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News Articles: Abortion rights

Employers are required to make accommodations for pregnant women and new moms like time off for doctor's appointments.

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  • Health

What abortion politics has to do with new rights for pregnant workers

A new regulation to protect the rights of pregnant workers is the subject of an anti-abortion lawsuit because it includes abortion as a pregnancy "related medical condition."

April 27, 2024
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
The Supreme Court will hear another case about abortion rights on Wednesday. Protestors gathered outside the court last month when the case before the justices involved abortion pills.

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  • Health Care

What's at stake as the Supreme Court hears Idaho case about abortion in emergencies

The Supreme Court will consider the question: Should doctors treating pregnancy complications follow state or federal law if the laws conflict? Here's how the case could affect women and doctors.

April 23, 2024
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
President Biden boards Air Force One in New Castle, Del., on April 22. On Tuesday, he's campaigning in Florida.

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  • Elections

Biden is campaigning in Florida a week before a new abortion ban takes effect

There's a referendum on abortion rights on the ballot in Florida in November. President Biden's campaign says that could help buoy his chances there.

April 23, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally outside Schnecksville Fire Hall in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.

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  • National

Trump's anti-abortion stance helped him win in 2016. Will it hurt him in 2024?

Back in 1999 when Donald Trump was flirting with a presidential run, he was pro-abortion rights. In an interview on Meet the Press with NBC's Tim Russert, the New York real estate developer said he didn't like abortion, but he wouldn't ban it.

Fast forward almost two decades, and Trump was running for the republican presidential nomination, and he had a very different stance on abortion, even suggesting in an MSNBC town hall meeting that women should be punished for seeking abortions.

Trump ultimately won the presidency with the support of white Evangelical voters, many of whom wanted to see Roe v. Wade overturned. Six years after he won, the Supreme Court justices Trump appointed helped deliver exactly that.

Now as Trump mounts another run for the White House, abortion rights are on the ballot and winning. And Trump has once again evolved his stance on abortion. Is it a political calculation?

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April 19, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Pope Francis remains popular among U.S. Catholics, with 75% having favorable views of him, according to a Pew Research report. But many self-identified Catholics disagree with various teachings of their church.

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  • Religion

6 in 10 U.S. Catholics are in favor of abortion rights, Pew Research report finds

Although the Catholic Church officially opposes abortion, the report says there's far greater diversity of opinion among laity in the U.S.

April 12, 2024
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  • Jason DeRose

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  • Health

How Florida and Arizona Supreme Court rulings change the abortion access map

How far do women have to travel to access abortion care? An economics professor has been tracking that data since 2009. Interactive maps show how access has changed dramatically since 2021.

April 11, 2024
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Hilary Fung
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at the airport on Wednesday in Atlanta, Georgia. Trump is visiting Atlanta for a campaign fundraising event he is hosting.

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  • Politics

Trump backed a federal abortion ban as president. Now, he says he wouldn't sign one

The former president has a long history of shifting - and at times confusing - stances on abortion rights.

April 10, 2024
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Packages of mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Md.

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  • Politics

Why anti-abortion advocates are reviving a 19th century sexual purity law

The Comstock Act is the latest front in the fight over reproductive rights. Here's what you need to know about the 1873 law and the consequences if it's enforced the way some conservatives would like.

April 10, 2024
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
President Biden hugs Steven Hadfield during an event on prescription drug costs at the White House on Aug. 29, 2023. Hadfield, whose prescription costs were dramatically lowered by Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act, is among the White House guests for Thursday night's State of the Union address.

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  • Politics

Here are some of the guests who represent the themes of tonight's State of the Union

The guest list includes a woman whose sister was killed in the Uvalde shooting, the United Auto Workers president, and a naval officer who helped protect ships from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

March 07, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Abortion access advocates are chanting and waiving signs outside the Florida Supreme Court. Inside, justices have just heard arguments on the ballot language for a proposed state constitutional amendment that would protect abortion access up to the point of viability.

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  • Law

How states giving rights to fetuses could set up a national case on abortion

Fetal personhood made headlines recently when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are "extrauterine children." The ruling raised questions across the country about fetal personhood.

March 06, 2024
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  • Regan McCarthy
Nicole Sidman talks with prospective voter Rebekah Rubenstein on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C., ahead of Super Tuesday.

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  • Politics

On Super Tuesday, abortion is driving Democrats to the polls in North Carolina

The Biden campaign says it sees a chance to win North Carolina in November. In the primary campaign, Democratic voters say new restrictions on abortion are motivating them to get to the polls.

March 05, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Jeongyoon Han
French lawmakers applaud after National Assembly President Yael Braun-Pivet announced the result of the vote during a joint session of parliament in the Palace of Versailles, southwestern of Paris, on Monday, to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution.

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  • Europe

France makes history by enshrining abortion rights in its constitution

French lawmakers passed a bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution, a historic move prompted by concerns over the rollback of abortion laws in the U.S.

March 04, 2024
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Alex Leff
A view of the Montana State Capitol on May 3, 2023, in Helena, Montana.

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  • National

Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional

The decision cited a 1999 Montana Supreme Court ruling that said the state Constitution's right to privacy includes a woman's right to abortion access.

February 29, 2024
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By:
  • Shaylee Ragar
Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, Feb. 24. Lake has softened her stance on abortion as the campaign season moves forward.

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  • Politics

In Arizona, abortion politics are already playing out on the Senate campaign trail

Abortion proved to be a major issue in the 2022 midterms and again in 2023. This year, the presidential race puts extra attention on the ballot. In Arizona, that means the issue is front and center.

February 29, 2024
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  • Ben Giles
Janice Jernigans, 75, of St. Louis' Hyde Park neighborhood, signs a petition for a Missouri constitutional amendment that would legalize abortion up until fetal viability on Feb. 6 at The Pageant in St. Louis.

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  • National

Missouri advocates gather signatures for abortion legalization, but GOP hurdle looms

Missouri has one of the strictest abortion bans in the U.S. Abortion rights supporters have until May to gather over 171,000 signatures to have the issue appear before voters this fall.

February 28, 2024
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  • Jason Rosenbaum
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