constitution.
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Defense Bill Agreement Angers Hard Right, Posing a Threat to Johnson: The new Republican speaker is facing fury from ultraconservative lawmakers for agreeing to ...
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Defense Bill Agreement Angers Hard Right, Posing a Threat to Johnson
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What role Speaker Mike Johnson’s religious views play in his politics: "My faith informs everything I do," Johnson said in 2016.
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What role Speaker Mike Johnson’s religious views play in his politics
Quick Glance: The Role of Speaker Mike Johnson's Religious Views in Politics
  • Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, currently serving his fourth term in Congress, is gaining attention for his strong religious views and how they shape his political decisions.

  • During a recent interview on Fox News, Johnson was asked by a member of the media about his thoughts on various topics.

  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized Johnson for his extreme anti-abortion stance.

  • Kelley Robinson, President of the Human Rights Campaign, described Johnson as the most anti-equality Speaker in the U.S. in a statement to ABC News.
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Young students deciding on colleges weigh state politics in their decisions: High school seniors are weighing school rankings, academic specialties and campus ...
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Young students deciding on colleges weigh state politics in their ...
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Mike Johnson’s America: Revisit landmark SCOTUS decisions and use government to ‘restrain evil’
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Mike Johnson’s America: Revisit landmark SCOTUS decisions and use ...
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Mike Johnson Gathers Far-Right Christians to Cast Out Demons: Republican lawmakers and extremist pastors mourned LGBTQ+ freedoms, abortion ...
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Mike Johnson Gathers Far-Right Christians to Cast Out Demons
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Phil Murphy pushes again for abortion access and New Jersey affordability in State of the State
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Phil Murphy pushes again for abortion access and New Jersey affordability ...
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Senate Passes Defense Bill, Steering Clear of Far-Right Policy Dictates: The $886 billion legislation is the product of bipartisan negotiations between the House ...
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Senate Passes Defense Bill, Steering Clear of Far-Right Policy Dictates
Quick Glance: Senate Passes Defense Bill, Rejecting Far-Right Policies
  • The $886 billion legislation is the result of bipartisan negotiations between the House and Senate, removing right-wing restrictions on abortion, transgender care, and diversity initiatives.

  • The measure has caused backlash in the House, with many Republicans angry at their leaders for dropping hard-line provisions.

  • The Senate overwhelmingly passed an $886 billion defense bill on Wednesday, defying demands from hard-right Republicans for partisan restrictions on abortion, transgender care, and diversity initiatives.

  • The defense bill also extends a program allowing warrantless surveillance of foreign individuals, which has come under scrutiny due to F.B.I.'s actions.
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As Europe applauds Poland's election results, civil rights groups prepare to fight
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As Europe applauds Poland's election results, civil rights groups prepare ...
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Nina Turner: Ohio Voters Have Rejected GOP Power Grab in Victory for Democracy & Abortion Access
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Nina Turner: Ohio Voters Have Rejected GOP Power Grab in Victory for ...
Quick Glance: GOP alarmed by Ohio abortion vote
  • A special ballot measure in Ohio that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights was rejected with a significant voter turnout.

  • Republican strategists are sounding the alarm, recognizing abortion as a problem for their party in 2024.

  • The results in Ohio suggest that abortion rights could be a critical issue for voters, potentially impacting the outcome of Senate races and the presidential contest.
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Did Mike Johnson Approve Funding to Give Transgender Teens Clothing?: House speaker is being rebuked by some Republicans for earmarks related to transgender and ...
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Did Mike Johnson Approve Funding to Give Transgender Teens Clothing?
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White mainline Protestant clergy are more supportive of LGBTQ rights, abortion rights and racial justice than their congregations. Show more
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Will teens ask parents for birth control? Do they ask to have sex?: An appeals court ruled that Texas teens need parental permission for birth control. Now ...
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Will teens ask parents for birth control? Do they ask to have sex?
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Roe V. Wade Overturned One Year On: Here’s Where The Money’s Going: Forbes broke down the millions that’s been spent on both sides of the abortion debate over ...
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Roe V. Wade Overturned One Year On: Here’s Where The Money’s Going
Quick Glance: The Supreme Court's Impact: Overturning Roe v. Wade and Changing America
  • Abortion is currently illegal in the state until further notice.

  • Kristen Lyerly, an OB-GYN and abortion care provider, no longer practices in Wisconsin but instead works in Minnesota where abortion rights are protected by state law.

  • The recent Dobbs decision caused an immediate halt in abortion care services.

