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Pro-choice advocates file paperwork for Ohio ballot initiative on abortion

Coalition of lawyers, doctors and activists hope to put the question of abortion directly to state voters after toppling of Roe v Wade

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Republican lawmakers shy away from changing Montana’s constitutional right to abortion

Republican lawmakers in Montana wield a supermajority that gives them the power to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment that would break the link between abortion rights and the right to privacy in the state’s constitution.

Tribune News Service

Montana lawmaker: There's a religious right to abortion

Abortion rights groups are challenging abortion bans in some states by arguing the bans — supported by religious principles — violate the religious rights of people with different beliefs

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Kentucky high court lets near-total abortion ban continue

Kentucky’s Supreme Court has refused to allow abortions to resume in the state

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Kentucky high court upholds state abortion bans while case continues

The state Supreme Court kept two state bans in place after Kentucky voters signaled support for abortion rights at the ballot box last November.

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As abortion measures loom, GOP raises new barriers to ballot initiatives

Roused by voters’ recent endorsement of abortion rights — even in conservative states — Republican legislators are ramping up efforts to make it tougher for citizens to change laws or amend state constitutions through ballot measures.

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Maryland governor, officials supporting abortion protections

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and state lawmakers are scheduled to announce support for measures protecting abortion rights

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Factbox-Abortion battles in U.S. state capitols to watch in 2023

Battles over abortion are heating up in state capitol buildings across the United States as lawmakers wrestle with how much to restrict or expand abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

Reuters

Biden criticized for just one mention of abortion in State of the Union speech

Activists disappointed with lack of focus on abortion rights in first address since reversal of Roe v Wade in June last year

The Guardian - US

LOCALIZE IT: Abortion battles focus on city, state funding

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New Mexico legislators may block local abortion ordinances

A standoff over abortion in politically conservative regions of New Mexico escalated as Democratic state legislators advanced a bill that would prohibit local governments from interfering with women’s access to reproductive health care

The Independent UK

Anti-abortion activists aim to sway GOP White House hopefuls

Emboldened anti-abortion activists are looking to the next presidential election as an opportunity to solidify their influence over the Republican Party

The Independent UK

Minnesota Gov. Walz signs into law strengthened abortion rights

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation Tuesday adding a "fundamental right" to abortion in state law, the first proposal in an expansive agenda moving at the Capitol to solidify Minnesota's status as a safe haven for the procedure.

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Minnesota governor signs broad abortion rights bill into law

Gov. Tim Walz has enshrined the right to abortion and other reproductive health care into Minnesota statutes

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Minnesota Senate passes bill to codify right to abortion

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota is on the verge of enshrining language into law guaranteeing the right to abortion for the first time in the state's 165-year history.

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Abortion ban, other proposals likely to fail in Kansas. Why are lawmakers still pushing them?

Despite a broad acknowledgment their efforts will go nowhere, some conservative Kansas lawmakers are pushing to ban abortion or put the issue back on the ballot despite a landslide vote in favor of abortion rights last year.

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Editorial: Kansas politicians want to take abortion fight to the city and county level. Just stop

In Kansas, a woman’s right to reproductive freedom is enshrined in the state constitution. The issue should be settled — especially after voters preemptively and decisively smacked down lawmakers’ last overreach to gut abortion rights. Apparently, according to Kansas Republicans, it isn’t.

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Abortion debate ramps up in states

In a post-Roe world, anti-abortion advocates are pressing for expanded abortion bans and more restrictions

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New Mexico AG seeks to codify abortion rights, nullify bans

New Mexico's attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to nullify abortion ordinances that local elected officials passed in recent months in some communities

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

With Roe overturned, Missouri's anti-abortion advocates focus on new goals

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Anti-abortion advocates met their goal last year of overturning Roe v. Wade, but that doesn’t mean they’re done yet.

Tribune News Service

Abortion debate ramps up in states as Congress deadlocks

Anti-abortion advocates are pressing for expanded abortion bans and tighter restrictions since the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion. But with the debate mostly deadlocked in Washington, the focus is shifting to states convening their first full legislative sessions since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Los Angeles Times

‘We will not back down’: Vice President Harris spotlights abortion, challenges GOP in Florida speech

WASHINGTON — In a direct challenge to Republicans, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ home turf on Sunday to proclaim the Democratic Party’s commitment to restoring abortion rights for every American.

The Independent UK

Women's marches to draw thousands on 50th anniversary of Roe

Women's marches demanding the protection of abortion rights are set to draw thousands of people to the streets across the country on Sunday

The Independent UK

Abortion at crossroads after midterms with focus on states

Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that ensured a nationwide right to abortion, but it's also been seven months since the justices overturned its landmark Roe

WEKU

Most Americans say overturning Roe was politically motivated, NPR/Ipsos poll finds

An NPR/Ipsos poll finds that most Americans say Supreme Court justices are guided more by their politics than the law, and that lawmakers aren't deciding abortion policy based on public sentiment.

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