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Barnard College Plans to Offer Abortion Pills on Campus: It is one of many colleges and universities deliberating over how to respond to the overturning of Roe v ...
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Barnard College Plans to Offer Abortion Pills on Campus
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Barnard College Plans to Offer Abortion Pills on Campus: It is one of many colleges and universities deliberating over how to respond to the overturning of Roe v ...
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Barnard College Plans to Offer Abortion Pills on Campus
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Most Americans support abortion for pregnancy-related emergencies: The majority of American voters, including Republicans, support protecting access to abortion ...
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Most Americans support abortion for pregnancy-related emergencies
Quick Glance: Historic Moment: Right to Abortion Added to French Constitution
  • France becomes the first country to explicitly protect the right to abortion in its constitution.

  • The ceremony to formally change the constitution was held in Paris on International Women's Day.

  • President Macron emphasized the importance of women's rights progress for mankind.

  • The French government aims to push for better safeguards for abortion under EU law.
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Experts group says abortion in Germany should be decriminalized during pregnancy's first 12 weeks
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Experts group says abortion in Germany should be decriminalized during ...
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Trump says he will support national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy
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Trump says he will support national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of ...
Quick Glance: Trump expresses support for national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy
  • Donald Trump suggested supporting a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy.

  • When asked about a specific time limit for the procedure, Trump criticized Democrats for not endorsing such a ban.

  • Trump seemed reluctant to a federal ban, emphasizing that abortion should be a state issue.

  • The discussion on abortion rights is expected to be a key issue in the 2024 election as Democrats and President Biden's campaign clearly oppose Trump's stance.
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Arizona lawmaker tells her abortion story to show ‘reality’ of restrictions: In an emotional speech Monday, Arizona state Sen. Eva Burch (D) detailed the ...
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Arizona lawmaker tells her abortion story to show ‘reality’ of ...
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Tennessee law denied Allie Phillips an abortion. So she's now running for office: Phillips, 28, never expected to go into politics. But after she got devastating ...
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Tennessee law denied Allie Phillips an abortion. So she's now running for ...
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Doctors fear restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone : Doctors and patient advocates are alarmed over the possibility of the Supreme Court tightening ...
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Doctors fear restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone
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First lady invites Texas woman who fled state for abortion care to State of the Union
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First lady invites Texas woman who fled state for abortion care to State ...
Quick Glance: Bidens Extend Invitation to Kate Cox for State of the Union
  • Cox had to travel out of state to undergo an abortion.

  • President Joe Biden extended an invitation to Kate Cox, who was denied an emergency abortion by a Texas emergency court.

  • Kate Cox left the state to have an abortion for a pregnancy with severe anomalies.

  • The president and first lady thanked Cox for her courage and steadfastness in addressing the impact of the extreme abortion ban in Texas.
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With Alabama’s IVF court ruling, a scary future for women’s health care: Physicians in the state fear that its increasingly draconian restrictions on ...
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With Alabama’s IVF court ruling, a scary future for women’s health care
Quick Glance: Trump Supports IVF After Alabama Ruling
  • Former President Donald Trump expressed strong support for IVF.

  • An Alabama Supreme Court ruling led to suspensions of IVF programs.

  • The decision deepens divisions among conservatives over reproductive services.

  • Trump and Haley distance themselves from an absolute abortion ban.
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Trump campaign scrambles over abortion ban report as Democrats seize the moment : Biden’s campaign and abortion rights advocates ripped into Trump on abortion ...
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Trump campaign scrambles over abortion ban report as Democrats seize the ...
Quick Glance: Trump's Stance on Abortion Ban
  • Trump has not publicly disclosed his abortion stance.

  • In private conversations, Trump backs 16-week abortion ban.

  • Trump supports exceptions like rape, incest, and maternal health.

  • Trump's abortion views known to fluctuate frequently.
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Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens
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Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often ...
Quick Glance: Research Estimates High Number of Rape-Related Pregnancies in Abortion Ban States
  • New research estimates nearly 65,000 pregnancies related to rape in the 14 states with abortion bans since the Dobbs decision in 2022.