  • State constitutions often have stronger protections for privacy, equality, and bodily autonomy than the U.S. Constitution.
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Tories divided over new definition of extremism: Trans rights critics and traditional Christians could be caught up in crackdown on Islamism
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Tories divided over new definition of extremism
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The Fight for Same-Sex Marriage Isn’t Over. Far From It.: Some LGBTQ leaders fear the Supreme Court could weaken or overturn the constitutional right to gay ...
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The Fight for Same-Sex Marriage Isn’t Over. Far From It.
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‘I’m not judging you’ – midwife Juno Carey on what it’s like to work in an abortion clinic
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‘I’m not judging you’ – midwife Juno Carey on what it’s like to work in an ...
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Will the Supreme Court come for what remains of the right to privacy?: With courts coming for abortion and IVF, it’s hard not to wonder what’s next.
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Will the Supreme Court come for what remains of the right to privacy?
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Cancel Culture, GOP Style: What far-right Republicans don’t seem to realize is that prohibition does not work.
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Cancel Culture, GOP Style
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My recent column on the ‘Politics of Abortion’ had led some readers to ask if there are also politics around LGBTQI+ concerns ... Show more
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker is backing abortion rights ballot measures across nation, but little on the horizon in Illinois
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker is backing abortion rights ballot measures across ...
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State Spying Poses 'Roadblock' For Interstate Seekers of Abortion, Transgender Care: Report
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Trump says GOP abortion message doesn’t work: ‘They don’t know what to say’: Former President Trump on Friday continued his attack on GOP lawmakers’ messaging on ...
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Trump says GOP abortion message doesn’t work: ‘They don’t know what to ...
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Dems split on whether parents must know their child is having an abortion: As legislative sessions come to a close, state lawmakers are divided over whether ...
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Dems split on whether parents must know their child is having an abortion
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Terry Prone: Every time 'populist' is used it creates a pointless distraction
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Terry Prone: Every time 'populist' is used it creates a ...
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Senate Dems delay consideration of proposed constitutional amendments: Democrats say they will wait a year to consider the three proposed amendments that would ...
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Senate Dems delay consideration of proposed constitutional amendments
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Most voters oppose LGBTQ, abortion-related measures in House defense bill: Republican-led amendments to an annual military spending bill that threaten ...
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Most voters oppose LGBTQ, abortion-related measures in House defense bill
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Dem lawmakers want to put same-sex marriage in Virginia’s constitution: Virginia’s constitution still includes a prohibition against same-sex marriage ...
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Dem lawmakers want to put same-sex marriage in Virginia’s constitution
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Ann Coulter Warns Republicans Are Out of Touch on Abortion: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning abortion in his state after six weeks of ...
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Ann Coulter Warns Republicans Are Out of Touch on Abortion
Quick Glance: The Supreme Court overturns lower court orders that limit abortion medicines.
  • Abortion rights and anti-abortion groups demonstrate outside the Supreme Court building.

  • The Supreme Court temporarily barred lower court orders imposing restrictions on the widely used abortion drug mifepristone on Friday, maintaining the status quo for the most frequent kind of medical abortion while a legal challenge to the Food and Drug Administration's jurisdiction is resolved.

  • Between the lines: The decision on Friday came less than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

  • Wade, in which the justices argued that the high court lacked the jurisdiction to define national abortion policy.
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Abortion, LGBTQ and race: McCarthy confronts far-right demands on Pentagon policy bill
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Abortion, LGBTQ and race: McCarthy confronts far-right demands on Pentagon ...
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House passes defense bill despite controversial abortion, transgender policies: The bill narrowly passed mostly along party lines.
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House passes defense bill despite controversial abortion, transgender ...
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Pence outlines Day 1 executive actions if elected president: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday outlined a slew of executive actions he would take on ...
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Pence outlines Day 1 executive actions if elected president
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Democratic AGs are using the courts to win on abortion, gun control: Democratic state attorneys general are finding successes that eluded them for years.
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Democratic AGs are using the courts to win on abortion, gun control
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Gov. Whitmer strikes 1931 abortion ban from Michigan constitution: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday repealing Michigan's abortion ...
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Gov. Whitmer strikes 1931 abortion ban from Michigan constitution
Quick Glance: Idaho is the first state to prohibit interstate abortion travel.
  • House Bill 242, which was signed by Gov.

  • BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Without parental consent, assisting a child in traveling to another state for an abortion will be a felony in Idaho beginning next month, pending a successful judicial challenge.

  • "Rather, the 'abortion trafficking' provision of the bill seeks only to prevent unemancipated minor girls from being taken across state lines for an abortion without the knowledge and consent of her parent or guardian,"abortion trafficking" provision seeks only to prevent unemancipated minor girls from being taken across state lines for abortions without the knowledge and consent of her parent or guardian," Little wrote.

