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Trump's quiet federal abortion ban plot

Trump "likes the idea of a 16-week national abortion ban" but wants to keep it quiet, NY Times reports

Salon

State Rep. Julie Johnson and trauma surgeon Brian Williams lead pack to succeed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred

As Allred vies to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a crowded field of 10 Democrats is lining up to replace him.

The Texas Tribune

'Something needs to change.' Woman denied abortion in South Carolina challenges ban

The state law has been interpreted as banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. Planned Parenthood argues the ban is vague and shouldn't apply until at least three weeks later in pregnancy.

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Pennsylvania high court revives a case challenging Medicaid limits for abortions

The court's 3-2 decision overturns a decision to dismiss the case and puts aside a 1985 state Supreme Court decision that upheld a law banning the use of state Medicaid dollars for abortion.

WEKU

Cecile Richards Reveals She's Living With Brain Cancer

The ex-president of Planned Parenthood will continue to fight for gender equity on multiple fronts ahead of the 2024 election.

Marie Claire

Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens

Researchers estimate nearly 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies have happened in states with abortion bans in effect since Roe v. Wade was overturned. The report is in JAMA Internal Medicine.

WEKU

Google promised to delete location data on abortion clinic visits. It didn’t, study says

Tech giant said it would delete entries for locations deemed ‘personal’ or sensitive, but 18 months later, it’s still retaining data in some cases

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5 reproductive wins in 2023

From the Ohio ballot to Opill, the first OTC birth control pill, there were moments of progress

Salon

Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state

A Republican district attorney has appealed a court ruling that determined an 1849 Wisconsin law does not ban abortions, a decision that cleared the way for abortions to resume in the state

The Independent UK

Inside the Arizona Supreme Court battle over an 1864 abortion law

A Civil War-era law, enacted by Arizona before it obtained statehood, criminalises nearly all forms of an abortion

The Independent UK

Arizona court weighs 1864 abortion ban that risks ‘conditions of misery’

After months of disarray over the legality of abortion, the state supreme court will decide whether to reinstate ‘zombie’ ban

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

Dozens of independent abortion clinics closed in 2023 post-Roe, study finds

Twenty-three independently owned clinics closed this year, leaving over a dozen states without a single brick-and-mortar clinic

The Guardian - US

Texas is suing Planned Parenthood for $1.8B over $10M in allegedly fraudulent services it rendered – a health care economist explains what's going on

Planned Parenthood no longer provides abortions in Texas, Louisiana and the other 10 states that have essentially banned abortion since the Supreme Court handed down its Dobbs v. Jackson decision in June 2022.

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Marie Claire

Sandra Day O'Connor, the First Woman to Ever Serve the Supreme Court, Has Died

Justice O’Connor played a pivotal role when issues like abortion, affirmative action, gender discrimination, and voting rights took center stage in American politics.

The Guardian - US

The choice: a rural mother and abortion care on the Washington-Idaho border

Even in places where abortion is legal, the inaccessibility of the procedure elsewhere can seep over state lines

The Independent UK

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls abortion ‘an American Holocaust’ in resurfaced video

Louisiana congressman was virtually unknown outside of Washington before becoming third in line to the presidency

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council committee creates quiet zone around West Loop abortion clinic

Ald. Bill Conway moved to ban bullhorns, speakers from streets around Family Planning Associates, 659 W. Washington Blvd., after ‘increasingly aggressive’ protests during which activists would ‘harass’ and stop women.

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As Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as not religious

Abortion has become an increasingly polarized, political issue in the United States since 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the constitutional right to an abortion. This decision threw the question of abortion rights back to states.

The Guardian - US

High stakes for abortion rights as Pennsylvania votes on key judge pick

Republican Carolyn Carluccio, running for supreme court, has drawn ire over apparent opposition to abortion access

The Independent UK

Mike Pence and the ‘different beat’ that couldn’t get him to the presidency

Pence has finally suspended a presidential campaign that never really got off the ground. It marks the latest step in a career mired in unpopularity, Kelly Rissman writes

Reason

Westchester County and Planned Parenthood Attempt to Manipulate SCOTUS Jurisdiction To Save Hill v. Colorado

Abortion groups urge adoption of "bubble" around abortion clinic, and before cert is filed, urge repeal of "bubble."

The Independent UK

Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking funding

Tennessee’s top legal chief says the federal government is wrongly withholding millions of dollars in family planning funds after the state refused to comply with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure

The Texas Tribune

A Texas county that borders New Mexico is the latest to consider an abortion travel ban

Cochran County commissioners meet Thursday to discuss the ban. Abortion-rights supporters say the bans are unenforceable and meant to stoke fear.

WEKU

Abortions resume in Wisconsin after 15 months of legal uncertainty

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, a law still on the books from 1849 left the legality of abortions in dispute in the state. This week, Planned Parenthood resumes services.

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