Abortion
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Missouri attorney general sues Planned Parenthood for deceiving women about dangers of abortion drug
"The facts are clear: more than 4.5 percent of women who take this dangerous drug end up in the emergency room, yet Planned Parenthood compares it to Tylenol," Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said
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Appeals court upholds abortion pill ban in third recent win for battered pro-life movement
Good news for activists after Trump administration disappointments. "For us to once again federalize the issue of abortion without a clear directive from Congress, right on the heels of Dobbs, would leave us one small step short of defiance," 4th Circuit says.
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New abortion pill complication research challenges FDA commissioner's disinterest in restrictions
Two groups release studies based on same insurance claims database, finding nearly 11% rate of serious adverse reactions to mifepristone including ER visits, hemorrhage and surgical abortions to correct botched pill abortions.
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Pro-life states claim feds are starving them by usurping Congress, ask Supreme Court to intervene
HHS conditions on family planning funding unilaterally redefine what Congress meant in recurring ban on abortion in Title X, groups allege. Appeals court allegedly ignored SCOTUS by not deciding "best interpretation" of statute.
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Ohio judge strikes down state abortion ban because voters passed reproductive rights amendment
Voters approved an amendment to the state constitution last November, which ensures women have the “right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions."
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Colorado pro-life leader slams amendment that would have taxpayers fund abortion via insurance
Abortion in Colorado is already legal at all stages of pregnancy with no restrictions.
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'Thoughtcrime': Army veteran convicted for silent prayer interpreted as 'disapproval of abortion'
"We can hardly sink any lower in our neglect of basic fundamental freedoms of free speech and thought," Adam Smith-Connor's lawyer says.
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Democrats, media misrepresent abortion policies on both sides of political aisle
Democrats have claimed that Republicans will pass a national abortion ban, despite President Trump saying he would veto it.
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Georgia Supreme Court reinstates six-week abortion ban
The ban will go into effect at 5 p.m. local time, but allows some exceptions, such as to protect the life and health of the mother, and some situations where a fetal anomaly is detected.
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SCOTUS lets stand Texas court order that hospitals not required to do abortions violating state law
Justices announced the decision without providing their reasoning.
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Scientists sue academic journal that retracted studies citing dangers from the abortion pill
The scientists allege that Sage Publishing violated a California law when it removed studies that warned about the risks and dangers that can happen to women when they take an abortion pill.
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California AG makes 'false and misleading' claims to shut down 'abortion pill reversal,' suit argues
Golden State faces scrutiny in the courts for laws and practices that squelch disfavored speech on counteracting mifepristone, political satire. Same suppression struck down twice in New York in recent months.
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Walz on defense over Minnesota law about doctors, botched abortions
"The question got asked and Donald Trump made the accusation that wasn't true about Minnesota," Gov. Tim Walz said.