Utah passes new abortion rules as Legislature wraps up

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers passed new regulations on abortion this year, including a measure approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature Thursday that would ban most abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned. It comes as abortion opponents around the country hope the Supreme Court will reconsider the landmark ruling with new conservative justices.... Read More

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March 12, 2020

US appeals judges hear Down syndrome abortion arguments

CINCINNATI (AP) — Federal judges on Wednesday sharply questioned attorneys on both sides of an Ohio law that faces doctors with a felony charge if they perform abortions aimed at preventing the birth of a baby with Down syndrome. Jessie Hill, an attorney for the ACLU of Ohio, argued that the law seeks unconstitutionally to... Read More

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March 4, 2020

Mississippi seeks abortion ban for race, sex, genetic error

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature is trying to restrict the reasons women may seek abortion, after federal courts blocked time limitations that the state tried to put on the procedure the past two years. Abortion would be prohibited if a woman is seeking one because of the race, sex or genetic abnormality of... Read More

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March 2, 2020

A clinic prepares for Supreme Court abortion fight

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The Hope Medical Group for Women in northern Louisiana fields phone calls every day from anxious pregnant women who ask if abortion is still legal and if the clinic, one of only three that provides abortions in the state, is still open. Despite the protesters who sometimes gather outside, the threats... Read More

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February 25, 2020

US appeals court upholds Trump rules involving abortions

SEATTLE (AP) — In a victory for the Trump administration, a U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld rules that bar taxpayer-funded family-planning clinics from referring women for abortions. The 7-4 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned decisions issued by judges in Washington, Oregon and California. The court had already allowed the... Read More

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February 21, 2020

Appeals court keeps block on Mississippi 6-week abortion ban

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court is keeping a block on a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions as early as about six weeks — a stage when many women may not even know they are pregnant. A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals made the decision Thursday, finding... Read More

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February 14, 2020

Iowa Senate passes abortion constitutional amendment bill

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers on Thursday approved a resolution that would amend the Iowa Constitution to declare there is no right to an abortion in the state. The measure passed the Senate 32-18 along party lines with only Republican votes. It says in part “we the people of the state... Read More

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February 10, 2020

Kansas anti-abortion measure fails; Medicaid plan targeted

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas failed to get a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot Friday, and abortion opponents responded by moving aggressively to block a Medicaid expansion plan backed by Democrats and GOP moderates. Neither side expected Friday’s vote in the Kansas House to be the last... Read More

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February 7, 2020

Kansas fight over abortion has debate turned ‘on its head’

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators considering a proposed amendment to the state constitution on abortion are raising the spectre of women being forced back into going to unsafe and unclean “back alley” clinics if their measure does not pass. But in a twist away from what’s typical in such debates, anti-abortion lawmakers were making... Read More

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January 31, 2020

Governor: Abortion measure would put Kansas in ‘Dark Ages’

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly declared Thursday that a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution would return the state “to the Dark Ages” and called it a political attack on women’s rights that will hurt the state’s business climate. Kelly, a strong supporter of abortion rights elected in 2018, has no... Read More

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January 27, 2020

California defies threat of fund loss over abortion coverage

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Democratic leaders were defiant Friday after the Trump administration threatened to cut federal health care funding to the nation’s most populous state over its requirement that insurance plans cover abortions. The administration’s announcement came hours before President Donald Trump became the first president to address participants in the anti-abortion March... Read More

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January 21, 2020

Planned Parenthood endorses challenger to Sen. Susan Collins

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Planned Parenthood on Tuesday endorsed a Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, saying Collins “turned her back” on women and citing her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as well as other judicial nominees who oppose abortion. Sara Gideon, speaker of the Maine House of... Read More

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January 14, 2020

Kansas GOP to stymie ban in reversing abortion-rights ruling

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Kansas Republicans want to head off any push for an abortion ban in the state even as they make overturning a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that protects abortion rights a top priority. The GOP-controlled Legislature expects to consider a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution during the annual 90-day lawmaking... Read More

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December 16, 2019

Mississippi 15-week abortion ban is blocked by appeals court

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court declared Friday that Mississippi’s ban on abortion at 15 weeks is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to those seeking to overturn the landmark Supreme Courtruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves ruled correctly when he blocked the... Read More

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Utah passes new abortion rules as Legislature wraps up

US appeals judges hear Down syndrome abortion arguments

Mississippi seeks abortion ban for race, sex, genetic error

A clinic prepares for Supreme Court abortion fight

US appeals court upholds Trump rules involving abortions

Appeals court keeps block on Mississippi 6-week abortion ban

Iowa Senate passes abortion constitutional amendment bill

Kansas anti-abortion measure fails; Medicaid plan targeted

Kansas fight over abortion has debate turned ‘on its head’

Governor: Abortion measure would put Kansas in ‘Dark Ages’

California defies threat of fund loss over abortion coverage

Planned Parenthood endorses challenger to Sen. Susan Collins

Kansas GOP to stymie ban in reversing abortion-rights ruling

Mississippi 15-week abortion ban is blocked by appeals court

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