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2023 had the most state ballot measures for an odd-numbered year since 2007

In 2023, voters in eight states decided on 41 statewide ballot measures—the highest number of state ballot measures for an odd-numbered year since 2007. Voters approved 33 (80.49%) and rejected eight (19.51%). The average number of statewide measures on the ballot in odd-numbered years from 2011 to 2021 was 33.

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Republican senator says Ukraine may have to cede land to Russia to end war

JD Vance, one of GOP lawmakers who voted to block Ukraine aid package, asks ‘what $61bn would accomplish that $100bn hasn’t’

The Guardian - US

At least 16 abortion-related measures could appear on the ballot in 2024

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Supreme Courts in 3 states will hear cases about abortion access this week

Supreme court justices in Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming will hear arguments in cases that will impact abortion access across the Mountain West. Here's what to know.

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‘They violated our rights’: Chile’s draft constitution fails women, say activists

Last year, a liberal constitution to replace the Pinochet-era one was rejected. Now a referendum will be held on a new draft that curbs abortion rights and enshrines Catholic morality. Here, five women reflect on 2019’s protests and the struggle for equality

The Guardian - UK

Being Black and pregnant in the South

Infant mortality rates in rural counties, especially for Black babies, are poised to get worse

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A pregnant Texas woman asked a court for permission to get an abortion, despite a ban. What's next?

The Texas Supreme Court has put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis

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Texas court blocks emergency abortion

Shortly after Kate Cox won an order allowing her to legally obtain the procedure, the state intervened

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Texas supreme court temporarily blocks woman from abortion for non-viable pregnancy

Dallas woman was earlier allowed abortion by judge, even as state attorney general threatened to sue doctors who perform procedure

The Guardian - US

Abortion delays have grown more common in the US since Roe v. Wade was overturned

Obstacles to obtaining an abortion are more common since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022

The Independent UK

Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that allowed pregnant woman to have an abortion

The court put on hold a ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo a challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.

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Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court's order allowing pregnant woman to have an abortion

The Texas Supreme Court has put on hold a judge’s ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis

The Independent UK

Texas attorney general temporarily blocks court-approved abortion

Kate Cox’s baby was diagnosed with full trisomy 18 and her baby may not survive until birth

The Independent UK

Texas Supreme Court temporarily halts ruling allowing Dallas woman to get an abortion

After a Travis County district judge cleared the way for Kate Cox, 31, to terminate her pregnancy, Ken Paxton petitioned the state’s highest court to halt the ruling.

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Texas attorney general says he will sue doctor who gives abortion to Kate Cox

Ken Paxton issues threat after judge ruled this week that Cox, a pregnant woman with a lethal fetal diagnosis, can get an abortion

The Independent UK

Missouri lawmakers propose allowing homicide charges for women who have abortions

Some Republican Missouri lawmakers are renewing their call to allow homicide charges against women who have abortions

The Independent UK

Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion

A pregnant woman in Kentucky has filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that have taken hold in more than a dozen U.S. states since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year

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Paxton threatens to charge abortion docs

"Fearmongering has been Ken Paxton's main tactic in enforcing these abortion bans," lawyer says

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Mothers, of course, have abortions. And it’s time to accept they are the experts in their own lives

If we trust people with the decision to have children, we can trust them with the decision not to

Reason

Will Abortion Issues Return to the Supreme Court?

The Court has been asked to intervene in cases involving abortion pills and criminal prosecution of abortion doctors.

The Guardian - US

Texas judge rules woman with non-viable pregnancy can have an abortion

Kate Cox sued state over ban after being unable to receive abortion care on learning her fetus had fatal diagnosis

The Independent UK

Tearful judge grants pregnant Texas woman emergency abortion

Ms Cox was seeking a temporary restraining order to allow her to have an abortion; the state argued she was a permanent solution through a temporary order

The Texas Tribune

Judge says Texas woman may abort fetus with lethal abnormality

Kate Cox, 31, at 20 weeks pregnant, has learned her fetus has a lethal abnormality that is almost always fatal at birth.

The Independent UK

Texas judge to rule if pregnant woman can have emergency abortion

An unprecedented test of Texas’ strict abortion ban is headed before a court in Austin

Roll Call

Ireland allowed mental health abortion exception 30 years ago - Roll Call

Ireland protected exceptions for risk of suicide long before the country voted in 2018 to repeal its amendment banning abortion.

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