  • House Bill 242 provides an affirmative defense to prosecution — the ability to provide evidence in court that disproves an allegation — if a "parent or guardian of the pregnant minor consented to trafficking of the minor."
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GOP presidential hopeful Doug Burgum says he'd leave abortion laws up to the states
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GOP presidential hopeful Doug Burgum says he'd leave abortion laws up to ...
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When we misread and mislead: Partnership between the European Union (EU) and its 27 Member States along with the 79 Member States of the Organisation of African ...
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When we misread and mislead
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Poland’s laws on same-sex couples violate human rights code, court rules: Warsaw should recognize and protect couples that don’t consist of a man and a woman ...
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Poland’s laws on same-sex couples violate human rights code, court rules
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Poland’s Tusk under pressure to make good on social revolution: There is a ‘spark of hope’ among Polish activists that the new government can put an end to years ...
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Poland’s Tusk under pressure to make good on social revolution
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Sabatini-led Lake Republicans adopt platform to ban abortion, gay rights: The Lake County Republican Party has a party platform that calls for a total abortion ...
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Sabatini-led Lake Republicans adopt platform to ban abortion, gay rights
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Gretchen Whitmer Is Taking Her Defense Of Abortion, LGBTQ+ Rights Directly To Red States
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Gretchen Whitmer Is Taking Her Defense Of Abortion, LGBTQ+ Rights Directly ...
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Issues, not candidates, are motivating young voters: Abortion is at the center of young people's political engagement.
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Issues, not candidates, are motivating young voters
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Sex is a 'beautiful thing,' Pope Francis says in documentary: Pope Francis is quizzed on a variety of topics including LGBTQI+ rights, abortion ...
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Sex is a 'beautiful thing,' Pope Francis says in documentary
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CNN Airs Audio of House Speaker Mike Johnson Calling Abortion a ‘Holocaust’: Before becoming House Speaker, Johnson also suggested the Supreme Court chip away at ...
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CNN Airs Audio of House Speaker Mike Johnson Calling Abortion a ...
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How Supreme Court decisions are activating a generation of young voters: After a series of contentious Supreme Court rulings, young voters are growing frustrated ...
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How Supreme Court decisions are activating a generation of young voters
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Washington, Minnesota become transgender and abortion sanctuaries: Democratic governors in Washington state and Minnesota on Thursday enacted legal protections ...
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Washington, Minnesota become transgender and abortion sanctuaries
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How Kansas abortion protections could now impact voting, trans rights & death penalty
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How Kansas abortion protections could now impact voting, trans rights & ...
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Fox News Host Confronts Mike Johnson on Birth Control Access: Shannon Bream noted on Sunday that Johnson had been accused of being "wildly out of step" with ...
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Fox News Host Confronts Mike Johnson on Birth Control Access
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Abortion, LGBTQ rights, child poverty: Kentucky leaders on what matters most this election
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Abortion, LGBTQ rights, child poverty: Kentucky leaders on what matters ...
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Women Will Determine the 2024 Election: They’ve already shown what they can do over the past few years.
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Women Will Determine the 2024 Election
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The Looming Supreme Court Cases That Could Sway the 2024 Election: Supreme Court interventions "may serve as a big distraction to other political matters" before ...
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The Looming Supreme Court Cases That Could Sway the 2024 Election
Quick Glance: Focus on Ethics: Supreme Court Justices Return to Washington
  • Supreme Court justices will gather behind closed doors for their first meeting in Washington after the summer recess.

  • History indicates they will ultimately reject most of the petitions.

  • There is growing scrutiny on the court's ethics standards.

  • A Supreme Court ethics bill was proposed by the Senate Judiciary Committee in July.
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Health conference canceled after JPS pulled sponsorship over abortion, trans agenda items
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In an interview with The NPR Politics Podcast, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said regulating abortion and accommodations for transgender youth should be left ... Show more
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Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk Removed His Name From Anti-Abortion Article: Matthew Kacsmaryk—the far-right judge who blocked the approval of mifepristone—took ...
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Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk Removed His Name From Anti-Abortion Article
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Tarrant blocks funding for girls nonprofit after concerns surface about political ideology
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Tarrant blocks funding for girls nonprofit after concerns surface about ...
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Spain parliament approves menstrual leave, teen abortion and transgender protections
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Spain parliament approves menstrual leave, teen abortion and transgender ...
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The Republicans’ culture wars are dooming the party to failure: The Republican Party’s extreme moral crusades come at the expense of focusing on the core issues ...
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The Republicans’ culture wars are dooming the party to failure
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Tuberville: Could military abortion policy lead to ‘taxpayer funded transgender surgeries for children?’
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Tuberville: Could military abortion policy lead to ‘taxpayer funded ...
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America’s Worst Judge Declares War on Drag: It’s a shocking rejection of basic free speech principles. For this Texas judge, it’s also par for the course.
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America’s Worst Judge Declares War on Drag
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Sandra Bernhard to rally for LGBTQ+ and abortion rights in Houston: Sandra Bernhard to rally for education, LGBTQ+ and abortion rights at 'Stand With Texas' in ...
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Sandra Bernhard to rally for LGBTQ+ and abortion rights in Houston