  • The publication in a reputable academic journal used federal data to estimate the number of rape-related pregnancies that occurred between July 1, 2022, and Jan. 1, 2024.

  • Researchers estimated that over 500,000 rapes occurred in this time frame, and over 60,000 were associated with pregnancies.

  • Texas had the highest rate of rape-related pregnancies with over 26,000, far more than the second state on the list, Missouri, with around 5,800.
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Nearly 65,000 rape victims were not allowed to terminate their pregnancies in the US
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Nearly 65,000 rape victims were not allowed to terminate their pregnancies ...
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48 percent in new poll say they would support 16-week abortion ban: Nearly half of Americans in a new poll said they would back a national 16-week abortion ban ...
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48 percent in new poll say they would support 16-week abortion ban
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When governments invade women’s privacy: The decision to get pregnant and how to handle pregnancy is an individual’s choice, or at least it should be.
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When governments invade women’s privacy
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An abortion ban turned a grieving Allie Phillips into a candidate: Like other women in red states who oppose bans on the procedure, Allie Phillips is telling her ...
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An abortion ban turned a grieving Allie Phillips into a candidate
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Medication abortions increased 10 percent in year after Dobbs decision, study finds
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Medication abortions increased 10 percent in year after Dobbs decision ...
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'Untenable': Legalise abortions in first trimester, urges German commission: Abortion should be legalised in Germany in the early stages of pregnancy ...
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'Untenable': Legalise abortions in first trimester, urges German ...
Quick Glance: Arizona GOP outlines alternative abortion strategy
  • Republican state legislators in Arizona are considering alternative ballot measures in response to a court ruling upholding a strict abortion ban.

  • The GOP's strategy document plans to provide voters with alternatives to the Arizona for Abortion Access ballot measure.

  • Republicans aim to constitutionalize existing laws to discuss abortion policy.

  • The document outlines various scenarios, including 'Phase 1' and 'Phase 2' options for lawmakers.
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South Carolina woman sues to clarify state’s ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban: A South Carolina woman who said she was forced to travel out of state for an abortion due ...
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South Carolina woman sues to clarify state’s ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
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Why more women are joining a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's abortion ban: The women have asked a court to temporarily block Tennessee's law after they were ...
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Why more women are joining a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's abortion ban
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Kelly Clarkson gets emotional discussing Arizona's abortion ban and her own pregnancy challenges
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Kelly Clarkson gets emotional discussing Arizona's abortion ban and ...
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“Momnibus” bill to lower maternal mortality rates gets revived on last day of session
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“Momnibus” bill to lower maternal mortality rates gets revived on last day ...
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‘Fleeing under the cover of darkness’: How Idaho’s abortion ban is changing pregnancy in the state
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‘Fleeing under the cover of darkness’: How Idaho’s abortion ban is ...
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Arizona abortion ban likely to cause scramble for services in Colorado, other states where it’s still legal
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Arizona abortion ban likely to cause scramble for services in Colorado ...
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Where states stand on abortion: The battle over abortion access remains in some states. Here's a look at where state laws stand now.
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Where states stand on abortion
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Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says: It provides no exceptions for rape or incest, but allows abortions if a mother’s ...
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Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions ...
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In states with abortion bans, women often take the pill alone, afraid: Women who took abortion pills in states where abortion is banned described experiencing ...
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In states with abortion bans, women often take the pill alone, afraid
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Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says: The Arizona Supreme Court says the state can enforce its long-dormant law ...
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Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions ...
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Wisconsin Republicans approve bill banning abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy: The proposal now goes to the Republican-controlled state Senate ...
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Wisconsin Republicans approve bill banning abortions after 14 weeks of ...
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The Danger of Being Pregnant in Texas: How 15 women sued their home state to save abortion rights for everyone.
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The Danger of Being Pregnant in Texas
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I’m an OB-GYN in a red state. The Supreme Court might put my patients’ lives at risk | Opinion
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I’m an OB-GYN in a red state. The Supreme Court might put my patients’ ...
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COLUMN: When did abortion become the promise of America?: Do we believe in the promise of America? And are we ready to fight for it? I would imagine that as you ...
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COLUMN: When did abortion become the promise of America?
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Supreme Court orders medical examination of 28-week pregnant minor victim: Lists abortion plea for hearing on April 22 morning
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Supreme Court orders medical examination of 28-week pregnant minor victim
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Arizona abortion ban goes too far, Donald Trump says: Former president speaks out on supreme court ruling a day after saying he would leave states to decide ...
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Arizona abortion ban goes too far, Donald Trump says
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A KY lawmaker had a nonviable pregnancy. State abortion bans made her loss more agonizing
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A KY lawmaker had a nonviable pregnancy. State abortion bans made her loss ...
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Florida’s 6-week ban will significantly change abortion in the state, but won’t end it
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Florida’s 6-week ban will significantly change abortion in the state ...
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Texas Medical Board proposes exceptions to abortion ban: The Texas Medical Board was non-specific in its proposed rules for medical exceptions to Texas' ...
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Texas Medical Board proposes exceptions to abortion ban
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France Becomes the First Country to Make Abortion a Constitutional Right: French lawmakers have approved a historic Bill that would enshrine a woman's right ...
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France Becomes the First Country to Make Abortion a Constitutional Right
Quick Glance: Historic Step: France Protects Right to Abortion
  • France becomes the first country to enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution.

