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A Democratic majority in both houses of Congress could make abortion a right by law, and it’s worth remembering that Mexico, Ireland and Argentina are among the countries that recently did so

Tara Coleman Hunter, assistant principal of an elementary school in San Antonio, Texas, has been charged with felony bodily injury to a child. Police said a 5-year-old boy had been sent to the assistant principal's office because he had been unruly. The boy struck Hunter, and she shoved him into…

If the Supreme Court’s conservative majority affirms the leaked decision overturning abortion rights in the U.S., the effects would be sweeping for 40 million women in more than two dozen states where Republican-led legislatures have been eagerly awaiting the repudiation of the right to terminate a pregnancy.

The bill signing comes on the heels of a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that it is considering weakening or overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

Abortion is likely to remain legal in most states, and workarounds will mitigate the effects of bans.

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A draft opinion leaked to Politico this week suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could soon overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide. Here is where things stand:

Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a Texas-style abortion ban that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy

A leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision suggests the country’s highest court could be poised overturn Roe v