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For new GOP House majority, a focus on abortion messaging

WASHINGTON — The House GOP majority plans to vote this week on three measures aimed at emphasizing their opposition to abortion, including a rules package that will fast-track consideration of legislation permanently banning federal funding of abortion.

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City Council committee adds teeth to city ordinance protecting abortion, gender care

The Chicago Commission on Human Relations is now empowered to “investigate and adjudicate complaints” of “discrimination and retaliation related to housing.” The ordinance

Chicago Sun-Times

For new GOP House majority, a focus on abortion messaging - Roll Call

The House will vote later this week on two measures, including one condemning attacks on anti-abortion groups, centers and churches.

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McCarthy House rules package includes ban on taxpayer-funded abortion - which already exists

The Hyde amendment already prohibits federal dollars going toward abortions.

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Republicans eye tighter enforcement of Texas’ abortion ban as Legislature starts

AUSTIN, Texas — After ushering in a near-total abortion ban last year, the state’s GOP leaders are treading carefully on the eve of the upcoming legislative session and not openly saying how they will handle the hot-button issue.

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Editorial: The FDA is right to allow pharmacies to distribute abortion medication

Precisely when human life begins is above our pay grade, but at a time when states are radically restricting women’s right to seek reproductive health care — and forcing rape and incest victims, among others, to give birth — policymakers in Washington ought to be wisely using the levers of…

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In North Carolina, more people are training to support patients through an abortion

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lauren Overman has a suggested shopping list for her clients preparing to get an abortion. The list includes a heating pad, a journal, aromatherapy oils — things that could bring physical or emotional comfort after the procedure.

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Maryland Democrats seek to wield increased power as General Assembly tackles recreational pot, paid leave and gun control

BALTIMORE — Cannabis, abortion rights and gun control are expected to dominate debates by state lawmakers in the coming months as the Maryland General Assembly begins its annual legislative session Wednesday.

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Clash over tax cuts coming in Kansas; abortion foes unsure

Kansas’ recently reelected Democratic governor and Republican lawmakers are headed for a clash over how their financially flush state should cut taxes as the Legislature prepares to open its annual session

The Independent UK

States target transgender health care in first bills of 2023

Republican state lawmakers are following up a midterm election and record flow of anti-transgender legislation last year by zeroing in on bodily autonomy with proposals to limit gender-affirming health care and abortion access

The Independent UK

Commentary: New FDA rules on abortion pills leave too many hurdles

Recent decisions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the two biggest pharmacy chains are bringing the post-Roe v. Wade landscape more clearly into focus. America is becoming a country where abortion is a crime in some states but just a normal part of health care in others.

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Illinois House passes bills banning certain semi-automatic weapons, expanding abortion protections

With Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker seated in the front row of the chamber, the Illinois House early Friday approved a sweeping ban on high-powered firearms about two hours after voting to shore up the state’s already expansive protections for abortion rights.

Chicago Tribune

South Carolina's Supreme Court Says the State Constitution Protects a Right to Abortion

The court ruled that the state's six-week abortion ban violates the right to privacy.

Reason

Illinois House passes measure that expands scope of medical professionals able to perform abortions

The bill also prevents Illinois from taking disciplinary action against a health care professional disciplined by another state for providing health care that is legal in Illinois. The measure must still clear the Illinois Senate in the waning days of a lame-duck session.

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What FDA's abortion pill changes mean

Walgreens and CVS can now sell the abortion pill — but will they?

Reason

Idaho S. Ct. Holds Constitution Doesn't Protect Right to Abortion

From Justice Robyn Brody's majority opinion yesterday in Planned Parenthood Great Northwest v. State (joined by Justices Richard Bevan and Gregory Moeller): The Idaho Constitution does not contain an explicit right to abortion. Nevertheless, Petitioners argue that certain provisions implicitly enshrine abortion as a right entitled to heightened protection from…

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Training to be an abortion doula in N.C.

Demand for abortion doulas has surged in North Carolina

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MP: Doctor Held For Performing Abortion Of Minor And Rape Survivor In Bhopal

A doctor was arrested for performing an abortion of a rape survivor and minor girl in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Thursday, an official said. Read on for details:

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South Carolina S. Ct. Holds: State Constitution Protects Abortion Rights

The case is today's Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. State; the lead opinion is written by Justice Kaye Hearn and joined by Chief Justice Donald Beatty. Justice John Cannon Few concurs in the judgment, and Justices John Kittredge and George James, Jr. dissent. A few short excerpts, from Justice Hearn's…

The Independent UK

Idaho court tosses lawsuit that aimed to block abortion bans

The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that the state Constitution does not implicitly enshrine abortion as a fundamental right

Tribune News Service

Minnesota Democrats move quickly to codify abortion access in state law

MINNEAPOLIS — A fast-tracked proposal to enshrine access to abortion into Minnesota law cleared its first legislative hurdle on Thursday, signaling newfound urgency on an issue that has been static for years under divided government.

Al Jazeera

US court strikes down South Carolina abortion ban

The ban had faced legal challenges for barring abortion at six weeks, before most parents realise they are pregnant.

Tribune News Service

Idaho Supreme Court upholds all abortion laws challenged in Planned Parenthood cases

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court has voted to uphold multiple sections of Idaho code restricting abortion access, according to an opinion published Thursday.

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South Carolina’s 6-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, state Supreme Court rules

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban, ruling 3-2 that it violated the state’s constitutional right to privacy.

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