  • Lawmakers voted to revise the 1958 constitution to ensure women's freedom to have an abortion.

  • President Emmanuel Macron praised the move as 'French pride' delivering a 'universal message'.

  • The decision to include abortion in the French constitution was influenced by recent events in the US.
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I took my friend to have an abortion – UK laws are still too strict: Law around terminations in this country can be catastrophic for women, writes Esther Walker
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I took my friend to have an abortion – UK laws are still too strict
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I made the tough choice to end a pregnancy. Florida abortion ban robs women of that right | Opinion
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I made the tough choice to end a pregnancy. Florida abortion ban robs ...
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Kim Reynolds signs changes to Iowa anti-abortion program into law. What to know:: Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Wednesday a bill making changes to her ...
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Kim Reynolds signs changes to Iowa anti-abortion program into law ...
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Meet the Arizona Lawmaker Who Announced Her Abortion on the Statehouse Floor: Arizona State Senator Eva Burch discusses her floor speech announcing her decision ...
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Meet the Arizona Lawmaker Who Announced Her Abortion on the Statehouse ...
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How Kate Cox Became A Reluctant Face of the Abortion-Rights Movement: Months after being forced to leave her home state to terminate a nonviable pregnancy ...
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How Kate Cox Became A Reluctant Face of the Abortion-Rights Movement
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Meet Eva Burch, Arizona State Senator Fighting Abortion Bans by Sharing Her Plan to Have an Abortion
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Meet Eva Burch, Arizona State Senator Fighting Abortion Bans by Sharing ...
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Her abortion experience was ‘bizarre and painful’. Now she’s suing Tennessee: Kathryn Archer could not terminate her pregnancy in her home state and, instead ...
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Her abortion experience was ‘bizarre and painful’. Now she’s suing ...
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The Fight to Restore Abortion Rights in Texas: Stephania Taladrid on H.B. 3058 and an unlikely political coalition in Texas who has tried to reform S.B. 8 ...
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The Fight to Restore Abortion Rights in Texas
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WATCH: Arizona lawmaker says she plans to have an abortion after learning her pregnancy isn't viable
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WATCH: Arizona lawmaker says she plans to have an abortion after learning ...
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Abortion rights across the US: we track where laws stand in every state: Abortion is now banned in 14 states, while two have banned abortion past roughly six ...
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Abortion rights across the US: we track where laws stand in every state
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Number of Black women who say they are scared of having children rises: Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an ...
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Number of Black women who say they are scared of having children rises
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EXPLAINED: What is the law on abortion in France?: The law, the politics and how to access it - here's what you need to know about abortion policy in France.
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EXPLAINED: What is the law on abortion in France?
Quick Glance: French Senate Votes to Enshrine Abortion in Constitution
  • The French Senate overwhelmingly voted to inscribe abortion as a 'guaranteed freedom.'

