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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Biden Needs To Be More ‘Blunt’ About Abortion: Whitmer’s remarks align with Biden’s campaign, which is set to go into full swing this week ...
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: Biden Needs To Be More ‘Blunt’ About Abortion
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Whitmer’s push for abortion rights continues as she repeals insurance requirement in Michigan
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Whitmer’s push for abortion rights continues as she repeals insurance ...
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Democratic governors see IVF following a familiar post-Dobbs pattern: So-called personhood laws are on a legal collision course with IVF in some states.
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Democratic governors see IVF following a familiar post-Dobbs pattern
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Cash flowed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's national PAC in 2023: The Fight Like Hell political action committee's haul pointed to the increasing spotlight on Whitmer ...
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Cash flowed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's national PAC in 2023
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Michigan gun, abortion and workplace union changes to take effect in 2024: After winning full control of the state Legislature for the first time in 40 years ...
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Michigan gun, abortion and workplace union changes to take effect in 2024
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Abortion Wins Elections: New York Magazine’s Rebecca Traister on the fight to make reproductive rights the centerpiece of the Democratic Party’s 2024 agenda ...
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Abortion Wins Elections
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Whitmer signs bills deregulating some aspects of abortion in Michigan: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held off signing the repeal of a law she contends has hindered ...
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Whitmer signs bills deregulating some aspects of abortion in Michigan
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Finley: What's next for Michigan? Or Whitmer?: Given the curious timing and the subjects the governor addressed, she meant what's next for Gretchen Whitmer ...
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Finley: What's next for Michigan? Or Whitmer?
Quick Glance: LeDuff: Spotlight Fades on Whitmer
  • Biden lacks the energy and acuity to make it to the finish line.

  • The East Coast press has focused on Biden's calls for a national revolution, defunding Israel, and his fantasies of bromancing Vladimir Putin.

  • Whitmer will face more scrutiny due to her actual record.

  • If Biden bows out, the media will flock to Michigan.
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Buss: Abortion odd way to grow state: Whitmer has led the charge to make Michigan one of the most abortion-friendly in the country in an illogical campaign to ...
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Buss: Abortion odd way to grow state
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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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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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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill repealing the state's 1931 abortion ban.

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One year after the Dobbs ruling, abortion has changed the political landscape: For decades, the politics around abortion were pretty well set. Then came the ...
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One year after the Dobbs ruling, abortion has changed the political ...
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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Democratic states stockpile abortion pills as access rests in courts: The Supreme Court's Friday night stay has given Democratic states more time to craft ...
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Democratic states stockpile abortion pills as access rests in courts
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Michigan House and Senate pass bill repealing 1931 abortion ban: The bill was declared "unconstitutional" by a state judge in September.
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Michigan House and Senate pass bill repealing 1931 abortion ban
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Gretchen Whitmer wins governor's race in Michigan: Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has won a second four-year term. She defeated Republican ...
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Gretchen Whitmer wins governor's race in Michigan
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Buss: Is Whitmer anti-family?: Whitmer's preference seems to be for families who not only don't have kids but are willing to take extraordinary measures to keep ...
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Buss: Is Whitmer anti-family?
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Michigan Senate votes to repeal abortion ban dating back to 1840s: A repeal of a law criminalizing abortion is one step closer to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk ...
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Michigan Senate votes to repeal abortion ban dating back to 1840s
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Whitmer defends use of TikTok as ‘communication tool’: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Sunday defended her use of the video-sharing app TikTok ...
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Whitmer defends use of TikTok as ‘communication tool’
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NEW: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has won reelection to another term, The Associated Press reports. to.pbs.org/3WL6ZOO
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Michigan becomes first state in decades to repeal 'right-to-work' law: Michigan has become the first state in decades to repeal a "right-to-work" law. Gov ...
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Michigan becomes first state in decades to repeal 'right-to-work' law
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Why Ron DeSantis Is Afraid To Talk About The Abortion Ban He Just Signed: The politics of reproductive rights have become absolutely toxic for Republicans — and ...
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Why Ron DeSantis Is Afraid To Talk About The Abortion Ban He Just Signed
Quick Glance: Ann Coulter Issues a Two-Word Warning Regarding Ron DeSantis' Abortion Ban
  • Republicans' efforts to significantly restrict or outright outlaw abortion access have been met with strong opposition from voters across the country.

  • Ann Coulter, a conservative pundit, was less than thrilled with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' signature of legislation prohibiting abortion beyond six weeks in the state.

  • According to polls, a majority of Floridians oppose an abortion ban.

  • According to a survey performed last February by the Public Opinion Research Lab at the University of North Florida, 57 percent of Florida voters opposed a previous bill that limited access to 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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Whitmer opens up 16-point lead in Michigan governor’s race: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) expanded her lead over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon to 16 ...
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Whitmer opens up 16-point lead in Michigan governor’s race
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Reproductive rights: Michigan lifts ban on abortion: Michigan citizens voted in November to include the right to abort in the constitution ...
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Reproductive rights: Michigan lifts ban on abortion
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A Michigan judge ruled that county prosecutors cannot enforce a near-total abortion ban on the books since 1931, finding in favor of Democratic Gov ... Show more

