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Kansas could soon approve 'born alive' abortion bill

A Kansas proposal based on the disputed idea that providers leave newborns to die after unsuccessful abortions is nearing legislative approval

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Missouri Senate endorses transgender health restrictions

The Missouri Senate has given initial approval to legislation that would temporarily prohibit gender-affirming treatments for minors and restrict their participation in sports

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Minnesota moving to fortify state status as abortion refuge

Minnesota is moving to strengthen its status as a refuge for patients from restrictive states who travel to the state to seek abortions — and to protect providers who serve them

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Calling voting a fundamental right, Kansas Court of Appeals rules restrictions face high bar

The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled Friday that voting is a fundamental right and that restrictions on it must clear the highest possible bar, in an opinion drawing upon a prior ruling that upheld abortion rights under the state constitution.

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Abortion ban injunction upheld by N. Dakota Supreme Court

The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that a state abortion ban will remain blocked while a lawsuit over its constitutionality proceeds

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North Dakota Supreme Court ruling keeps the state's abortion ban on hold for now

The state's high court ruled Thursday that a North Dakota abortion ban will remain blocked while a lawsuit over its constitutionality proceeds.

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Wisconsin Republicans propose abortion ban exceptions

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have unveiled a bill that would create rape and incest exceptions to the state’s 1849 abortion ban and clarify when abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed

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Republicans rush to reverse voters' pick

The Republican assault on direct democracy is a predictable reaction to major progressive ballot measure victories

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Republicans push wave of bills that would bring homicide charges for abortion

Proliferation of bills in Texas, Kentucky and elsewhere ‘exposes fundamental lie of anti-abortion movement’, experts say

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Group files petitions to restore abortion rights in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri abortion rights supporters on Wednesday filed a flurry of ballot initiatives seeking to ask voters in 2024 to restore some form of abortion rights in a state where the procedure is almost entirely banned.

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Missouri voters could restore abortion rights in 2024

Missouri voters could decide whether to restore abortion rights if proposed constitutional amendments make it on the 2024 ballot

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Mississippi advances initiative process but not for abortion

Mississippi might revive an initiative process, but people would be banned from putting abortion laws or budget proposals on the statewide ballot

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Michigan Senate votes to repeal abortion ban dating back to 1840s

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to repeal state law's broad abortion ban that dates back to the 1840s, placing the change one step closer to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's signature.

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Michigan House OKs bills repealing 1931 abortion ban

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House voted Thursday to repeal the state's 1931 abortion ban in a move that proponents contended reflects the will of a majority of voters who supported enshrining abortion rights in Michigan's constitution last fall.

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Ohio takes crucial step towards public vote that could secure right to abortion

Petition for initiative that would secure constitutional right to abortion will now go to state’s ballot board for approval

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Abortion opponents seek smaller changes in Kansas after vote

Seven months after a decisive statewide vote affirmed abortion rights in Kansas, the Republican-controlled Legislature’s annual session in some ways looks a lot like previous ones, with multiple anti-abortion proposals

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Lawmakers moving to repeal Michigan's 1931 abortion ban

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan House and Senate panels advanced bills Wednesday that would repeal a 1931 statute that bans abortion in Michigan, roughly four months after residents voted to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.

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Anti-abortion allies change tactics after post-Roe defeats

Republicans and their anti-abortion allies who suffered ballot question defeats in states across the political spectrum last year are changing tactics as new legislative sessions and the new election season start

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Mississippi could renew initiatives but ban them on abortion

Mississippi residents might get back the ability to enact public policy through statewide ballot initiatives

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Activists aim for Supreme Court with local abortion bans in blue states

Nearly 70 cities and counties across rural America have banned abortion in the past few years as part of a slow-burning conservative campaign to outlaw the procedure everywhere.

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Some Democratic-led states seek to bolster voter protections

Lawmakers in several Democratic-controlled states are advocating sweeping voter protections

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This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures

The Fairness Project has won campaigns to raise the minimum wage and expand Medicaid in nine states dominated by Republicans. Next is abortion. But there's growing pushback from state lawmakers.

Texas Observer

Pregnant Texans Now Travel 10 Times Farther for an Abortion

Texas legislator Donna Howard plans to collaborate with allies in and out of state in the fight to improve access to reproductive healthcare.

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Missouri lawmakers try to strengthen abortion ban

Legislation by a Missouri Republican would strengthen the state's abortion ban

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Abortion may appear on the Ohio ballot in 2023, and other states expecting abortion-related constitutional ballot measures

Two campaigns in Ohio announced that they are joining efforts to put a statewide abortion-related initiative on the ballot in 2023.

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