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Mar 20

Federal judge blocks Mississippi’s new 15-week abortion ban

By Associated Press

The law and responding challenge set up a confrontation sought by abortion opponents, who are hoping federal courts will ultimately prohibit abortions before a fetus is viable. Current federal law does not.

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Mar 19

Mississippi governor signs ban on abortions after 15 weeks

By Laura Santhanam

"This common-sense, pro-life law will help us make our state the safest place in America for an unborn child," Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant recently tweeted.

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Mar 09

Mississippi could soon be the only state to ban abortion after 15 weeks

By Laura Santhanam

Critics say the new law, which Gov. Phil Bryant is expected to sign, could set up a Supreme Court showdown over the 40-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade case that gave women in the United States the legal right to have…

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Feb 03

State legislatures see flurry of activity on abortion bills

By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press

Republican-controlled states have passed hundreds of bills since 2011 restricting access to abortion while Democratic-led states have taken steps in the other direction.

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Jan 20

The data behind the women’s movement

By Amanda Montañez, Scientific American

Charts highlight some of the key issues Women’s March activists are fighting for.

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Dec 19

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Impact of ‘global gag rule’ goes beyond abortion for these health groups in Kenya

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

The so-called global gag rule, which cuts off some U.S. government aid to health agencies that offer or mention abortion services, has been reinstated by every Republican president going back to Reagan. But the Trump administration has gone much further,…

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Dec 16

After Alabama, abortion may not be defining issue in 2018 races

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Exit polls show that Doug Jones won a third of Alabama voters who said abortion should be illegal in most cases. These numbers suggest that abortion may not necessarily be a defining issue in the 2018 midterm elections.

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Dec 16

Lawsuit says two immigrant teens in U.S. custody can’t get abortions

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's administration is blocking two pregnant teens in the country illegally and being held in federal custody from obtaining abortions, the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday.

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Dec 08

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It can be really uncomfortable to talk about abortion. Here’s why we should

By Brit Bennett

When you write a novel about abortion, says author Brit Bennett, you will have a lot of conversations with strangers about abortion. It’s made her realize how rarely we talk about it as a human experience. What if we approached…

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Nov 03

Government says teen’s lawyers misled them in abortion case

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday accused lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union of misleading the administration in the case of a pregnant immigrant teen who sought and obtained an abortion following a lawsuit.

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