  • The proposed constitutional change is a response to the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade.

  • Public support for abortion rights in France has been reinforced by events in the U.S. and other countries.

  • The Senate's vote is seen as a historic step for women's rights in France, making it the first country to enshrine the freedom to have an abortion in the constitution.
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Supreme Court Battle Over Abortion Pill Mifepristone, Explained: There’s a battle underway over medication abortion, the most common method of terminating a ...
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Supreme Court Battle Over Abortion Pill Mifepristone, Explained
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Docs pressured me to abort, too. Kansas Republican right to try to criminalize coercion | Opinion
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Docs pressured me to abort, too. Kansas Republican right to try to ...
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Inside the Internal Debates of a Hospital Abortion Committee: In Tennessee and other states that banned abortion, doctors are left to debate high-risk pregnancy ...
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Inside the Internal Debates of a Hospital Abortion Committee
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Do not use these methods for avoiding pregnancy : Before the trusty modern contraception pills were introduced, our ancestors used dangerous and downright ...
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Do not use these methods for avoiding pregnancy
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Opinion: The Supreme Court tackles abortion again. How much will it hurt Republicans in 2024?
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Opinion: The Supreme Court tackles abortion again. How much will it hurt ...
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History Shows Abortion-Ban Exemptions for the Health of the Mother Don’t Actually Work
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History Shows Abortion-Ban Exemptions for the Health of the Mother Don’t ...
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How Anti-Abortion Laws Trap Domestic Abuse Survivors: Even before Roe was overturned, states with strict abortion restrictions had higher rates of homicide.
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How Anti-Abortion Laws Trap Domestic Abuse Survivors
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Illinois abortion providers praise Walgreens, CVS plans to carry mifepristone: Supporters say increased availability will help destigmatize ending pregnancy; ...
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Illinois abortion providers praise Walgreens, CVS plans to carry ...
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Abortion doulas help patients navigate hard decisions post-Dobbs: A growing network of advocates helps patients navigate the emotional, physical ...
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Abortion doulas help patients navigate hard decisions post-Dobbs
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More ‘navigators’ are helping women travel to have abortions: State abortion laws have always varied, so helping people access legal abortion services isn’t new ...
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More ‘navigators’ are helping women travel to have abortions
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Editorial: Declaring fetuses to be people would gut reproductive rights in Florida
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Editorial: Declaring fetuses to be people would gut reproductive rights in ...
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Patty Murray invites woman affected by Idaho abortion ban to Biden speech: When she learned her baby would have a severe heart defect, Kayla Smith opted to end ...
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Patty Murray invites woman affected by Idaho abortion ban to Biden speech
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How activists blur the lines between birth control and abortion: Contraception, like IVF, poses problems for those claiming personhood begins at conception.
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How activists blur the lines between birth control and abortion
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Students could see pregnancy video produced by anti-abortion group under advancing bill
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Students could see pregnancy video produced by anti-abortion group under ...
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France set to make abortion a constitutional right: If congress approves, France will be the only country to clearly protect the right to terminate a pregnancy.
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France set to make abortion a constitutional right
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Biden takes on anti-abortion pregnancy centers before 2024 election: WASHINGTON - In advance of the 2024 presidential election where abortion rights again will ...
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Biden takes on anti-abortion pregnancy centers before 2024 election
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State of the Union guest: Dallas doctor who fled state for abortion: U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, invited Austin Dennard to the March 7 State of the Union ...
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State of the Union guest: Dallas doctor who fled state for abortion