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The Latest Breaking News on The fight for abortion rights: what to know going into 2024

North Dakota's latest try at abortion ban could face lawsuit

With the enforcement of one abortion ban held up by the courts, North Dakota lawmakers are trying a different version

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Maryland and New York voters will be deciding on two abortion-related ballot measures in Nov. 2024. Measures have been proposed in several other states.

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Republican effort to undo VA abortion rule fails in Senate

The Senate has rejected a Republican effort to reverse a Department of Veterans Affairs policy that would expand some abortion services to veterans regardless of state laws, a victory for President Joe Biden and Democrats who say the services are necessary medical care

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Out-of-staters are flocking to places where abortions are easier to get

States with strong abortion rights protections are seeing many more abortion seekers, mostly from neighboring states with abortion restrictions.

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Colorado governor to sign abortion, transgender care bills

Colorado's Democratic governor is scheduled to sign a set of health care bills Friday afternoon that enshrine protections for abortion and gender-affirming care procedures and medications

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DeSantis signs 6-week abortion ban in closed-door ceremony

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, giving the Republican a major conservative policy victory as he prepares to launch an expected presidential candidacy

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At the Races: New skirmish, same war - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

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Drama plagues bid to restrict changes to Ohio Constitution

Ohio’s constitution is caught in a tug-of-war

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Nebraska lawmakers taking up debate on abortion restrictions

Nebraska lawmakers plan to begin debate on a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo

The Independent UK

State battles over abortion are leading to state constitutional amendments – an option in all states and available directly to citizens in 18 states

The battles over abortion – who can get one, when they can get one – largely shifted from a focus on the U.S. Supreme Court back to state lawmakers and judges in June 2022. That’s when the Supreme Court ruled that there was no federal constitutional guarantee of the right…

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Next abortion battles may be among states with clashing laws

Since Roe v. Wade fell, states with strict abortion bans are trying to reach outside their borders to keep their residents from getting abortions in other states

The Independent UK

Abortion pill plan clears Kansas Legislature; veto expected

Abortion opponents have pushed a bill through the Kansas Legislature to require providers to tell patients that a medication abortion can be “reversed” once it’s started

The Independent UK

The Abortion Debate Is Messy. Two Lawsuits Against the FDA May Make It Worse.

Litigation over abortion drugs turns disagreements about individual rights into a bureaucratic tussle.

Reason

Whitmer strikes 1931 abortion ban from Michigan law

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday repealing Michigan's abortion ban from 1931 that made it a crime to assist in an abortion

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Abortion bills gain no ground in Kentucky with ban in place

Abortion-rights supporters in Republican-leaning Kentucky thought they had finally achieved a breakthrough when voters in November defeated a measure aimed at denying any constitutional protections for abortion

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‘The dominating issue’: judicial election will decide fate of abortion in Wisconsin

Abortion at stake: Wisconsin supreme court election will decide fate of ban

The Independent UK

Maryland voters to decide abortion constitutional amendment

Maryland voters will decide next year whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the state’s constitution

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Obamacare opponents who demanded medical autonomy seek to deny it for women

A judge has blocked a Wyoming abortion ban based on an ironic instance of unintended consequences: A decade ago, conservative voters in that state, eager to limit the reach of the newly enacted Affordable Care Act, approved a constitutional amendment to ensure that “each competent adult shall have the right…

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Michael Hiltzik: Ironic justice: Laws passed to gut Obamacare are now being used to protect abortion rights

The law of unintended consequences is never as powerful as when those consequences originate from a hasty, ill-considered action.

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Editorial: Kansas Bill of Rights is null and void when it comes to abortion, Kobach’s office says

Monday morning, the Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases testing the limits of abortion rights. It did not appear to go well for the state’s attorney who sought to undermine a woman’s right to choose.

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Kansas court to review pair of unenforced abortion laws

The Kansas Supreme Court is considering how far the state can go in restricting abortion after a decisive statewide vote last year confirming that the state constitution protects abortion rights

The Independent UK

States' divisions on abortion widen after Roe overturned

GOP lawmakers in states with abortion bans already in place are pushing to make them more restrictive, while blue state officials are trying to expand abortion access

Salon

Michigan returns to real democracy

Elections matter: Michigan rejected GOP extremism, and the Democrats' "trifecta" has already created real change

Reason

My New Article on "Abortion and Foot Voting in a Post-Dobbs America"

It examines whether people are likely to "vote with their feet" based on interstate differences in abortion policy, after Dobbs. The first in a series of two articles on this topic.

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Judge to consider allowing abortions to resume in Wyoming

A judge will hear arguments Wednesday over whether abortions will be allowed in Wyoming while a sweeping new ban gets challenged in her court

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