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News Articles: abortion access

Kirsten Engel, an Arizona Democrat running for U.S. House, speaks during a Women's March rally in Phoenix on Jan. 20.

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  • Elections

House Democratic candidates make abortion access top focus of '24 campaigns

Democrats are targeting seats with first-term GOP incumbents in states where access to abortion rights could resonate with swing voters.

January 29, 2024
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By:
  • Susan Davis
A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 12, 2022.

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  • Health

Threats to abortion access drive demand for abortion pills, analysis suggests

Requests for abortion pills from people who were not yet pregnant spiked when patients appeared to perceive threats to abortion access, new research has found.

January 02, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
State abortion initiatives have proved to be major voter mobilizers since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in 2022.

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  • Elections

A next big ballot fight over abortion could come to Arizona

Abortion access advocates are collecting signatures needed to put a measure on Arizona's 2024 ballot. Democrats hope the initiative could drive turnout in the swing state.

December 23, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Anti-abortion demonstrators gather outside Planned Parenthood's Water Street Health Center in Milwaukee on Monday, Sept. 2023. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin began offering abortions at the clinic that day after not doing so for more than a year.<em> </em>

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  • Health

Abortions resume in Wisconsin after 15 months of legal uncertainty

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, a law still on the books from 1849 left the legality of abortions in dispute in the state. This week, Planned Parenthood resumes services.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Lehr and
  • Margaret Faust
Demonstrators rally to mark the first anniversary of the US Supreme Court ruling in the <em>Dobbs v Women's Health Organization</em> case in Washington, DC on June 24, 2023.

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  • Health

Abortion access could continue to change in year 2 after the overturn of Roe v. Wade

It's already harder to get an abortion in many places and access is likely to be limited more with the passage of new laws.

July 03, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin

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  • Health

How many miles do you have to travel to get abortion care? One professor maps it

An economics professor at Middlebury College and her undergrad research assistants have been tracking access to abortion care since 2009. These maps show the dramatic changes in the past decade.

June 21, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Shelly Cheng
Abortion pill

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  • News

Arguments on landmark abortion pill case to be heard Wednesday in appeals court

The lawsuit over access to the abortion pill goes before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Wednesday, the next step on a path that will likely end at the U.S. Supreme Court.

May 16, 2023
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  • Jennifer Shutt
Electronic machine

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Trump allegedly involved in Coffee County breach; Kemp passes on state GOP event

Monday on Political Rewind: The New York Times reported on testimony alleging Donald Trump took part in a discussion about plans to access sensitive election data in Coffee County. Plus, Gov. Brian Kemp will not attend the state GOP convention, another sign of his disapproval with the political party.

April 24, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Dr. Shelly Tien hands a patient the initial abortion inducing medication at Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. Of the 20 abortions performed that day, 17 of the patients came from Texas. Picture taken December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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  • Health

Georgia doctors on mifepristone rulings: 'This is not going away. It is just changing'

A federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to rescind its approval for the abortion drug, mifepristone. The ruling was set to go into effect on Friday, but it could be put on hold after the Justice Department filed an appeal on Monday.

April 11, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Volunteer pilots fly patients to get abortions and gender-affirming medical care from states with bans to nearby states where the services are available.

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  • Health

Volunteer pilots fly patients seeking abortions to states where it's legal

It can be a lifeline for patients who can't afford the time or costs of driving or flying commercially. It's an example of the unconventional tactics of abortion rights groups in a post-Roe America.

March 27, 2023
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By:
  • Rose Conlon
Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Lawsuits have been filed in West Virginia and North Carolina challenging the states' restrictions on the use of abortion pills.

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  • Law

How the judge who could ban the abortion pill won confirmation in the U.S. Senate

The U.S. District Court judge who could end more than two decades of legal access to medication abortion underwent extensive questioning about LGBTQ equality at his December 2017 confirmation hearing — and very little about his views on abortion.

March 01, 2023
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  • Jennifer Shutt
Abortion protest

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  • News

Georgia asks court to immediately reinstate abortion ban

Georgia officials have asked a court to immediately block a judge's ruling striking down the state's abortion ban. The ruling allowed the procedure to again be performed beyond about six weeks of pregnancy.

November 18, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Abortion protest

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  • News

Judge hears arguments in state constitutional challenge of abortion ban

Georgia’s strict abortion ban was debated again in court this week as part of a bench trial in a constitutional challenge of the recently implemented law.

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • Riley Bunch

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Looking at issues voters care about; Quinnipiac poll says Abrams and Kemp are tied

Thursday on Political Rewind: Our panel looks at polled responses in yesterday's poll from GPB News, the AJC, and the Georgia News Collaborative. Voters were asked about a variety of hot-button issues. Plus, a new poll from Quinnipiac says the governor's race is too close to call.

 

October 13, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut and
  • Chase McGee
Atlanta protests Supreme Court Roe v Wade decision

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  • News

Judge: Georgia Abortion law challenge will be heard before Election Day

A court will hear oral arguments in the new state constitutional challenge of Georgia’s strict abortion law later this month. On Wednesday, a Fulton County judge shot down a motion to delay the case until after the consequential Nov. 8 midterms.

 

October 06, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
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