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4 takeaways from the first Whitmer-Dixon debate: There were no decisive debating points made, though both candidates landed successful zingers ...
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4 takeaways from the first Whitmer-Dixon debate
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The Memo: Michigan appears set to deliver a blow to Trump: Former President Trump is headed to Michigan on Saturday for the latest in a series of campaign ...
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The Memo: Michigan appears set to deliver a blow to Trump
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Michigan court rules 1931 abortion ban is unconstitutional: The ruling bars the state AG and county prosecutors from enforcing the ban.
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Michigan court rules 1931 abortion ban is unconstitutional
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Michigan judge temporarily blocks prosecutors from enforcing 1931 abortion ban: Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit to determine if the abortion ban ...
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Michigan judge temporarily blocks prosecutors from enforcing 1931 abortion ...
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Supreme Court closes out Whitmer's abortion rights case after Proposal 3 passage: The Michigan Supreme Court closed out a case challenging the state's 1931 ...
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Supreme Court closes out Whitmer's abortion rights case after Proposal 3 ...
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What would have been 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade sees protests, celebration: Nearly 14 states have ceased nearly all abortion services.
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What would have been 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade sees protests ...
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Finley: Whitmer dodges details of abortion question: Voters deserve to know where exactly the next governor stands on the abortion question ...
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Finley: Whitmer dodges details of abortion question
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Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wins 2nd term: Whitmer led a statewide ticket of Democrats that centered their campaigns on abortion rights after the U ...
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Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wins 2nd term
Quick Glance: Highlights from major contests in the 2022 midterm elections in the United States
  • Republicans were predicted to easily gain control of the United States House of Representatives.

  • They have gained numerous seats in the House so far, but have lost one in the Senate.

  • Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman enters a polling place in Braddock, Pennsylvania, to vote.

  • In Georgia, Republican Governor Brian Kemp defeated Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams.
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Michigan governor debate: Whitmer says Tudor Dixon is "dangerous": "Do you really think books are more dangerous than guns?"
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Michigan governor debate: Whitmer says Tudor Dixon is ...
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Trump praises gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon at rally in Mich.: Former President Trump threw his weight behind Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon ...
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Trump praises gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon at rally in Mich.
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Dems lean on abortion to pitch GOP-leaning women: Democrats have struggled for years to appeal to white women without college degrees. Abortion "has given ...
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Dems lean on abortion to pitch GOP-leaning women
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Judge grants preliminary injunction on Michigan abortion ban: The governor filed a suit to determine if the abortion ban is constitutional.
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Judge grants preliminary injunction on Michigan abortion ban
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Michigan Democrats’ pitch to voters: Abortion bans are bad for business: Polls show voters care more about the economy than abortion. Democrats in the Rust Belt ...
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 Michigan Democrats’ pitch to voters: Abortion bans are bad for business
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she'll serve full 4-year term if reelected: In an interview Tuesday with The Detroit News, she pushed back against ...
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she'll serve full 4-year term if ...
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As Democrats struggle elsewhere, abortion shapes a governor’s race in Mich.: As the election campaign nears an end, there is a simultaneous push to enshrine the ...
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As Democrats struggle elsewhere, abortion shapes a governor’s race in Mich ...
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Whitmer expands lead over Dixon in Michigan governor race: poll: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has expanded her lead over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon ...
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Whitmer expands lead over Dixon in Michigan governor race: poll
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Dixon promises tax cut, Whitmer touts population growth plan, abortion rights during Detroit forum
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Dixon promises tax cut, Whitmer touts population growth plan ...
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MI Gov Gretchen Whitmer fights for abortion rights following the fall of Roe: Whitmer's focus following the fall of Roe v. Wade has been on her 18- and ...
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MI Gov Gretchen Whitmer fights for abortion rights following the fall of ...
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Michigan governor signs executive order to protect abortion providers and patients from extradition
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Michigan governor signs executive order to protect abortion providers and ...
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Michigan's race for governor: How Whitmer, Dixon have managed art of the pivot: Analysts say GOP challenger Tudor Dixon hasn't broadened her message much since ...
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Michigan's race for governor: How Whitmer, Dixon have managed art of the ...
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Candidates take stage as November nears: Here are 4 debates this week to watch: Candidates will debate this week in states with hot Senate races – Ohio ...
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Candidates take stage as November nears: Here are 4 debates this week to ...
Quick Glance: Echoes of anti-abortion candidates' hypocrisy in the Herschel Walker scandal | Editorial
  • Despite all of this, Walker, Georgia's Republican Senate contender, looks to be striking a new low for abortion hypocrisy.

  • Nonetheless, a former girlfriend claimed Walker paid for her abortion in 2009 and persuaded her to have another two years later.

  • Walker denied the claim, but the girlfriend has a "get well" card signed by Walker, a deposit slip with a copy of a $700 check she claims he gave her to pay for the procedure, and text messages with Walker's wife in which she wrote: "Did you know Herschel paid for my abortion the first time?"
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Michigan Judge Blocks Enforcement of 'Dangerous and Chilling' 1931 Abortion Ban: The decision is a "welcome" development "but our work continues," said Gov ...
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Michigan Judge Blocks Enforcement of 'Dangerous and Chilling' 1931 ...
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Jemele Hill: Why I’m Talking About My Abortion: I’ve never regretted it, and other women need the choice that I had.
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Jemele Hill: Why I’m Talking About My Abortion
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Midterm GOP victories could bring new abortion restrictions in 6 states: The states include Pennsylvania, Kansas, Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Midterm GOP victories could bring new abortion restrictions in 6 states
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Gov. Whitmer announces more budget vetoes, mostly tied to curbs on abortion rights
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Gov. Whitmer announces more budget vetoes, mostly tied to curbs on ...
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Opinion: I talked to Whitmer about abortion fight: 'It's a scary moment': Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is fighting for women's right to choose — but it's bigger than ...
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Opinion: I talked to Whitmer about abortion fight: 'It's a scary moment'
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Wisconsin gov. vows to grant clemency to doctors charged under state abortion ban
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Wisconsin gov. vows to grant clemency to doctors charged under state ...
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Whitmer to tech giants: Don't 'harm' women seeking abortions: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer encouraged the leaders of the nation's top tech companies to take "immediate ...
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Whitmer to tech giants: Don't 'harm' women seeking abortions